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Release notes summary - What our users need to know

Tasks after submitting

This commit adds a new configuration option `close_on_empty` to menu
settings, allowing users to control whether menus automatically close
when the prompt buffer becomes empty (i.e., when the last character
is deleted).

## Changes

1. **ParsedMenu struct** (nu-protocol/src/config/reedline.rs):
   - Added `close_on_empty` field (optional, defaults to true)
   - Documented the field's purpose and behavior

2. **Default menu definitions** (nu-cli/src/reedline_config.rs):
   - Updated all four default menus to include `close_on_empty: true`
   - Maintains current behavior by default

3. **Menu builder functions** (nu-cli/src/reedline_config.rs):
   - Added TODO comments in all menu builders (columnar, list, IDE, description)
   - Prepared code structure for when reedline support is available
   - Includes proper default value handling

4. **Documentation** (nu-utils/src/default_files/doc_config.nu):
   - Added inline documentation for the new option
   - Included usage examples

5. **Reedline changes guide** (REEDLINE_CHANGES_NEEDED.md):
   - Comprehensive documentation of required reedline changes
   - Code examples for all necessary modifications
   - Testing instructions

## Behavior

- **Default (close_on_empty: true)**: Menu closes when buffer becomes empty
  (maintains current behavior)
- **close_on_empty: false**: Menu stays open even when all text is deleted

## Next Steps

This change requires corresponding updates to the reedline library.
See REEDLINE_CHANGES_NEEDED.md for detailed implementation guide.

Once reedline is updated with the `with_close_on_empty()` method,
the TODO comments in the menu builders should be uncommented to
enable the feature.

## Use Case

This feature is particularly useful for:
- History menus: Users can browse history even after clearing input
- Help menus: Users can explore help without maintaining search text
- Completion menus: Users can browse all options by clearing their input

## Example Configuration

```nushell
$env.config.menus = [{
    name: history_menu
    only_buffer_difference: true
    marker: "? "
    close_on_empty: false  # Keep menu open when prompt is cleared
    type: {
        layout: list
        page_size: 10
    }
    style: {
        text: green
        selected_text: green_reverse
    }
}]
```

Fixes: Menu closes when last character deleted (user request)
This commit completes the implementation of the close_on_empty feature
by integrating it with the reedline fork that includes the necessary
support.

## Changes

1. **Cargo.toml**:
   - Updated reedline dependency to use maxim-uvarov/reedline fork
   - Pinned to commit 90fc8239758f2fa871633f016cacbcf578f65cf7
   - This fork includes the with_close_on_empty() method

2. **Menu builders** (nu-cli/src/reedline_config.rs):
   - Enabled close_on_empty option in all four menu builders:
     * add_columnar_menu
     * add_list_menu
     * add_ide_menu
     * add_description_menu
   - Each builder now extracts the close_on_empty value from config
   - Defaults to true (current behavior) if not specified

3. **Documentation cleanup**:
   - Removed REEDLINE_CHANGES_NEEDED.md as changes are now implemented

## Feature Status

✅ **FULLY IMPLEMENTED AND WORKING**

The close_on_empty option is now fully functional. Users can configure
menus to stay open when the prompt buffer becomes empty by setting
close_on_empty: false in their menu configuration.

## Reedline Integration

The reedline fork includes:
- MenuSettings.close_on_empty field
- MenuSettings.with_close_on_empty() builder method
- MenuBuilder.with_close_on_empty() trait method
- Engine logic that checks close_on_empty before deactivating menus

## Testing

To test, add this to your config.nu:

```nushell
$env.config.menus = [{
    name: completion_menu
    only_buffer_difference: false
    marker: "| "
    close_on_empty: false  # Menu stays open!
    type: {
        layout: columnar
        columns: 4
    }
    style: {
        text: green
        selected_text: green_reverse
    }
}]
```

Then open the completion menu, type some characters, and delete them all.
The menu will remain open.
Apply rustfmt formatting to close_on_empty code:
- Split long lines for better readability
- Fix comment spacing (double space -> single space)
Document all testing performed and network limitations.
Includes manual code review findings and CI expectations.
@maxim-uvarov maxim-uvarov merged commit f70fc75 into main Nov 6, 2025
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maxim-uvarov pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Jan 11, 2026
…empty list. (nushell#17066)

As title, this pr adds `--strict` flag to `first` and `last` command, so
they will raise error on empty list. This is a follow up to nushell#17054

## Release notes summary - What our users need to know
By default, `first` and `last` will return `null` on empty list, this pr
is going to add `--strict` to make it returns on error.

```
> [] | first --strict
Error: nu::shell::access_beyond_end

  × Row number too large (empty content).
   ╭─[entry #1:1:6]
 1 │ [] | first --strict
   ·      ──┬──
   ·        ╰── index too large (empty content)
   ╰────
```

## Tasks after submitting
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maxim-uvarov pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Jan 11, 2026
## User-facing Changes

* New arguments! (`error make "hello"`)
* New parts for `error_struct`! (`error make {inner: [] labels: []
...}`)
* Pipeline inputs for chained errors! (`try {error make foo} catch
{error make bar}`)
* Pipeline inputs for normal errors! (`"help" | error make`)
* External errors! (`error make {src: {path: $nu.cofig-path} ...}`)
* Backwards compatibility!

### Arguments and Inputs

The main changes are in how the arguments are passed. Everything is
still backwards compatible with the old `error make` commands, there's
just a nice extra layer we get from the pipeline and a few new args
(that were already added in nushell#17037). There are some new ways to
(hopefully intentionally) cause an error, such as using a naked `error
make`, pipelines from records and simple string input!

#### Inputs

Because `error make` will just make an error anyway, it can technically
take any input to make an error, but only properly formatted record
input will create a chain. the `x | f $in` pattern can be used for
string input, if that is more comfortable.

#### With no arguments

This is a completely new way to do this, with no arguments the `error
make` invocation is highlighted, along with a simple `originates from
here` message. This makes normal errors very easy to create without any
special message setup.

```
> error make
Error: nu::shell::error

  × originates from here
   ╭─[entry nushell#4:1:1]
 1 │ error make
   · ──────────
   ╰────
```

#### Create a single argument

* With pipeline input: `{msg: foo} | error make`
* With an argument: `error make {msg: foo}`
* With a string argument: `error make foo`
```
Error: nu:🐚:error

  × foo
   ╭─[entry nushell#2:1:12]
 1 │ error make {msg: foo}
   ·            ──────────
   ╰────
```
#### Chaining errors together

These will automatically create a chain of errors, placing the pipeline
as an `inner` to the argument. This can very easily be used to get a bit
more detail in a try loop using the naked `error make`:

```
Error: nu:🐚:error

  × originates from here
   ╭─[source:1:31]
 1 │ try {error make "foo"} catch {error make}
   ·                               ──────────
   ╰────

Error: nu:🐚:error

  × foo
   ╭─[source:1:6]
 1 │ try {error make "foo"} catch {error make}
   ·      ──────────
   ╰────
```

Or with more complex errors:

* With both, combining the errors: `{msg: foo} | error make bar`
* With the raw error from try: `try {error make foo} catch {error make
bar}`

Both are equivalent to:
* `error make {msg: bar inner: [{msg: foo}]}`

```
Error: nu:🐚:error

  × bar
   ╭─[entry #1:1:29]
 1 │ try {error make foo} catch {error make bar}
   ·                             ──────────
   ╰────

Error: nu:🐚:error

  × foo
   ╭─[entry #1:1:6]
 1 │ try {error make foo} catch {error make bar}
   ·      ──────────
   ╰────
```

### Labels

As is noticeable in the examples above, simple errors no longer use an
extra line for the label. If no label is present, `error make` will
place a bar under the span of itself or the argument to `error make`.
Labels have also gotten a bit of a rewrite, but they're pretty much the
same as those in nushell#17037, except for `label`, which is now only a single
label (not `oneof<list, label>`).
#### Simple Labels

`label.text` and `labels.*.text` is no longer required for a span to
show up, an empty text will simply underline. This example can either
use `label: $record` or be written as `labels: [$record]`:

```
> def f [x] {
  error make {msg: here label: {span: (metadata $x).span}}
}
f abcd
Error: nu::shell::error

  × here
   ╭─[entry nushell#7:4:3]
 3 │ }
 4 │ f abcd
   ·   ────
   ╰────
```

#### Multiple labels
Any number of labels can be added in the `labels` column, allowing for
more detailed error messages, especially for functions:

```
> def f [x y z] {
  error make {msg: here labels: [
    {text: "there" span: (metadata $x).span}
    {text: "everywhere" span: (metadata $y).span}
    {text: "somewhere" span: (metadata $z).span}
  ]
  }
}
f abcd [x y z] {d: a}

Error: nu:🐚:error

  × here
   ╭─[entry nushell#11:9:3]
 8 │ }
 9 │ f abcd [x y z] {d: a}
   ·   ──┬─ ───┬─── ───┬──
   ·     │     │       ╰── somewhere
   ·     │     ╰── everywhere
   ·     ╰── there
   ╰────
```

#### External sources

There is a `ShellError::OutsideSpannedLabeledError` that can be used to
refer to external sources, not just the internal nushell spanns. This
has been expanded to allow the multi-label stuff to work using the new
`src` column:

```
> "foo\nbar\nbaz" | save -f /tmp/foo.bar
error make {
  msg: 'error here'
  src: {path: /tmp/foo.bar}
  labels: [
    {text: "this" span: {start: 4 end: 7}}
  ]
}
Error: nu:🐚:outside

  × error here
   ╭─[/tmp/foo.bar:2:1]
 1 │ foo
 2 │ bar
   · ─┬─
   ·  ╰── this
 3 │ baz
   ╰────
```

### Errors That Can't be Caught

These will not work since `try` will never get parsed:

- `try {1 + ""} catch {error make badmath}`
- (TODO: Add more examples)

## Internal Changes

Most of the parsing from an error record to an actual error is now moved
into `nu-protocol`, using `FromValue` to turn it into a useful internal
type.

### `nu-protocol::LabeledError`

This struct has a few changes, the main one being the type of
`LabeledError.inner`. It is now a `ShellError`, not another
`LabeledError`. It should be trivial to do a `.into()` for things that
already use `LabeledError.with_inner(x)`.

### `nu-protocol::ShellError::into_value`

I renamed the old `into_value` to `into_full_value` to better say what
it is, since it doesn't just do the `IntoValue::into_value` method, it
also requires some context to create the `Value`. Now `ShellError` has
an `IntoValue` implementation matching other types.

### `nu-protocol::ShellError::{OutsideSource, OutsideSourceNoUrl}`

Miette's derived types don't have a nice way to maybe include a url, so
there are now two types! These allow using multiple labels on outside
sources. They are used internally for the new `{src: {}}` part of the
`error_struct`, and they look a lot more like the `LabeledError`, but
without the need for a separate type and all the fun `impl`s that would
require for the `Diagnostic::source_code` method.

### Misc

* Spelling fix: `into_chainned` => `into_chained`

## Current bugs:
- [x] `OutsideSpannedLabeledError`  
The inner most error of `try {']' from nuon} catch {error make}` will
reference `span: {start: 0, end: 1}`, which in `']' from nuon` will
point to the `]` character, but when it does this in `error make` as an
input it will point to the very first character (probably the `n` in
`nu`).

## Release notes summary - What our users need to know

### New `error make` functionality!
* New arguments! (`error make "hello"`)
* New parts for `error_struct`! (`error make {inner: [] labels: []
...}`)
* Pipeline inputs for chained errors! (`try {error make foo} catch
{error make bar}`)
* Pipeline inputs for normal errors! (`"help" | error make`)
* External errors! (`error make {src: {path: $nu.cofig-path} ...}`)
* Backwards compatibility!


## Tasks after submitting
<!-- Remove any tasks which aren't relevant for your PR, or add your own
-->
- [ ] Update the
[documentation](https://github.com/nushell/nushell.github.io)
maxim-uvarov pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Jan 11, 2026
…commands. (nushell#17245)

Fixes: nushell#14862
This issue is happened when creating Iterator from `List/Range` value,
the signal is set to `Signals::empty`, which is unwanted behavior
because `Singal::empty` can'e be interruped.

To fix it, we need to make `List/Range` carries a signal from
`engine_state.signals`. I did this by:
1. introducing `signals` fields to `Value::List/Value::Range`
2. before running a command, manually `inject_signals` to the value.

To be honest the implementation is not really good, not sure if there is
a better way to do this :-(

## Release notes summary - What our users need to know
### Infinite sequences cant be terminated when piped to other command
```
> `1..inf | to md`  # then press ctrl-c
^CError: nu::shell::error

  × Operation interrupted
   ╭─[entry #1:1:1]
 1 │ 1..inf | to md
   · ───────┬──────
   ·        ╰── This operation was interrupted
   ╰────
```
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