---
name: "texthint"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "helium"
version: "1.7~pre20090428-3.1"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/texthint"
---

# texthint(1)

Interactive Helium Haskell interpreter

## NAME

texthint - Interactive Helium Haskell interpreter

## SYNOPSIS

**texthint** \[ *file* \]

## DESCRIPTION

**texthint** is a simple Haskell interpreter which uses **helium** compiler to compile Haskell code to Lazy Virtual Machine instructions which are executed by **lvmrun**. It takes a file name as optional argument which then is compiled using **helium** and the functions defined in the file can be used in the interpreter.

## ENVIRONMENT

**texthint** uses the same environment variables as **lvm** which is used to execute the Haskell code.

- **LVMPATH**

  The search path for lvm files (same as **-P** option). The default is: ".:/usr/lib/helium/lib"

- **LVMOPTIONS**

  The default options for the lvm. The default is: ""

- **LVMDLLPATH**

  Extra search path for shared (dynamic link) libraries (.so). The default is: ""

## COPYRIGHT

© 1999,2001 Daan Leijen \<daan@cs.uu.nl\>

©           Bastiaan Heerden \<bastiaan@cs.uu.nl\>

This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation. This package is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.   See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this package; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA

## SEE ALSO

[**helium**(1)](/helium/1.md), [**lvmrun**(1)](/lvmrun/1.md)

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Arjan Oosting \<arjanoosting@home\> for the Debian system and is also licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2.
