diff --git a/doc/api/repl.md b/doc/api/repl.md index c384ebf1391303..29108ee4c58964 100644 --- a/doc/api/repl.md +++ b/doc/api/repl.md @@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ result. Input and output may be from `stdin` and `stdout`, respectively, or may be connected to any Node.js [stream][]. Instances of [`repl.REPLServer`][] support automatic completion of inputs, -completion preview, simplistic Emacs-style line editing, multi-line inputs, +completion preview, automatic indentation, simplistic Emacs-style line editing, +multi-line inputs, [ZSH][]-like reverse-i-search, [ZSH][]-like substring-based history search, ANSI-styled output, saving and restoring current REPL session state, error recovery, and customizable evaluation functions. Terminals that do not support @@ -232,6 +233,18 @@ undefined undefined ``` +### Auto-indentation + + + +When entering +multi-line input (e.g., a function body or an object literal), the REPL +automatically indents continuation lines based on the current nesting +depth of braces (`{}`), brackets (`[]`), and parentheses (`()`). The REPL +uses 2-space indentation following the Node.js coding convention. + ### Reverse-i-search