I have a REPL mode for an application: https://github.com/jlapeyre/SJulia.jl/blob/master/src/sjulia_repl.jl
I start julia in a terminal, load the package with 'using SJulia', and then press '=' to enter the alternative mode. This works fine. I would like to do this in one step. e.g. enter 'sjulia' in a terminal and then start in the alternative mode. Problems are: 1. I have to execute a julia function to start the REPL mode 'after' the REPL starts and I see the julia prompt. Otherwise there is no active REPL. Using .juliarc.jl or julia -e apparently loads and runs code before starting the REPL. I would like the alternative REPL mode to be created without entering anything at the julia prompt. 2. Once I create the alternative REPL, I am still in the standard julia REPL mode. To switch to the alternative mode, I enter '='. I would like to enter this mode automatically. There is a function Base.LineEdit.transition that seems to do this. But, it takes a data structure (of type Base.LineEdit.MIState' ) as an argument that I don't know how to get at. I can probably find it buried somewhere in Base.active_repl, but, I have not been able to so far. -John
