Variable: cider-reuse-dead-repls

cider-reuse-dead-repls is a customizable variable defined in cider-connection.el.

Value

prompt

Documentation

How to deal with existing dead REPL buffers when initializing a connection.

Possible choices are prompt, auto, any, and nil.
- prompt means to always ask the user for a decision.
- auto means to automatically reuse a dead REPL without prompting the user
  if it is the only available option. When there are multiple buffers to
  choose from, the user is is prompted for a choice.
- any (or any other non-nil value) means to reuse any dead REPL buffer
  available, by default the most relevant according to various heuristics,
  and never prompt the user.
- nil means to start a new REPL each time, ignoring existing buffers.

This variable was added, or its default value changed, in cider version 1.8.

Source Code

;; Defined in ~/.emacs.d/elpa/cider-20260414.1619/cider-connection.el
(defcustom cider-reuse-dead-repls 'prompt
  "How to deal with existing dead REPL buffers when initializing a connection.

Possible choices are `prompt', `auto', `any', and nil.
- `prompt' means to always ask the user for a decision.
- `auto' means to automatically reuse a dead REPL without prompting the user
  if it is the only available option.  When there are multiple buffers to
  choose from, the user is is prompted for a choice.
- `any' (or any other non-nil value) means to reuse any dead REPL buffer
  available, by default the most relevant according to various heuristics,
  and never prompt the user.
- nil means to start a new REPL each time, ignoring existing buffers."
  :type '(choice (const :tag "Always prompt for what to do with dead REPLs" prompt)
                 (const :tag "Reuse dead REPL, prompting only for multiple choice" auto)
                 (const :tag "Reuse any available dead REPL and never prompt" any)
                 (const :tag "Never reuse dead REPLs" nil))
  :group 'cider
  :safe #'symbolp
  :package-version '(cider . "1.8"))