InterSystems Package Manager ZPM 0.2.7 release
We released a new version of ZPM, with a set of great enhancements:
- $zpm function
- new arguments for search command
- and more!
See the details below
$zpm function
With $zpm function you can execute ZPM commands programmatically and get the status.
set sc=$zpm("install new-module")
Search command
Most often, ZPM works with the pm.community.intersystems.com registry. Now more than 100 applications are published in this registry, and their number is constantly increasing.
We've added an argument to the search command that lets you specify the application name or part of the application name.
zpm: USER>search zpm
registry https://pm.community.intersystems.com:
zpm 0.2.7
Use an asterisk for any sequence of characters
zpm: USER>search zpm*
registry https://pm.community.intersystems.com:
zpm 0.2.7
zpm-registry 1.0.9
zpmshow 1.0.1
We added the -d (-description) flag.
When this flag is specified, a short description will be shown for each package in the list of found packages.
Package authors should specify the description in the module.xml filе.
Dark theme
If you are using a dark theme in terminal (or VS Code) try this new feature in ZPM which will affect the output in the search command.
Use config set ColorScheme dark to set dark theme, and config delete ColorScheme to reset to default
Comments
$zpm function is excellent news!
It allows us now to run ZMP install also remote to multiple instances of IRIS
using IRIS Native API for ObjectScript !
This means to me: distributed installation without login to SMP or Studio or Terminal.
Thanks for this improvement! 
I really like the opportunity to see which modules are installed in which namespaces. And quickly go there without leaving the shell of the ZPM.
zpm: USER>help zn
namespace [<name>]
Alias: zn
See list modules in namespace and go to the namespace
Arguments
name
Name namespace, * or context name*
Examples
zn *
Show all modules in all namespaces
zn sql*
Show all modules in namespaces by context
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