Shell mode causes issues on windows

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This workaround uses ReplMaker.jl to register a powershell> mode in the REPL activated with }. It handles the cd command separately as in the proposed fix. It could be usefull until the proper fix lands.

using ReplMaker
function _pass_to_powershell(s)
    # adapted from https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/pull/31490
    args = String.(split(s))
    if args[1] == "cd"
        new_oldpwd = pwd()
        if length(args) > 2
            throw(ArgumentError("cd method only takes one argument"))
        elseif length(args) == 2
            dir = args[2]
            if dir == "-"
                if !haskey(ENV, "OLDPWD")
                    error("cd: OLDPWD not set")
                end
                cd(ENV["OLDPWD"])
            else
                cd(dir)
            end
        else
            cd()
        end
        ENV["OLDPWD"] = new_oldpwd
        println(pwd())

    else
        # command = Cmd(["powershell", s...])  # version 5
        command = Cmd(["pwsh", "-Command", args...])  # version 7
        command |> ignorestatus |> run
    end
end
initrepl(
    _pass_to_powershell;
    prompt_text = "powershell> ",
    prompt_color = :cyan,
    start_key = '}',
    mode_name = "powershell_mode"
)

PowerShell comes with many aliases similar to bash, so the basic stuff works as expected.

julia> # type } to activate
powershell> Get-Alias

CommandType     Name                                               Version    Source
-----------     ----                                               -------    ------
Alias           ? -> Where-Object
Alias           % -> ForEach-Object
Alias           ac -> Add-Content
Alias           cat -> Get-Content
Alias           cd -> Set-Location  <--- this one is handled separately
Alias           chdir -> Set-Location
Alias           clc -> Clear-Content
Alias           clear -> Clear-Host
Alias           clhy -> Clear-History
Alias           cli -> Clear-Item
Alias           clp -> Clear-ItemProperty
Alias           cls -> Clear-Host
Alias           clv -> Clear-Variable
Alias           cnsn -> Connect-PSSession
Alias           compare -> Compare-Object
Alias           conda -> Invoke-Conda                              0.0        Conda
Alias           copy -> Copy-Item
Alias           cp -> Copy-Item
...

You can make it always available with the startup config file.

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