Support --from-entry option

[hsanson]

Problem to solve

Would be nice to have a --from-entry option similar to --to-entry to run sections of the hurl file.

Proposal

Add --from-entry option that accepts an entry index and runs the hurl file starting from that entry up to --to-entry if defined or to end of file if not.

Additional context and resources

Trying to improve hurl.nvim plugin capability to run visually selected sections of a Hurl file.

Tasks to complete

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[jcamiel]

Hi @hsanson

It makes sens supporting --from-entry (and maybe --entry to execute only one entry). Something I'll be happy to have feedback is whether we should support also equivalent "line" options (see #1820).

Without IDE support, I find it easier to see on which line is a specific entry (instead of counting entry). We need to define what's happening when the specified line is not an entry obviously.

But in the context of an editor, we can begin by implementing "--entry" options first.

[hsanson]

The logic to determine entries from a line position is not trivial so supporting "from_line", "to_line", and "at_line" options would make it easier to integrate with other editor's and IDE's.

If I had to implement this I would:

1. Make from_line default to start of hurl file and to_line default to end of file.
2. When executing a hurl file, find all entries contained within the from_line to to_line including partially contained entries at the edges and execute all these entries.
3. When using at_line set both to_line and from_line equal to the provided at_line value and perform same logic to fined entries contained in the range of lines and execute them.

[jcamiel]

Very clear, thanks a lot!

[jcamiel]

Hi @hsanson this is merged by #2556 for Hurl 4.3.0. Thanks for the issue!