X-Git-Url: https://git.lizzy.rs/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=runtime%2Fhelp%2Fplugins.md;h=d7fc5abf226969b941e099b227d7bb2ad3dca3a0;hb=c29e58e3d4c0d816e961b68af12f21d0570c5806;hp=45f7f37ff872216d7f320cb27884be53058507d9;hpb=d13f9602ff228f83c1d1d149aed3a287a93016ff;p=micro.git diff --git a/runtime/help/plugins.md b/runtime/help/plugins.md index 45f7f37f..d7fc5abf 100644 --- a/runtime/help/plugins.md +++ b/runtime/help/plugins.md @@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ as Go's GOOS variable, so `darwin`, `windows`, `linux`, `freebsd`...) * `messenger`: lets you send messages to the user or create prompts +* `NewBuffer(text, path string) *Buffer`: creates a new buffer from a given reader with a given path + +* `GetLeadingWhitespace() bool`: returns the leading whitespace of the given string + +* `IsWordChar(str string) bool`: returns whether or not the string is a 'word character' + * `RuneStr(r rune) string`: returns a string containing the given rune * `Loc(x, y int) Loc`: returns a new `Loc` struct @@ -67,7 +73,7 @@ as Go's GOOS variable, so `darwin`, `windows`, `linux`, `freebsd`...) * `SetOption(option, value string)`: sets the given option to the value. This will set the option globally, unless it is a local only option. -* `SetLocalOption(option, value string, buffer *Buffer)`: sets the given option to +* `SetLocalOption(option, value string, view *View)`: sets the given option to the value locally in the given buffer * `BindKey(key, action string)`: binds `key` to `action` @@ -88,9 +94,11 @@ as Go's GOOS variable, so `darwin`, `windows`, `linux`, `freebsd`...) `waitToClose` bool only applies if `interactive` is true and means that it should wait before returning to the editor. -* `ToCharPos(loc Loc, buf *Buffer) int`: returns the character position of a given x, y location. +* `ToCharPos(loc Loc, buf *Buffer) int`: returns the character position of a given x, y location + +* `Reload`: (Re)load everything -* `ByteOffset(loc Loc, buf *Buffer) int`: exactly like `ToCharPos` except it it counts bytes instead of runes. +* `ByteOffset(loc Loc, buf *Buffer) int`: exactly like `ToCharPos` except it it counts bytes instead of runes * `JobSpawn(cmdName string, cmdArgs []string, onStdout, onStderr, onExit string, userargs ...string)`: Starts running the given process in the background. `onStdout` `onStderr` and `onExit` @@ -99,8 +107,8 @@ as Go's GOOS variable, so `darwin`, `windows`, `linux`, `freebsd`...) `userargs` are the arguments which will get passed to the callback functions * `JobStart(cmd string, onStdout, onStderr, onExit string, userargs ...string)`: - Starts running the given shell command in the background. - This function is a shorthand for `JobSpawn`. + Starts running the given shell command in the background. Note that the command execute + is first parsed by a shell when using this command. It is executed with `sh -c`. * `JobSend(cmd *exec.Cmd, data string)`: send a string into the stdin of the job process @@ -130,8 +138,8 @@ If you want a standard prompt, just use `messenger.Prompt(prompt, "", 0)` # Adding help files, syntax files, or colorschemes in your plugin You can use the `AddRuntimeFile(name, type, path string)` function to add various kinds of -files to your plugin. For example, if you'd like to add a help topic and to your plugin -called `test`, you would create the `test.md` file for example, and runt the function: +files to your plugin. For example, if you'd like to add a help topic to your plugin +called `test`, you would create a `test.md` file, and call the function: ```lua AddRuntimeFile("test", "help", "test.md") @@ -139,6 +147,8 @@ AddRuntimeFile("test", "help", "test.md") Use `AddRuntimeFilesFromDirectory(name, type, dir, pattern)` to add a number of files to the runtime. +To read the content of a runtime file use `ReadRuntimeFile(fileType, name string)` +or `ListRuntimeFiles(fileType string)` for all runtime files. # Autocomplete command arguments