Merge 2a8542e541 into b01fbb4a22

contrib/completion/hx.bash

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ _hx() {
 
     case "$2" in
     -*)
-        mapfile -t COMPREPLY < <(compgen -W "-h --help --tutor -V --version -v -vv -vvv --health -g --grammar --vsplit --hsplit -c --config --log" -- """$2""")
+        mapfile -t COMPREPLY < <(compgen -W "-h --help --tutor -V --version -v -vv -vvv --health -g --grammar --vsplit --hsplit -e --execute -c --config --log" -- """$2""")
         return 0
         ;;
     *)

contrib/completion/hx.elv

@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ set edit:completion:arg-completer[hx] = {|@args|
   $candidate "--grammar" "(Fetch or build the tree-sitter grammars)"
   $candidate "--vsplit" "(Splits all given files vertically)"
   $candidate "--hsplit" "(Splits all given files horizontally)"
+  $candidate "-e" "(Executes the given command on startup)"
+  $candidate "--execute" "(Executes the given command on startup)"
   $candidate "--config" "(Specifies a file to use for configuration)"
   $candidate "--log" "(Specifies a file to write log data into)"
 }

contrib/completion/hx.fish

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ complete -c hx -l hsplit -d "Splits all given files horizontally"
 complete -c hx -s c -l config -r -d "Specifies a file to use for config"
 complete -c hx -l log -r -d "Specifies a file to use for logging"
 complete -c hx -s w -l working-dir -d "Specify initial working directory" -xa "(__fish_complete_directories)"
+complete -c hx -s e -l execute -d "Executes the given command on startup"
 
 function __hx_langs_ops
     hx --health languages | tail -n '+2' | string replace -fr '^(\S+) .*' '$1'

contrib/completion/hx.nu

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export extern hx [
     --version(-V),                              # Prints version information
     --vsplit,                                   # Splits all given files vertically into different windows
     --hsplit,                                   # Splits all given files horizontally into different windows
+    --execute(-e),                              # Executes the given command on startup
     --working-dir(-w): glob,                    # Specify an initial working directory
     ...files: glob,                             # Sets the input file to use, position can also be specified via file[:row[:col]]
 ]

contrib/completion/hx.zsh

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ _hx() {
 		"--hsplit[Splits all given files horizontally]" \
 		"-c[Specifies a file to use for configuration]" \
 		"--config[Specifies a file to use for configuration]" \
+		"-e[Executes the given command on startup]" \
+		"--execute[Executes the given command on startup]" \
 		"-w[Specify initial working directory]" \
 		"--working-dir[Specify initial working directory]" \
 		"--log[Specifies a file to use for logging]" \

helix-term/src/args.rs

@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ pub struct Args {
     pub config_file: Option<PathBuf>,
     pub files: IndexMap<PathBuf, Vec<Position>>,
     pub working_directory: Option<PathBuf>,
+    /// The macro to execute on startup
+    pub execute: Vec<helix_view::input::KeyEvent>,
 }
 
 impl Args {
@@ -74,6 +76,10 @@ impl Args {
                     Some(path) => args.log_file = Some(path.into()),
                     None => anyhow::bail!("--log must specify a path to write"),
                 },
+                "-e" | "--execute" => match argv.next().as_deref() {
+                    Some(command) => args.execute = helix_view::input::parse_macro(command)?,
+                    None => anyhow::bail!("--execute receives a command to execute"),
+                },
                 "-w" | "--working-dir" => match argv.next().as_deref() {
                     Some(path) => {
                         args.working_directory = if Path::new(path).is_dir() {

helix-term/src/main.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use anyhow::{Context, Error, Result};
 use crossterm::event::EventStream;
+use futures_util::{stream, StreamExt};
 use helix_loader::VERSION_AND_GIT_HASH;
 use helix_term::application::Application;
 use helix_term::args::Args;
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main_impl() -> Result<i32> {
-    let args = Args::parse_args().context("could not parse arguments")?;
+    let mut args = Args::parse_args().context("could not parse arguments")?;
 
     helix_loader::initialize_config_file(args.config_file.clone());
     helix_loader::initialize_log_file(args.log_file.clone());
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ FLAGS:
     --hsplit                       Splits all given files horizontally into different windows
     -w, --working-dir <path>       Specify an initial working directory
     +N                             Open the first given file at line number N
+    -e, --execute <command>        Executes the given command on startup
 ",
             env!("CARGO_PKG_NAME"),
             VERSION_AND_GIT_HASH,
@@ -147,10 +149,20 @@ FLAGS:
         helix_core::config::default_lang_loader()
     });
 
+    // sequence of key events to execute before launching the editor
+    let execute_at_start =
+        stream::iter(std::mem::take(&mut args.execute).into_iter().map(|item| {
+            Ok(crossterm::event::Event::Key(
+                crossterm::event::KeyEvent::from(item),
+            ))
+        }));
+
     // TODO: use the thread local executor to spawn the application task separately from the work pool
     let mut app = Application::new(args, config, lang_loader).context("unable to start Helix")?;
 
-    let exit_code = app.run(&mut EventStream::new()).await?;
+    let exit_code = app
+        .run(&mut execute_at_start.chain(EventStream::new()))
+        .await?;
 
     Ok(exit_code)
 }