Opening a new tab in a plugin

[jordanbaron]

Hi,

I am trying to create a new tab in a plugin but I can't figure out how. I have tried this

local micro = import("micro")
local config = import("micro/config")
local buffer = import("micro/buffer")
local action = impoort("micro/action")
function init()
	config.MakeCommand("createTab", createTabCommand, config.NoComplete)
	config.TryBindKey("Alt-n", "lua:openfile.createTabCommand", false)
end

function createTabCommand(bp)
	local buf = buffer.NewBufferFromFile("/home/jordo/test.md")
	action.NewTabFromBuffer(0,0,100,100,buf)
end

but I get the following error

main:4: attempt to call a non-function object
stack traceback:
        main:4: in main chunk
        [G]: ?

I don't see the action package documented in the plugin readme, is it just not exposed to plugins?

[cutelisp]

I don't see the action package documented in the plugin readme, is it just not exposed to plugins?

The action package is not exported. NewTabFromBuffer is not accessible from Lua, and there is no intended way to create a new tab directly. You can create one through func (h *BufPane) NewTabCmd(args []string).

local config = import("micro/config")

function init()
    config.MakeCommand("createTab", createTabCommand, config.NoComplete)
end

function createTabCommand(bp)
    bp:NewTabCmd({"/home/jordo/test.md"})
end

I’m not sure what your final goal is. If you just want to create a tab from a filepath, there’s already the command tab [filepath]. If you want to bind it to a key, you can do something like "Alt-n": "command-edit:tab ".

[jordanbaron]

thank you! as for what i'm doing, sorta just playing around atm, no set goal yet.