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.TH KAKOUNE 1 "" "" "COMMANDS"
.SS Primitives
.TP
.BR e[dit] " <filename> [<line> [<column>]]"
open buffer on file, go to given line and column. If file is already opened, just switch to this file. Use edit! to force reloading
.TP
.BR w[rite] " [<filename>]"
write buffer to <filename> or use it's name if filename is not given
.TP
.BR w[rite]a[ll]
write all buffers that are associated to a file
.TP
.BR q[uit]
exit Kakoune, use quit! to force quitting even if there is some unsaved buffers remaining
.TP
.BR wq
write current buffer and quit
.TP
.BR b[uffer] " <name>"
switch to buffer <name>
.TP
.BR d[el]b[uf] " [<name>]"
delete the buffer <name>, use d[el]b[uf]! to force deleting a modified buffer
.TP
.BR source " <filename>"
execute commands in <filename>
.TP
.BR runtime " <filename>"
execute commands in <filename>, <filename> is relative to kak executable path
.TP
.BR colorscheme " <name>"
load named colorscheme
.TP
.BR nameclient " <name>"
set current client name
.TP
.BR namebuf " <name>"
set current buffer name
.TP
.BR echo " <text>"
show <text> in status line
.TP
.BR nop
does nothing, but arguments will be evaluated (e.g. shell expansion)
.TP
.BR set " <scope> <name> <value>"
change the value of an option (c.f. the 'options' documentation page)
.TP
.BR alias " <scope> <name> <command>"
define a new alias, within the context of a scope
.TP
.BR unalias " <scope> <name> [<command>]"
remove an alias if its current value is the same as the one passed as an optional parameter, remove it unconditionally otherwise
.TP
.BR decl " [-hidden] <type> <name> [<value>]"
declare a new option, the -hidden hides the option in completion suggestions (c.f. the 'options' documentation page)
.TP
.BR face " <name> <facespec>"
define a face (c.f. the 'faces' documentation page)
.TP
.BR exec " [<flags>] <key> …"
execute a series of keys, as if they were hit (c.f. the 'execeval' documentation page)
.TP
.BR eval " [<flags>] <command> …"
execute commands, as if they were entered in the command prompt (c.f. the 'execeval' documentation page)
.TP
.BR def " [<flags>] <name> <command>"
define a new command (c.f. the 'Declaring new commands' section below)
.TP
.BR map " <scope> <mode> <key> <keys>"
bind a combination of keys to another one (c.f. the 'commands' documentation page)
.TP
.BR hook " [-group <group>] <scope> <hook_name> <filtering_regex> <command>"
execute a command whenever an event is triggered (c.f. the 'hooks' documentation page)
.TP
.BR rmhooks " <scope> <group>"
remove every hooks in
.IR <scope>
that are part of the given
.IR <group>
(c.f. the 'hooks' documentation page)
.TP
.BR addhl " [<flags>] <highlighter_name> <highlighter_parameters> …"
add a highlighter to the current window (c.f. the 'highlighters' documentation page)
.TP
.BR rmhl " <highlighter_id>"
remove the highlighter whose id is
.IR highlighter_id
(c.f. the 'highlighters' documentation page)
.SS Helpers
Kakoune provides some helper commands that can be used to define composite commands:
.TP
.BR prompt " <prompt> <register> <command>"
prompt the user for a string, when the user validates, store the result in given
.IR <register> " and run " <commmand> "."
the
.IR -init <str>
switch allows setting initial content
.TP
.BR onkey " <register> <command>"
wait for next key from user, writes it into given <register> and execute commands
.TP
.BR menu " <label1> <commands1> <label2> <commands2> …"
display a menu using labels, the selected labels commands are executed. menu can take an
.IR -auto-single
argument, to automatically run commands when only one choice is provided, and a
.IR -select-cmds
argument, in which case menu takes three argument per item, the last one being a command to execute when the item is selected (but not validated)
.TP
.BR info " <text>"
display text in an information box, at can take an
.IR -anchor
option, which accepts left, right and cursor as value, in order to specify where the info box should be anchored relative to the main selection
.TP
.BR try " <commands> catch <on_error_commands>"
prevent an error in
.IR <commands>
from aborting the whole commands execution, execute
.IR <on_error_commands>
instead. If nothing is to be done on error, the catch part can be ommitted
.TP
.BR reg " <name> <content>"
set register
.IR <name> " to " <content>
.RE
Note that those commands are also available in the interactive mode, but are not really useful in that context.
.SS Multiple commands
Commands (c.f. previous sections) can be chained, by being separated either by new lines or by semicolons, as such a
semicolon must be escaped with a backslash (\;) to be considered as a literal semicolon argument
.SS Declaring new commands
New commands can be defined using the
.IR def
command:
.RS 3
.TP
.BR def " [flags] <command_name> <commands>"
.RE
.IR <commands>
is a string containing the commands to execute, and
.IR flags
can be any combination of the following parameters:
.RS 3
.TP
.BR -params " <num>"
the command accepts a
.IR <num>
parameter, which can be either a number, or of the form <min>..<max>, with both <min> and <max> omittable
.TP
.BR -file-completion
try file completion on any parameter passed to this command
.TP
.BR -client-completion
try client name completion on any parameter passed to this command
.TP
.BR -buffer-completion
try buffer name completion on any parameter passed to this command
.TP
.BR -shell-completion
following string is a shell command which takes parameters as positional params and output one completion candidate per line
.TP
.BR -allow-override
allow the new command to replace an exisiting one with the same name
.TP
.BR -hidden
do not show the command in command name completions
.TP
.BR -docstring
define the documentation string for the command
.RE
Using shell expansion allows to define complex commands or to access Kakoune state:
.RS 3
.TP
.BR def " print_selection %{ echo %sh{ ${kak_selection} } }"
.RE