define-command new -params .. -command-completion -docstring '
new [<commands>]: create a new kakoune client
The ''terminal'' alias is being used to determine the user''s preferred terminal emulator
The optional arguments are passed as commands to the new client' \
%{
    try %{
        terminal %sh{
            # double-up single-quotes
            escaped=$(printf %s "$*" | sed -e "s|'|''|g")
            printf "kak -c '%s' -e '%s'" "$kak_session" "$escaped"
        }
    } catch %{
        fail "The 'terminal' alias must be defined to use this command"
    }
}