KAKOUNE(1) ========== NAME ---- commands - a Primitives ---------- Some commands take an exclamation mark (*!*), which can be used to force the execution of the command (i.e. to quit a modified buffer, the command *q!* has to be used). *cd* []:: change the current directory to *directory*, or the home directory if unspecified *doc* :: display documentation about a topic. The completion list displays the available topics *e[dit][!]* [ []]:: 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 *w[rite][!]* []:: write buffer to or use its name if filename is not given. If the file is write-protected, its permissions are temporarily changed to allow saving the buffer and restored afterwards when the write! command is used. *w[rite]a[ll]*:: write all buffers that are associated to a file *q[uit][!]*:: exit Kakoune, use quit! to force quitting even if there is some unsaved buffers remaining *kill*:: terminate the current session, all the clients as well as the server *w[a]q[!]*:: write the current buffer (or all buffers when *waq* is used) and quit *b[uffer]* :: switch to buffer *b[uffer]n[ext]*:: switch to the next buffer *b[uffer]p[rev]*:: switch to the previous buffer *d[el]b[uf][!]* []:: delete the buffer *source* :: execute commands in *colorscheme* :: load named colorscheme *rename-client* :: set current client name *rename-buffer* :: set current buffer name *rename-session* :: set current session name *echo* [options] :: show *text* in status line, with the following *options*: *-color* ::: print the given text with *face*, most commonly *Error* or *Information* *-markup*::: expand the markup strings in *text* (c.f. the 'expansions' documentation page) *-debug*::: print the given text to the *\*debug** buffer *nop*:: does nothing, but arguments will be evaluated (e.g. shell expansion) *declare-option* [-hidden] []:: declare a new option, the -hidden hides the option in completion suggestions (c.f. the 'options' documentation page) *set-option* :: change the value of an option (c.f. the 'options' documentation page), note that the name of a particular buffer can be specified when the target *scope* is 'buffer', e.g. set buffer=/path/to/buffer foo "bar"; the scope can also take the `current` special value, which will automatically point to the narrowest scope available in the current context *unset-option* :: unset the value of an option (c.f. the 'options' documentation page) *update-option* :: update the value of an option if its type supports that operation (c.f. the 'options' documentation page) *alias* :: define a new alias, within the context of a scope *unalias* []:: remove an alias if its current value is the same as the one passed as an optional parameter, remove it unconditionally otherwise *face* :: define a face (c.f. the 'faces' documentation page) *exec* [] ...:: execute a series of keys, as if they were hit (c.f. the 'execeval' documentation page) *eval* [] ...:: execute commands, as if they were entered in the command prompt (c.f. the 'execeval' documentation page) *define-command* [] :: define a new command (c.f. the 'Declaring new commands' section below) *map* :: bind a list of keys to a combination (c.f. the 'mapping' documentation page) *unmap* []:: unbind a key combination (c.f. the 'mapping' documentation page) *hook* [-group ] :: execute a command whenever an event is triggered (c.f. the 'hooks' documentation page) *remove-hooks* :: remove every hooks in *scope* that are part of the given *group* (c.f. the 'hooks' documentation page) *add-highlighter* [] ...:: add a highlighter to the current window (c.f. the 'highlighters' documentation page) *remove-highlighter* :: remove the highlighter whose id is *highlighter_id* (c.f. the 'highlighters' documentation page) Helpers ------- Kakoune provides some helper commands that can be used to define composite commands: *prompt* :: prompt the user for a string, when the user validates, executes the command. The entered text is available in the `text` value accessible through `$kak_text` in shells or `%val{text}` in commands. The *-init * switch allows setting initial content, the *-password* switch hides the entered text and clears the register after command execution. The *-on-change* and *-on-abort* switches, followed by a command will have this command executed whenever the prompt content changes or the prompt is aborted, respectively. *on-key* :: wait for next key from user, then execute , the key is available through the `key` value, accessible through `$kak_key` in shells, or `%val{key}` in commands. *menu* ...:: display a menu using labels, the selected label’s commands are executed. The *menu* command can take an *-auto-single* argument, to automatically run commands when only one choice is provided, and a *-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) *info* [options] :: display text in an information box with the following *options*: *-anchor* .::: print the text at the given coordinates *-placement* {above,below}::: set the placement relative to the anchor *-title* ::: set the title of the message box *try* catch :: prevent an error in *commands* from aborting the whole command execution, execute *on_error_commands* instead. If nothing is to be done on error, the catch part can be omitted *reg* :: set register *name* to *content* *select* .,.:...:: replace the current selections with the one described in the argument *debug* {info,buffers,options,memory,shared-strings}:: print some debug information in the *\*debug** buffer Note that those commands are also available in the interactive mode, but are not really useful in that context. 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 Declaring new commands ---------------------- New commands can be defined using the *define-command* command: *define-command* [flags] :: *commands* is a string containing the commands to execute, and *flags* can be any combination of the following parameters: *-params* ::: the command accepts a *num* parameter, which can be either a number, or of the form .., with both and omittable *-file-completion*::: try file completion on any parameter passed to this command *-client-completion*::: try client name completion on any parameter passed to this command *-buffer-completion*::: try buffer name completion on any parameter passed to this command *-shell-completion*::: following string is a shell command which takes parameters as positional params and output one completion candidate per line *-allow-override*::: allow the new command to replace an existing one with the same name *-hidden*::: do not show the command in command name completions *-docstring*::: define the documentation string for the command Using shell expansion allows defining complex commands or accessing Kakoune's state: -------------------------------------------------------- def " print_selection %{ echo %sh{ ${kak_selection} } }" --------------------------------------------------------