v0.10.0-beta.0

[sayanarijit]

Changes & fixes

• Added support for native lua binding via ~/.config/xplr/init.lua (see this).
• Fixed open in editor action by only opening the file under focus.

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This discussion was created from the release v0.10.0-beta.0.

[sayanarijit]

This release is for people living on the edge to play around with lua native support by moving config from config.yml to init.lua.

Syntax:

version = 'v0.10.0-beta.0'

config = xplr.config

config.general.default_ui.prefix = ' '
config.general.default_ui.suffix = ''

config.general.focus_ui.prefix = '▸'
config.general.focus_ui.suffix = ''
config.general.focus_ui.style.fg = { Rgb = { 170, 150, 130 } }
config.general.focus_ui.style.bg = { Rgb = { 50, 50, 50 } }
config.general.focus_ui.style.add_modifiers = { 'Bold' }

-- Remap
config.modes.builtin.default.key_bindings.on_key.e = config.modes.builtin.action.key_bindings.on_key.e

-- Remove (one of the lua surprises - setting key to `nil` removes the table entry)
config.modes.builtin.action.key_bindings.on_key.e = nil

There are further plans like adding plugin support, moving from handlebars to native lua, add LuaExec similar to BashExec etc. but let's do them one-at-a-time, experimenting with different options. Also, If anyone managed to close config.yml -> init.lua, it'd be awesome.

[sayanarijit]

I think that's it. It was quite a journey, but now I can say xplr has the basic foundation of Lua integration which allows us to overcome the yaml inheritance limitations/complexity and explore further customization options. Hence, once reviewed, v0.10.0 can be released out in the open.

Notable changes since v0.10.0-beta.0:

• config.yml has been fully replaced with init.lua. If you have a lot of customization in your config.yml, xplr-yml2lua can help you with migrating it to lua.
• Handlebars templates has been replaced with Lua functions. e.g.
• xplr will fall back to default config if init.lua is corrupt. You will see the error via log. So, now, it's not a big deal if you mess up init.lua or you upgrade xplr and there's version incompatibility issue. You can still use it.
• Added (optional) mouse scrolling support, which be auto enabled on devices that support mouse.
• History navigation will now behave like jump list in vim. So, you even can jump and return to different locations in the same directory.
• Added messages CallLua and CallLuaSilently to call lua functions. The app state will be passed as inputs to the functions, and the returned messages will be handled by xplr. CallLua and CallLuaSilently are more flexible (and probably faster) alternatives to Call, CallSilently, BashExec and BashExecSilently. e.g.

cc @maximbaz In case you missed this.

[maximbaz]

Impressive work! I haven't had a chance to try it out, but definitely looking forward to! 😉

[sayanarijit]

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