Saving should trigger a file download
Lonami opened this issue · 6 comments
This is not an issue, nor appropriated for the Vim mailing list. However, since this is basically a version of Vim for the web it would make sense to offer some of the features you would expect from a web editor, such as saving. The :w
command could for example trigger a file download. Likewise, opening a file could ask the user to select a file to upload.
I agree. But vim.wasm is not in the phase for now. I'm now trying to fix/improve base implementations to make vim.wasm run faster/more robustly. I want to extend fundamental features like :write
you're pointing after current fixes are done.
Anyway, thank you for reporting this. To keep your idea in my mind, I'll label this issue as 'enhancement'.
i was going to ask something like this, so my question is how can i get what i write?, i mean if i want to use what i write for an API, for example
Possible implementation would be:
- Implement a JavaScript function which is supposed to be called at writing a file. In the function, we can show dialog or do something.
- In C,
:write
is implemented indo_write()
function ofex_cmds.c
. Call above JavaScript function indo_write()
with the file name and the buffer content
After some thoughts, I implemented :export
special command to download current buffer or specific file at 4c81d4c.
I did not hook :write
because browser does not overwrite existing file (e.g. when downloading foo.txt
twice, foo (1).txt
is downloaded at second time). Each :write
generates a new file and it would be annoying.
Cool, good job!