Make BufCreate/BufOpen run in the parent context

[kurkale6ka]

This would allow the following to work (open a file where I left):

Initial setup:

mkdir -p $XDG_DATA_HOME/kakoune

sqlite3 $XDG_DATA_HOME/kakoune/info.db << 'INIT'
CREATE TABLE recent (
  file VARCHAR(200) UNIQUE,
  pos VARCHAR(20),
  stamp INTEGER
);

CREATE INDEX _file ON recent (file);
INIT

In kakrc:

hook global BufWritePre .* %{

    %sh{ sqlite3 $XDG_DATA_HOME/kakoune/info.db "INSERT or REPLACE into recent (file, pos, stamp) values ('$kak_buffile', '$kak_selections_desc', strftime('%s', 'now'));" }
}

hook global BufOpen .* %{

    %sh{
    if [ -f "$kak_buffile" ]
    then
        selections=$(sqlite3 "$XDG_DATA_HOME"/kakoune/info.db "SELECT pos from recent where file = '$kak_buffile';")
        [ -n "$selections" ] && printf '%s\n' "select $selections"
    fi
    }
}

[lenormf]

What's "not working" in the code you gave?

[kurkale6ka]

Quote from @mawww:

and if you were using WinCreate, that does not run in
the client context (unfortunately), so you wont be
modifying the actual user selections

[lenormf]

Ok the issue is with selections, can't you use kak -p or the eval -client ?