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| -rw-r--r-- | README.md | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | plugins/autosave.lua | 45 |
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@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ with the official version of lite, format the name in italic.* Plugin | Description -------|----------------------------------------- [`autoinsert`](plugins/autoinsert.lua?raw=1) | Automatically inserts closing brackets and quotes +*[`autosave`](plugins/autosave.lua?raw=1)* | Automatically saves files when they are changed [`autowrap`](plugins/autowrap.lua?raw=1) | Automatically hardwraps lines when typing *[`bigclock`](plugins/bigclock.lua?raw=1)* | Shows the current time and date in a view with large text *([screenshot](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/3920290/82752891-3318df00-9db9-11ea-803f-261d80d5cf53.png))* [`black`](https://git.sr.ht/~tmpod/black-lite)* | Integrates the [black](https://github.com/psf/black) Python formatter with lite diff --git a/plugins/autosave.lua b/plugins/autosave.lua new file mode 100644 index 0000000..11337f7 --- /dev/null +++ b/plugins/autosave.lua @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@ +local core = require "core" +local config = require "core.config" +local Doc = require "core.doc" +local DocView = require "core.docview" +local command = require "core.command" +-- this is used to detect the wait time +local last_keypress = os.time() +-- this exists so that we don't end up with multiple copies of the loop running at once +local looping = false +local on_text_change = Doc.on_text_change +-- the approximate amount of time, in seconds, that it takes to trigger an autosave +config.autosave_timeout = 1 + + +local function loop_for_save() + if not looping then + looping = true + while looping do + if os.difftime(os.time(), last_keypress) >= config.autosave_timeout then + command.perform "doc:save" + -- stop loop + looping = false + end + -- dividing by five is completely arbitrary but it seemed to work well so idc + coroutine.yield(config.autosave_timeout) + end + end +end + + +local function updatepress() + -- set last keypress time to now + last_keypress = os.time() + -- put loop in coroutine so it doesn't lag out this script + core.add_thread(loop_for_save) +end + + +function Doc:on_text_change(type) + -- check if file is saved + if core.active_view:get_name() ~= "unsaved*" then + updatepress() + end + return on_text_change(type) +end |