Open a filemanager by at start

[horpto]

It would be nice if filemanager will be opened at start of micro. Or if filemanager has an option for that.

[sum01]

You can achieve this by creating an init.lua in Micro's config folder and adding the call to filemanager's toggle_tree function.

So on Linux echo "filemanager.toggle_tree()" >> ~/.config/micro/init.lua is all you need to do.

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I'm not really sure if such a one-liner is necessary to put in the plugin, or if most people would want it anyways. I'll leave this open for opinions on that.

[horpto]

Ok, thanks for your reply.

if such a one-liner is necessary to put in the plugin,

I think it should be optional, but is enabled by default.

"filemanager.toggle_tree()" > ~/.config/micro/init.lua

"filemanager.toggle_tree()" >> ~/.config/micro/init.lua would be nicier as init.lua can have other lines.

[datdinhquoc]

adding filemanager.toggle_tree() to init.lua does the trick.

however, the active pane (buffer) is now the filemanager, i wish the cursor be in the file i'm editing instead of filemanager pane.

I found a work-around but it is not ideal:

--this is init.lua--
filemanager.toggle_tree()

function onViewOpen(view)
  tabs[curTab+1].CurView = 1
end

• based on the NextSplit function of https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/blob/d953339a565abc11a19863cac4b4610fca56bcc7/cmd/micro/actions.go
• based on the available variables in Lua module for Micro: https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/blob/master/runtime/help/plugins.md

[sum01]

I have implemented a modified version of your recommendations, I just need to get around to pushing the changes.