`geany.activate()` is supposed activate a document and return true. If it is
unable, it returns false. However, it is not activating the document.
Accepted arguments are a tab id (negative numbers), document id (positive
numbers), or full document path. Test code attempting to call
`geany.activate()` with the document id (test1) and path (test2) follows:
```
test1 = geany.activate(geany.documents(geany.filename()))
doc_id = geany.documents(geany.filename())
test2 = geany.activate(doc_id)
for key,val in pairs({ test1, test2 }) do
if val then
geany.status("true")
else
geany.status("false")
geany.status(geany.documents(geany.filename()))
geany.status(geany.filename())
end
end
```
Results in status window are:
```
false
1
/tmp/test
false
1
/tmp/test
```
For reference, an excerpt from the GeanyLua
[documentation](https://plugins.geany.org/geanylua/geanylua-ref.html#activate):
> **`geany.activate ( tab_id )`**
>
> Activates the document specified by tab_id.
>
> If `tab_id` is a number, it activates the document at that index. A
> positive number refers to the internal document array, and a negative number
> refers to the (absolute) GtkNotebook index.
> Note that the indices begin at (1) and (-1) respectively.
>
> If `tab_id` is a string, the function will try to activate the notebook tab
> whose filename matches that string.
> ( The full pathname is required! )
>
> Returns `true` on success, or `false` if the tab could not be found.
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