I've never encountered or used that method. But it's another case where I
would resist changing the signature of an existing command. If it's only a
matter of making and argument optional, that would be more palatable. The
"events" in question here are not Python things but Leo objects. They
often carry the "c" parameter, for example, so the command can access it.
On Sunday, September 3, 2023 at 9:24:35 PM UTC-4 Félix wrote:
> Having in mind a fresh new user's perspective, I wonder if
> *doCommandByName*, *the method with the most intuitive name to use for
> such a task to perform*, could not be relatively easily modified to
> support not having an 'event' passed to it?
>
> ...I'm not familiar with those 'events' concepts in python so I'm curious
> about Edwards thought on this matter.
>
> Hoping it can be changed easily ! :)
>
> Félix
>
> On Sunday, September 3, 2023 at 9:13:39 PM UTC-4 tbp1...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> There's also c.k.simulateCommand('name-of-command'). I'm not sure why
>> there are both, since they seem to do the same thing. With either one, you
>> don't need to supply a fake event. The method takes care of that. I use
>> whichever one I remember first.
>>
>> On Sunday, September 3, 2023 at 9:08:31 PM UTC-4 gates...@gmail.com
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I tend to use c.executeMinibufferCommand('name-of-command') -- doesn't
>>> need any extra parameters, and Just Works TM.
>>>
>>> Jake
>>>
>>> On Sun, Sep 3, 2023 at 8:41 PM Félix <felix...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Making script in Leo is great, with the globally defined vars g, c and
>>>> p anything is possible.
>>>>
>>>> But what is the recommended way of doing a simple command by name in a
>>>> script?
>>>>
>>>> The *c.doCommandByName* method exists, but it insists on having an
>>>> event as a second parameter.
>>>>
>>>> I discovered that I can make it work by passing a fake event such as :
>>>> {"c": c}, or even a better one: g.app.gui.create_key_event(c), but this
>>>> is
>>>> quite unintuitive. Could it not default to a valid default event if the
>>>> event is not passed?
>>>>
>>>> Félix
>>>>
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