upd

TODO

@@ -11,3 +11,5 @@
 
 - add kks send commands in kks-select script to indicate highlighted client
 - add '-a' flag to kill cmd for killing all sessions
+
+- https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-the-flag-package-in-go

kak/get.go

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify"
 )
 
-func Get(getStr, session, client string) ([]string, error) {
+func Get(getStr, buf, session, client string) ([]string, error) {
 	// create a tmp file for kak to echo the value
 	f, err := os.CreateTemp("", "kks-tmp")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func Get(getStr, session, client string) ([]string, error) {
 
 	// tell kak to echo the requested state
 	sendCmd := fmt.Sprintf("echo -quoting kakoune -to-file %s %%{ %s }", f.Name(), getStr)
-	if err := Send(sendCmd, "", session, client); err != nil {
+	if err := Send(sendCmd, buf, session, client); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 

kak/list.go

@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ func List() ([]KakSession, error) {
 	for _, session := range kakSessions {
 		s := KakSession{Name: session}
 
-		clients, err := Get("%val{client_list}", session, "")
+		clients, err := Get("%val{client_list}", "", session, "")
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 		s.Clients = clients
 
-		dir, err := Get("%sh{pwd}", session, "")
+		dir, err := Get("%sh{pwd}", "", session, "")
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}

kks.go

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ func main() {
 	sendBuffer := sendCmd.String("b", "", "send to specified buffer")
 	attachCmd := flag.NewFlagSet("attach", flag.ExitOnError)
 	getCmd := flag.NewFlagSet("get", flag.ExitOnError)
+	getBuffer := getCmd.String("b", "", "get from specified buffer")
 	killCmd := flag.NewFlagSet("kill", flag.ExitOnError)
 	envCmd := flag.NewFlagSet("env", flag.ExitOnError)
 	listCmd := flag.NewFlagSet("list", flag.ExitOnError)
@@ -152,7 +153,7 @@ func main() {
 			log.Fatal(err)
 		}
 
-		out, err := kak.Get(arg, context.session, context.client)
+		out, err := kak.Get(arg, *getBuffer, context.session, context.client)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatal(err)
 		}
@@ -247,7 +248,7 @@ func main() {
 
 		buffer := *catBuffer
 		if buffer == "" {
-			buffile, err := kak.Get("%val{buffile}", context.session, context.client)
+			buffile, err := kak.Get("%val{buffile}", "", context.session, context.client)
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Fatal(err)
 			}
@@ -315,4 +316,6 @@ func printHelp() {
 	fmt.Println("ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES")
 	fmt.Println("  KKS_SESSION     Kakoune session")
 	fmt.Println("  KKS_CLIENT      Kakoune client")
+	fmt.Println()
+	fmt.Println("Use \"kks <command> -h\" for command usage.")
 }