vis-lua: expose vis:feedkeys API

2 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ecae68e..5474b9a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -598,6 +598,7 @@ At this time there exists no API stability guarantees.
    - `motion(id)` select/execute a motion
    - `command_register(name, function(argv, force, win, cursor, range))` hook up a Lua function to `:name` command
    - `map(mode, key, function)` map a Lua function to `key` in `mode`
+   - `feedkeys(keys)` interpret `keys` as if they were read from the keyboard. If called from a key handling function, the keys will only be processed *after* the current key handling function has returned.
  - `file`
    - `content(pos, len)` or `content({start, finish})`
    - `insert(pos, data)`
diff --git a/vis-lua.c b/vis-lua.c
index d9598bb..9df2a8e 100644
--- a/vis-lua.c
+++ b/vis-lua.c
@@ -510,6 +510,15 @@ static int command_register(lua_State *L) {
 	return 1;
 }
 
+static int feedkeys(lua_State *L) {
+	Vis *vis = obj_ref_check(L, 1, "vis");
+	const char *keys = luaL_checkstring(L, 2);
+	if (vis)
+		vis_keys_feed(vis, keys);
+	lua_pushboolean(L, vis != NULL);
+	return 1;
+}
+
 static int vis_index(lua_State *L) {
 	Vis *vis = obj_ref_check(L, 1, "vis");
 	if (!vis) {
@@ -583,6 +592,7 @@ static const struct luaL_Reg vis_lua[] = {
 	{ "textobject", textobject },
 	{ "textobject_register", textobject_register },
 	{ "command_register", command_register },
+	{ "feedkeys", feedkeys },
 	{ "__index", vis_index },
 	{ "__newindex", vis_newindex },
 	{ NULL, NULL },