1 files changed, 43 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/Output.zig b/src/Output.zig
index 1160c455..e6448e36 100644
--- a/src/Output.zig
+++ b/src/Output.zig
@@ -666,6 +666,49 @@ pub fn openUnsaved(p: *Pardes, id: usize, content: []u8) void {
     p.active = id;
 }
 
+/// `pardes -`'s pane: the one `<dir>/+Pager`, emptied for the next paged
+/// text when it is there (a directory's paged commands refill it, as its
+/// command pane is reused), else made, named so before it is announced,
+/// and placed wherever there is room without taking the keyboard. `dir`
+/// empty (or not absolute): the session's directory. Its id; NoPaneRoom
+/// or NoPaneSlots when it has no room at all.
+pub fn openPager(p: *Pardes, from: usize, dir_arg: []const u8) !usize {
+    const dir = if (dir_arg.len > 0 and dir_arg[0] == '/') dir_arg else p.sessionDir();
+    const path = try std.fs.path.join(p.gpa, &.{ dir, "+Pager" });
+    for (p.panes, 0..) |slot, i| {
+        const pane = slot orelse continue;
+        const f = if (pane.file) |*file| file else continue;
+        if (!std.mem.eql(u8, f.path, path)) continue;
+        p.gpa.free(path);
+        File.setContent(p, f, try p.gpa.alloc(u8, 0));
+        resetBody(p, pane);
+        f.saved_revision = f.revision;
+        return i;
+    }
+    const free = p.freeSlot() orelse {
+        p.gpa.free(path);
+        return error.NoPaneSlots;
+    };
+    const empty = p.gpa.alloc(u8, 0) catch |err| {
+        p.gpa.free(path);
+        return err;
+    };
+    const pane = open(p, free, dir, .{ .cmd = .New }, "", empty) catch |err| {
+        p.gpa.free(path);
+        return err;
+    };
+    // The pane owns the name from here.
+    p.gpa.free(pane.file.?.path);
+    pane.file.?.path = path;
+    const keyboard = p.active;
+    exec.placeNew(p, from, null, free, .fs);
+    if (p.unplaced.isSet(free)) return error.NoPaneRoom;
+    // Shown, not asked for: the keyboard stays where it was, as a command
+    // pane's does.
+    if (p.panes[keyboard] != null) p.active = keyboard;
+    return free;
+}
+
 /// Pane `gone` closed: its row goes from +Unsaved, which lists only panes
 /// still there to lose.
 pub fn dropUnsaved(p: *Pardes, gone: *const Pane) void {