1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/builtins.zig b/src/builtins.zig
index 40a5083c..f7822caf 100644
--- a/src/builtins.zig
+++ b/src/builtins.zig
@@ -738,6 +738,17 @@ pub const Config = struct {
     }
 };
 
+/// Read back what the message rows said. A message row is cleared by the next
+/// keystroke, so anything reported while you were looking at another pane was
+/// gone before you could read it — a failed save, a watcher's reload, a
+/// builtin's complaint.
+pub const Messages = struct {
+    pub const output: OutputTraits = .{ .name = config.messages_buffer };
+    pub fn run(c: Ctx) void {
+        output_pane.openMessages(c.p, c.id) catch |err| c.p.reportError(c.id, "messages", err);
+    }
+};
+
 /// This build's version and what changed to reach it, printed into an output
 /// buffer the same way Config prints the live settings.
 pub const Changelog = struct {