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tquest1234
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redrawing the screen after subcommand

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Hello, I would like to use the tool fzf, I have the windows binary in my %PATH% and it works great.

(I'm not allowed to post links, but google for fzf github)

So I want a macro to call it from far. This almost works:

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Macro {
    description="Fuzzy Find";
    area="Shell";
    key="CtrlF12";
    action=function()
        local restore = win.GetCurrentDir()

        win.SetCurrentDir(APanel.UNCPath)

        local dir = io.popen("fzf"):read()

        win.SetCurrentDir(restore)
        mf.print(dir)                   
    end;                                                        
}
But it can leave the console messed up, I've tried far.AdvControl("ACTL_REDRAWALL"), but nothing happens. Any ideas?
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redrawing the screen after subcommand

Post by Shmuel »

Try to call panel.GetUserScreen() before and panel.SetUserScreen() after calling fzf.
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redrawing the screen after subcommand

Post by tquest1234 »

Whoa, thank you so much! That works perfectly!
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