dunlin/musing.md

# Braindump

This is a combination of a thinking-out-loud document and a TODO list.
It is not a document of record. You should not expect to derive value
from reading it

tl;dr what if ... a web browser, but tabs were more like emacs buffers?

## objects/data types

buffer
  Buffer.find ;; by name, title, url
  Buffer.by_name (maybe?)

  buffer has-a webview but it is not shown by default. Later we may
  add some kind of webview reuse so that invisible and old buffers
  don't need to have a webview until needed.

  I seem to be using "buffer" and "tab" mostly synonymously

frame
  Frame.the-frame
  frame.set-buffer (buffer)
  frame.get-buffer => buffer
  frame.commander - text entry widget
  frame.actions - container of toolbar buttons

  in future we may be able to split a frame into multiple windows
  which show different buffers

location (url)
document
document element(?)
webview
lua's standard types

## next steps

* change define-command so that the parameters are ordered
* display unbound key error
* ESC to cancel interactive command
* autocomplete command name
* parameters with non-string values (e.g. buffer)
* show current url when command inactive
* show prompts for parameter
* multiple buffers
  - create buffer
  - list buffers (where does the output go?)
  - find and switch to buffer