is it possible to run code in a NuiLine? (I'd need to count time in a field)

[andreacfromtheapp]

Hi :)

I'm not sure but I tought I'd ask. I'd like to count time since the NuiLine was added to NuiTree. Starting from 00:00 and possibly going up to weeks/days/hours/minutes/seconds.

I there a way to embed some code in it (I guess no since it's a string)? or to update each line every second (madness :P)?

ref: andreacfromtheapp/chuck-nvim#8

I promise to keep this short.

Please and thank you

[andreacfromtheapp]

something like this (work in progress):

-- FIX: idea to show the elapsed time of each shred since each addition
-- https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30424431/how-to-implement-a-stopwatch-in-lua
local function timer()
  local start = os.time()
  return os.date("%M:%S", os.difftime(os.time(), start))
end

M.shreds_tree = NuiTree({
  bufnr = M.shred_pane.bufnr,
  nodes = {},
  get_node_id = function(node)
    if node.id then
      return node.id
    end
  end,
  prepare_node = function(node)
    return NuiLine({
      NuiText("id: "),
      NuiText(tostring(node.id), "DiagnosticOk"),
      NuiText("  "),
      NuiText("name: "),
      NuiText(node.name, "DiagnosticOk"),
      NuiText("  "),
      NuiText("time: "),
      NuiText(timer(), "DiagnosticOk"),
    })
  end,
})

[MunifTanjim]

Check :help timer. You'll need to run tree:render() on regular interval.