save scd file using OSC

[sjomae]

Saving the edited *.scd file is pure a functionality of nvim?

I'm wondering if it is possible to save a *scd file using OSC (open sound control), by sending a OSC message to supercollider or (sc)nvim.

[davidgranstrom]

Writing the buffer (.scd) to disk is indeed performed by nvim.

It is possible however to send lua code to nvim via the SCNvim SuperCollider class. Note that scnvim/SuperCollider must be running for this to work. For instance, add the following OSC handler by executing the code below:

(
OSCdef(\writeFile, {
    SCNvim.luaeval("vim.cmd('write')")
}, "/writeFile")
)

Now if you send an OSC message to SuperCollider with the /writeFile address, nvim will write the current (active) buffer to disk, just like issuing a :write command inside nvim.

If you're looking for a more general solution of controlling nvim via OSC (not necessarily involving SuperCollider) you could take a look at osc.nvim.

[sjomae]

Thanks, this is helpful. I'll look into this.