Sublime text creating new view
python, sublimetext2
Solution
The `.new_file()` call returned a `View` object, so the `.insert()` method takes 3 arguments:
`insert(edit, point, string)` `int` Inserts the given `string` in the buffer at the specified `point`. Returns the number of characters inserted: this may be different if tabs are being translated into spaces in the current buffer.
See the `sublime.View` API reference.
The `edit` parameter is meant to be a `sublime.Edit` object; you need to call `view.begin_edit()` to create one, then call `view.end_edit(edit)` to demarque a undoable edit:
edit = x.begin_edit()
x.insert(edit, 0, 'Hello')
x.end_edit(edit)
The `Edit` object is a token to group edits into something that can be undone in one step.
Problem
Just taking a look at Sublime Text 2 with a view to extending it. I've popped up the console with CTRL ', and tried to do: ``` >>> x = window.new_file() >>> x <sublime.View object at 0x00000000032EBA70> >>> x.insert(0,"Hello") ``` A new window does indeed open but my insert seemingly doesn't work: ``` Traceback (most recent call last): File "<string>", line 1, in <module> Boost.Python.ArgumentError: Python argument types in View.insert(View, int, str) did not match C++ signature: insert(class SP<class TextBufferView>, class SP<class Edit>, __int64, class std::basic_string<wchar_t,struct std::char_traits<wchar_t>,class std::allocator<wchar_t> >) ``` Any idea what I'm doing wrong?