diff --git a/build_file.cpp b/build_file.cpp
index f4c0d1b..792a8d2 100644
--- a/build_file.cpp
+++ b/build_file.cpp
@@ -260,8 +260,6 @@ void GenerateConfig() {
     style.add({"DrawLineNumbers", "1"});
     style.add({"DrawScrollbar", "1"});
     style.add({"IndentSize", "4"});
-    style.add({"TrimWhitespaceOnSave", "1"});
-    style.add({"ClangFormatOnSave", "0"});
     style.add({"FontSize", "15"});
     style.add({"FontFilter", "0"}); // nearest = 0, linear = 1 - seems like nearest always better?
     style.add({"Font", "C:/Windows/Fonts/consola.ttf"});
diff --git a/data/init.lua b/data/init.lua
index 7ba3dd8..b6eedbe 100644
--- a/data/init.lua
+++ b/data/init.lua
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+Style.TrimWhitespaceOnSave = true
+Style.ClangFormatOnSave = false
+
 INTERNET_BROWSER = 'C:/Program Files/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/Application/brave.exe'
 
 SDLK_CTRL = 1073742048
@@ -284,4 +287,17 @@ function OnCommand(e)
 end
 
 function OnInit()
+end
+
+function OnSave(buffer_id)
+    local dont_trim_lines_with_caret = false
+    ConvertLineEndingsToLF(buffer_id, dont_trim_lines_with_caret)
+    if Style.TrimWhitespaceOnSave then
+        TrimTrailingWhitespace(buffer_id, dont_trim_lines_with_caret)
+    end
+
+    local name = GetBufferNameByID(buffer_id)
+    if Style.ClangFormatOnSave and (name:match(".c$") or name:match(".h$") or name:match(".cpp$") or name:match(".hpp$")) then
+        ApplyClangFormat(buffer_id)
+    end
 end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/text_editor/commands.cpp b/src/text_editor/commands.cpp
index 8528645..5797924 100644
--- a/src/text_editor/commands.cpp
+++ b/src/text_editor/commands.cpp
@@ -99,9 +99,21 @@ void MouseLoadWord(Event event, void (*cmd_function)(String16 string)) {
     }
 }
 
-void ReplaceWithoutMovingCarets(Buffer *buffer, Range range, String16 string) {
-    Scratch scratch;
+View *GetViewForFixingWhenBufferCommand(Buffer *buffer, bool *is_active = NULL) {
     View *view = NULL;
+    if (is_active) {
+        *is_active = false;
+    }
+
+    Window *active_window = GetWindow(ActiveWindow);
+    View *active_view = GetView(active_window->active_view);
+    if (active_view->active_buffer == buffer->id) {
+        if (is_active) {
+            *is_active = true;
+        }
+        return active_view;
+    }
+
     for (View *it = FirstView; it; it = it->next) {
         if (it->active_buffer != buffer->id) {
             continue;
@@ -114,8 +126,14 @@ void ReplaceWithoutMovingCarets(Buffer *buffer, Range range, String16 string) {
         view = CreateView(buffer->id);
     }
 
+    return view;
+}
+
+void ReplaceWithoutMovingCarets(Buffer *buffer, Range range, String16 string) {
+    View *view = GetViewForFixingWhenBufferCommand(buffer);
     Array<Caret> carets = Copy(GetSystemAllocator(), view->carets);
 
+    Scratch scratch;
     Command_SelectRangeOneCursor(view, range);
     Array<Edit> edits = Command_ReplaceEx(scratch, view, string);
 
@@ -559,15 +577,22 @@ void Command_IndentSelectedLines(View *view, bool shift = false) {
     view->update_scroll = false;
 }
 
-void Command_TrimTrailingWhitespace(View *view, bool dont_trim_lines_with_cursor) {
+void TrimTrailingWhitespace(Buffer *buffer, bool trim_lines_with_caret = false) {
     Scratch scratch;
-    Buffer *buffer = GetBuffer(view->active_buffer);
+
+    bool is_active_view = false;
+    View *view = GetViewForFixingWhenBufferCommand(buffer, &is_active_view);
+    if (!is_active_view && !trim_lines_with_caret) {
+        trim_lines_with_caret = true;
+    }
 
     Array<Edit> edits = BeginEdit(scratch, buffer, view->carets);
     MergeCarets(buffer, &view->carets);
 
     Array<Range> lines_to_skip_triming = {};
-    if (dont_trim_lines_with_cursor) lines_to_skip_triming = GetSelectedLinesSorted(scratch, view);
+    if (!trim_lines_with_caret) {
+        lines_to_skip_triming = GetSelectedLinesSorted(scratch, view);
+    }
 
     for (Int i = 0; i < buffer->line_starts.len; i += 1) {
         Int range_index = FindRangeByPos(&lines_to_skip_triming, i);
@@ -588,16 +613,31 @@ void Command_TrimTrailingWhitespace(View *view, bool dont_trim_lines_with_cursor
     EndEdit(buffer, &edits, &view->carets, !KILL_SELECTION);
     view->update_scroll = false;
 }
+int Lua_TrimTrailingWhitespace(lua_State *L) {
+    lua_Integer buffer_id = luaL_checkinteger(L, 1);
+    int trim_lines_with_caret = lua_toboolean(L, 2);
+    lua_pop(L, 2);
+    Buffer *buffer = GetBuffer({buffer_id});
+    TrimTrailingWhitespace(buffer, trim_lines_with_caret);
+    return 0;
+}
 
-void Command_ConvertLineEndings(View *view, bool dont_trim_lines_with_cursor) {
+void ConvertLineEndingsToLF(Buffer *buffer, bool trim_lines_with_caret = false) {
     Scratch scratch;
-    Buffer *buffer = GetBuffer(view->active_buffer);
+
+    bool is_active_view = false;
+    View *view = GetViewForFixingWhenBufferCommand(buffer, &is_active_view);
+    if (!is_active_view && !trim_lines_with_caret) {
+        trim_lines_with_caret = true;
+    }
 
     Array<Edit> edits = BeginEdit(scratch, buffer, view->carets);
     MergeCarets(buffer, &view->carets);
 
     Array<Range> lines_to_skip_triming = {};
-    if (dont_trim_lines_with_cursor) lines_to_skip_triming = GetSelectedLinesSorted(scratch, view);
+    if (!trim_lines_with_caret) {
+        lines_to_skip_triming = GetSelectedLinesSorted(scratch, view);
+    }
 
     for (Int i = 0; i < buffer->line_starts.len; i += 1) {
         Int range_index = FindRangeByPos(&lines_to_skip_triming, i);
@@ -613,27 +653,39 @@ void Command_ConvertLineEndings(View *view, bool dont_trim_lines_with_cursor) {
     EndEdit(buffer, &edits, &view->carets, !KILL_SELECTION);
     view->update_scroll = false;
 }
-
-bool IsCFile(String name) {
-    bool result = EndsWith(name, ".cpp") || EndsWith(name, ".c") || EndsWith(name, ".hpp") || EndsWith(name, ".h");
-    return result;
+int Lua_ConvertLineEndingsToLF(lua_State *L) {
+    lua_Integer buffer_id = luaL_checkinteger(L, 1);
+    int trim_lines_with_caret = lua_toboolean(L, 2);
+    lua_pop(L, 2);
+    Buffer *buffer = GetBuffer({buffer_id});
+    ConvertLineEndingsToLF(buffer, trim_lines_with_caret);
+    return 0;
 }
 
-void SaveBuffer(View *view) {
-    Buffer *buffer                      = GetBuffer(view->active_buffer);
-    bool    dont_trim_lines_with_cursor = true;
-    Command_ConvertLineEndings(view, dont_trim_lines_with_cursor);
-    if (StyleTrimWhitespaceOnSave) {
-        Command_TrimTrailingWhitespace(view, dont_trim_lines_with_cursor);
-        Assert(view->active_buffer == buffer->id);
-    }
+void ApplyClangFormat(Buffer *buffer) {
+    Scratch scratch;
+    String  string      = AllocCharString(scratch, buffer);
+    Buffer *temp_buffer = ExecAndWait(scratch, "clang-format", GetDir(buffer), string);
+    ReplaceWithoutMovingCarets(buffer, GetRange(buffer), {temp_buffer->str, temp_buffer->len});
+}
+int Lua_ApplyClangFormat(lua_State *L) {
+    lua_Integer buffer_id = luaL_checkinteger(L, 1);
+    lua_pop(L, 1);
+    Buffer *buffer = GetBuffer({buffer_id});
+    ApplyClangFormat(buffer);
+    return 0;
+}
 
-    if (StyleClangFormatOnSave && IsCFile(buffer->name)) {
-        Scratch scratch;
-        String  string      = AllocCharString(scratch, buffer);
-        Buffer *temp_buffer = ExecAndWait(scratch, "clang-format", GetDir(buffer), string);
-        ReplaceWithoutMovingCarets(buffer, GetRange(buffer), {temp_buffer->str, temp_buffer->len});
-    }
+int Lua_GetBufferNameByID(lua_State *L) {
+    lua_Integer buffer_id = luaL_checkinteger(L, 1);
+    lua_pop(L, 1);
+    Buffer *buffer = GetBuffer({buffer_id});
+    lua_pushlstring(L, buffer->name.data, buffer->name.len);
+    return 1;
+}
+
+void SaveBuffer(Buffer *buffer) {
+    CallOnSave(buffer->id);
 
     Scratch scratch;
     String  string  = AllocCharString(scratch, buffer);
@@ -647,6 +699,14 @@ void SaveBuffer(View *view) {
         ReportWarningf("Failed to save file with name: %.*s", FmtString(buffer->name));
     }
 }
+void Command_Save() {
+    BSet set = GetActiveMainSet();
+    SaveBuffer(set.buffer);
+}
+int Lua_Save(lua_State *L) {
+    Command_Save();
+    return 0;
+}
 
 void Command_KillSelectedLines(View *view) {
     Scratch scratch;
@@ -956,8 +1016,7 @@ BSet Command_Open(Window *window, String path, String meta, bool set_active = tr
     Scratch scratch;
     BSet set = GetBSet(window);
     OnOpenResult ores = CallOnOpen(path, meta);
-    String kind = FieldString(LuaState, "kind");
-    if (kind == "text") {
+    if (ores.kind == "text") {
         if (set_active) {
             ActiveWindow = set.window->id;
         }
@@ -978,16 +1037,16 @@ BSet Command_Open(Window *window, String path, String meta, bool set_active = tr
             }
         }
         UpdateScroll(set.window, true);
-    } else if (kind == "exec") {
+    } else if (ores.kind == "exec") {
         if (set_active) {
             ActiveWindow = set.window->id;
         }
         JumpGarbageBuffer(&set);
         Exec(set.view->id, true, ores.cmd, ores.working_dir);
-    } else if (kind == "exec_console") {
+    } else if (ores.kind == "exec_console") {
         // this shouldn't change the focus/window/view
         Exec(NullViewID, true, ores.cmd, ores.working_dir);
-    } else if (kind == "skip") {
+    } else if (ores.kind == "skip") {
         return {};
     } else {
         ReportWarningf("Failed to match any of OnOpen results!");
diff --git a/src/text_editor/commands_bindings.cpp b/src/text_editor/commands_bindings.cpp
index b82ef87..86f20f9 100644
--- a/src/text_editor/commands_bindings.cpp
+++ b/src/text_editor/commands_bindings.cpp
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ void OnCommand(Event event) {
 
 
     if (CtrlPress(SDLK_S)) {
-        SaveBuffer(active.view);
+        SaveBuffer(active.buffer);
     }
 
     if (CtrlPress(SDLK_PERIOD)) {
diff --git a/src/text_editor/generated.cpp b/src/text_editor/generated.cpp
index b23bb1d..f6a2d52 100644
--- a/src/text_editor/generated.cpp
+++ b/src/text_editor/generated.cpp
@@ -64,12 +64,13 @@ Style.WaitForEvents = 1
 Style.DrawLineNumbers = 1
 Style.DrawScrollbar = 1
 Style.IndentSize = 4
-Style.TrimWhitespaceOnSave = 1
-Style.ClangFormatOnSave = 0
 Style.FontSize = 15
 Style.FontFilter = 0
 Style.Font = "C:/Windows/Fonts/consola.ttf"
 Style.VCVarsall = "C:/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio/2022/Community/VC/Auxiliary/Build/vcvars64.bat"
+Style.TrimWhitespaceOnSave = true
+Style.ClangFormatOnSave = false
+
 INTERNET_BROWSER = 'C:/Program Files/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/Application/brave.exe'
 
 SDLK_CTRL = 1073742048
@@ -357,6 +358,19 @@ end
 
 function OnInit()
 end
+
+function OnSave(buffer_id)
+    local dont_trim_lines_with_caret = false
+    ConvertLineEndingsToLF(buffer_id, dont_trim_lines_with_caret)
+    if Style.TrimWhitespaceOnSave then
+        TrimTrailingWhitespace(buffer_id, dont_trim_lines_with_caret)
+    end
+
+    local name = GetBufferNameByID(buffer_id)
+    if Style.ClangFormatOnSave and (name:match(".c$") or name:match(".h$") or name:match(".cpp$") or name:match(".hpp$")) then
+        ApplyClangFormat(buffer_id)
+    end
+end
 )==";
 void ReloadStyle() {
     ColorText = GetColor("Text", ColorText);
@@ -385,8 +399,6 @@ void ReloadStyle() {
     StyleDrawLineNumbers = GetStyleInt("DrawLineNumbers", StyleDrawLineNumbers);
     StyleDrawScrollbar = GetStyleInt("DrawScrollbar", StyleDrawScrollbar);
     StyleIndentSize = GetStyleInt("IndentSize", StyleIndentSize);
-    StyleTrimWhitespaceOnSave = GetStyleInt("TrimWhitespaceOnSave", StyleTrimWhitespaceOnSave);
-    StyleClangFormatOnSave = GetStyleInt("ClangFormatOnSave", StyleClangFormatOnSave);
     StyleFontSize = GetStyleInt("FontSize", StyleFontSize);
     StyleFontFilter = GetStyleInt("FontFilter", StyleFontFilter);
     StyleFont = GetStyleString("Font", StyleFont);
diff --git a/src/text_editor/generated_variables.cpp b/src/text_editor/generated_variables.cpp
index 474338f..db338c3 100644
--- a/src/text_editor/generated_variables.cpp
+++ b/src/text_editor/generated_variables.cpp
@@ -61,8 +61,6 @@ Int StyleWaitForEvents = 1;
 Int StyleDrawLineNumbers = 1;
 Int StyleDrawScrollbar = 1;
 Int StyleIndentSize = 4;
-Int StyleTrimWhitespaceOnSave = 1;
-Int StyleClangFormatOnSave = 0;
 Int StyleFontSize = 15;
 Int StyleFontFilter = 0;
 String StyleFont = "C:/Windows/Fonts/consola.ttf";
diff --git a/src/text_editor/lua_api.cpp b/src/text_editor/lua_api.cpp
index 46a3e49..9bef680 100644
--- a/src/text_editor/lua_api.cpp
+++ b/src/text_editor/lua_api.cpp
@@ -1,16 +1,3 @@
-String FieldString(lua_State *L, String name) {
-    String result = {};
-    if (lua_istable(L, -1)) {
-        lua_pushlstring(L, name.data, name.len);
-        lua_gettable(L, -2);
-        defer { lua_pop(L, 1); };
-        if (lua_isstring(L, -1)) {
-            result = lua_tostring(L, -1);
-        }
-    }
-    return result;
-}
-
 int Lua_Print(lua_State *L) {
     Scratch scratch;
     int nargs = lua_gettop(L);
@@ -197,6 +184,19 @@ Color GetColor(String name, Color default_color) {
     return result;
 }
 
+String GetFieldString(lua_State *L, String name) {
+    String result = {};
+    if (lua_istable(L, -1)) {
+        lua_pushlstring(L, name.data, name.len);
+        lua_gettable(L, -2);
+        defer { lua_pop(L, 1); };
+        if (lua_isstring(L, -1)) {
+            result = lua_tostring(L, -1);
+        }
+    }
+    return result;
+}
+
 Int GetInt(lua_State *L, const char *name) {
     lua_getfield(L, -1, name);
     lua_Integer num = lua_tointeger(L, -1);
@@ -300,7 +300,18 @@ void ReloadLuaConfigs() {
     }
 }
 
+bool CallLuaFunc(char *func_name, int arg_count, int ret_count) {
+    if (lua_pcall(LuaState, arg_count, ret_count, 0) != 0) {
+        const char *error_message = lua_tostring(LuaState, -1);
+        ReportWarningf("Failed to call a lua function: %s! %s", func_name, error_message);
+        lua_pop(LuaState, 1);
+        return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
 struct OnOpenResult {
+    String kind;
     String file_path;
     Int line, col;
     String working_dir;
@@ -311,18 +322,16 @@ OnOpenResult CallOnOpen(String path, String meta) {
     lua_getglobal(LuaState, "OnOpen");
     lua_pushlstring(LuaState, path.data, path.len);
     lua_pushlstring(LuaState, meta.data, meta.len);
-    if (lua_pcall(LuaState, 2, 1, 0) != 0) {
-        const char *error_message = lua_tostring(LuaState, -1);
-        ReportWarningf("Failed the call to OnOpen! %s", error_message);
-        lua_pop(LuaState, 1);
+    if (!CallLuaFunc("OnOpen", 2, 1)) {
         return {};
     }
 
-    String file_path   = FieldString(LuaState, "file_path");
-    String line_string = FieldString(LuaState, "line");
-    String col_string  = FieldString(LuaState, "col");
-    String cmd         = FieldString(LuaState, "cmd");
-    String working_dir = FieldString(LuaState, "working_dir");
+    String file_path   = GetFieldString(LuaState, "file_path");
+    String line_string = GetFieldString(LuaState, "line");
+    String col_string  = GetFieldString(LuaState, "col");
+    String cmd         = GetFieldString(LuaState, "cmd");
+    String working_dir = GetFieldString(LuaState, "working_dir");
+    String kind        = GetFieldString(LuaState, "kind");
 
     OnOpenResult result = {};
     result.cmd = cmd;
@@ -330,38 +339,32 @@ OnOpenResult CallOnOpen(String path, String meta) {
     result.file_path = file_path;
     if (col_string.len) result.col = strtoll(col_string.data, NULL, 10);
     if (line_string.len) result.line = strtoll(line_string.data, NULL, 10);
+    result.kind = kind;
 
     return result;
 }
 
+void CallOnSave(BufferID buffer_id) {
+    lua_getglobal(LuaState, "OnSave");
+    lua_pushinteger(LuaState, buffer_id.id);
+    CallLuaFunc("OnSave", 1, 0);
+}
+
 void CallOnCommand(Event *event) {
     lua_getglobal(LuaState, "OnCommand");
     PushEvent(LuaState, event);
-    if (lua_pcall(LuaState, 1, 0, 0) != 0) {
-        const char *error_message = lua_tostring(LuaState, -1);
-        ReportWarningf("Failed the call to OnCommand! %s", error_message);
-        lua_pop(LuaState, 1);
-        return;
-    }
+    CallLuaFunc("OnCommand", 1, 0);
 }
 
 void CallLuaOnUpdate(Event *event) {
     lua_getglobal(LuaState, "OnUpdate");
     PushEvent(LuaState, event);
-    if (lua_pcall(LuaState, 1, 0, 0) != 0) {
-        const char *error_message = lua_tostring(LuaState, -1);
-        ReportWarningf("Failed the call to OnUpdate! %s", error_message);
-        lua_pop(LuaState, 1);
-        return;
-    }
+    CallLuaFunc("OnUpdate", 1, 0);
 }
 
 void CallLuaOnInit() {
-    if (luaL_dostring(LuaState, "OnInit()") != LUA_OK) {
-        const char *error_message = lua_tostring(LuaState, -1);
-        ReportErrorf("Error in OnInit! %s", error_message);
-        lua_pop(LuaState, 1);
-    }
+    lua_getglobal(LuaState, "OnInit");
+    CallLuaFunc("OnInit", 0, 0);
 }
 
 void InitLuaConfig() {
diff --git a/src/text_editor/lua_api_generated.cpp b/src/text_editor/lua_api_generated.cpp
index 5ebb08d..e5c5d8e 100644
--- a/src/text_editor/lua_api_generated.cpp
+++ b/src/text_editor/lua_api_generated.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ luaL_Reg LuaFunctions[] = {
     {"GetMainDir", Lua_GetMainDir},
     {"SplitSize", Lua_SplitSize},
     {"Play", Lua_Play},
+    {"TrimTrailingWhitespace", Lua_TrimTrailingWhitespace},
+    {"ConvertLineEndingsToLF", Lua_ConvertLineEndingsToLF},
+    {"ApplyClangFormat", Lua_ApplyClangFormat},
+    {"GetBufferNameByID", Lua_GetBufferNameByID},
+    {"Save", Lua_Save},
     {"Reopen", Lua_Reopen},
     {"ToggleFullscreen", Lua_ToggleFullscreen},
     {"GetCFiles", Lua_GetCFiles},
diff --git a/src/text_editor/todo.txt b/src/text_editor/todo.txt
index a4f0e3a..f1b23ed 100644
--- a/src/text_editor/todo.txt
+++ b/src/text_editor/todo.txt
@@ -1,17 +1,16 @@
 - Changing window properties by changing the window name?
-- Scroll the console properly
 - commands for scrolling: center, cursor_at_bottom_of_screen, cursor_at_top
 - organize commands and lua bindings somehow, it's kinda confusing right now, maybe group command->luacommand, the command name implies it also doubles as lua command?
 - Add metadata to Lua bindings so that we would get a better listing (function args?, what else?)
-- rules, interface for opening files using the F4 (aka next path from build output)
-    - for now add ./ and .\ to valid line starters
 - Kill buffer command (it should be marked for deletion and deleted at the end of frame!)
 - Delete directory/file on disk command
 - Create directory command (probably should enter it automatically
-- Convert more commands to taking buffer instead of view
+- Check. Convert more commands to taking buffer instead of view
+- Check. Rewrite more commands to use already implemented commands?
+
+- Command that will select a lua (block|function|line)? and eval
 
 - save all relevant buffers and build
-- shift down on last line should move the cursor to end of line!!! same for up
 - maybe most of the bindings should be in lua, but actual code in C
 - LoadWord, EncloseWord configurable?
 - dump text editor state to file, restore state
@@ -45,7 +44,6 @@ backlog
 - text_editor --record events.txt    text_editor --playback events.txt
 - make the editor replayable, store events and then replay, be careful about globals
 - maybe open should return multiple options if there are many more? (like in sublime if many symbols you get a window and you choose and it automatically jumps you to the symbol in the background)
-- we could rewrite kill lines with simpler commands - extend selection to encompass lines->replace
 - I want a way to assign flags to buffers/views/windows from user perspective so that console window concept can be created from user space
 - font cache and on demand unicode loads
 - color parens, braces