From d5d99cddf7ea6a09987703cc2b8d560942fea144 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Krzosa Karol <krzosa@proton.me>
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2026 10:45:56 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] RunFile python, open scratch buffer what ever is already
 there

---
 .gitignore                              |  1 +
 src/text_editor/globals.cpp             | 19 -------------------
 src/text_editor/plugin_build_window.cpp | 11 +++++++++--
 src/text_editor/text_editor.cpp         |  6 ++----
 4 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 56ec3f6..d46dc8a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ te_debug
 text_editor.js
 *.map
 *.exe
+scratch
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/text_editor/globals.cpp b/src/text_editor/globals.cpp
index 2ae1b19..e83f88d 100644
--- a/src/text_editor/globals.cpp
+++ b/src/text_editor/globals.cpp
@@ -10,25 +10,6 @@ bool SearchCaseSensitive = false;
 bool SearchWordBoundary = false;
 bool BreakOnError = false;
 Int ErrorCount;
-#if DEBUG_BUILD
-String16 InitialScratchContent = uR"==(:OpenProject
-C:/text_editor/src/text_editor/text_editor.cpp
-:Set FontSize 70
-/*
-!python {{TEMP}}
-for it in i:
-    memes
-*/
-0
-1
-2
-3
-4
-5
-6)==";
-#else
-String16 InitialScratchContent;
-#endif
 
 Allocator SysAllocator = {SystemAllocatorProc};
 String ConfigDir;
diff --git a/src/text_editor/plugin_build_window.cpp b/src/text_editor/plugin_build_window.cpp
index 00d3e03..3680cd7 100644
--- a/src/text_editor/plugin_build_window.cpp
+++ b/src/text_editor/plugin_build_window.cpp
@@ -67,8 +67,15 @@ void CMD_Build4() {
 void CMD_RunFile() {
     Scratch scratch;
     BSet primary = GetBSet(PrimaryWindowID);
-    String windows_command = Format(scratch, "cl %S -Fe:cfile.exe /Zi /FC /nologo /WX /W3 /wd4200 /wd4334 /diagnostics:column && cfile.exe && del cfile.*", primary.buffer->name);
-    String unix_command = Format(scratch, "bash <<EOF\nclang %S -o cfile.exe -g -Wall -Wno-missing-braces -Wno-writable-strings -Wno-writable-strings -fsanitize=address -fdiagnostics-absolute-paths -lm \n./cfile.exe \nrm cfile.exe\nEOF", primary.buffer->name);
+    // @todo: this calls for language_cpp, language_c, language_python etc.
+    String windows_command = "";
+    String unix_command = "";
+    if (EndsWith(primary.buffer->name, ".py")) {
+        unix_command = windows_command = Format(scratch, "python %S", primary.buffer->name);
+    } else {
+        windows_command = Format(scratch, "cl %S -Fe:cfile.exe /Zi /FC /nologo /WX /W3 /wd4200 /wd4334 /diagnostics:column && cfile.exe && del cfile.*", primary.buffer->name);
+        unix_command = Format(scratch, "bash <<EOF\nclang %S -o cfile.exe -g -Wall -Wno-missing-braces -Wno-writable-strings -Wno-writable-strings -fsanitize=address -fdiagnostics-absolute-paths -lm \n./cfile.exe \nrm cfile.exe\nEOF", primary.buffer->name);
+    }
     ExecBuild(windows_command, unix_command, GetDirectory(primary.buffer));
 } RegisterCommand(CMD_RunFile, "", "Run and build current file, currently only C/C++ supported");
 
diff --git a/src/text_editor/text_editor.cpp b/src/text_editor/text_editor.cpp
index ce6bc08..ec4e40b 100644
--- a/src/text_editor/text_editor.cpp
+++ b/src/text_editor/text_editor.cpp
@@ -966,14 +966,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     {
         Allocator sys_allocator = GetSystemAllocator();
         Scratch scratch;
-        Buffer *null_buffer = CreateBuffer(sys_allocator, GetUniqueBufferName(ProjectDirectory, "scratch", ""));
+        Buffer *null_buffer = CreateBuffer(sys_allocator, Format(scratch, "%S/scratch", ProjectDirectory));
         null_buffer->special = true;
         View *null_view = CreateView(null_buffer->id);
         null_view->special = true;
         Assert(null_buffer->id == NullBufferID && null_view->id == NullViewID);
-        if (InitialScratchContent.len) {
-            RawAppend(null_buffer, InitialScratchContent);
-        }
 
         Buffer *logs_buffer = CreateBuffer(sys_allocator, GetUniqueBufferName(ProjectDirectory, "logs", ""));
         logs_buffer->special = true;
@@ -998,6 +995,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     InitRender();
     ReloadFont(PathToFont, (U32)FontSize);
     CreateWind();
+    ReopenBuffer(GetBuffer(NullBufferID));
     InitOS(ReportWarningf);
 
     For (GlobalCommands) {