micro-editor / micro-editor/micro

config.SetGlobalOption no longer allows writing to settings.json

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In https://github.com/micro-editor/micro/pull/3618, the ability for plugins to save settings was removed entirely. Surely this should be configurable, as some plugins depend on this capability?

The relevant code from action/command.go is below. Why not add a third argument writeToFile that gets passed through to SetGlobalOption instead of hard-coding false? I'd be happy to submit a PR.

func SetGlobalOptionPlug(option, value string) error {
        return SetGlobalOption(option, value, false)
}
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Start in action/command.go at SetGlobalOptionPlug and trace SetGlobalOption, comparing the current behavior with the change introduced in pull request 3618. Check how plugin option updates are handled and how settings.json persistence is tested or exercised. Done means plugins can explicitly control whether global options are written to settings.json without changing the default behavior.

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go
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cli
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Feature
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