new steps

lua/core/events.lua

@@ -5,6 +5,30 @@ local api = vim.api
 local au = api.nvim_create_autocmd
 local group = api.nvim_create_augroup('core.events', { clear = true })
 
+vim.api.nvim_create_user_command('W', function()
+  vim.cmd('w')
+end, { desc = 'Write current buffer' })
+
+function _G.see(val)
+  local lines = vim.split(vim.inspect(val), '\n')
+  vim.cmd('new')
+  vim.api.nvim_buf_set_lines(0, 0, -1, false, lines)
+  vim.bo.buftype = 'nofile'
+  vim.bo.bufhidden = 'wipe'
+end
+
+vim.api.nvim_create_user_command('MessagesToBuffer', function()
+  local output = vim.api.nvim_exec2('silent messages', { output = true }).output or ''
+  local lines = vim.split(output, '\n', { plain = true, trimempty = false })
+
+  vim.cmd('new')
+  local bufnr = vim.api.nvim_get_current_buf()
+  vim.bo[bufnr].buftype = 'nofile'
+  vim.bo[bufnr].bufhidden = 'wipe'
+  vim.bo[bufnr].swapfile = false
+  vim.api.nvim_buf_set_lines(bufnr, 0, -1, false, lines)
+end, { desc = 'Open :messages output in a scratch buffer' })
+
 -- Automatically create a scratch buffer if Neovim starts with no files
 au('VimEnter', {
   group = group,