2 files changed, 35 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/helix-view/src/commands.rs b/helix-view/src/commands.rs
index 26c7a190..c135a3da 100644
--- a/helix-view/src/commands.rs
+++ b/helix-view/src/commands.rs
@@ -331,8 +331,7 @@ pub fn append_mode(cx: &mut Context) {
 }
 
 // TODO: I, A, o and O can share a lot of the primitives.
-
-pub fn command_mode(_view: &mut View, _count: usize) {
+pub fn command_mode(_cx: &mut Context) {
     unimplemented!()
 }
 
@@ -670,3 +669,12 @@ pub fn indent_selection(_cx: &mut Context) {
     // loop over each line and recompute proper indentation
     unimplemented!()
 }
+
+//
+
+pub fn save(cx: &mut Context) {
+    // Spawns an async task to actually do the saving. This way we prevent blocking.
+
+    // TODO: handle save errors somehow?
+    cx.executor.spawn(cx.view.doc.save()).detach();
+}
diff --git a/helix-view/src/document.rs b/helix-view/src/document.rs
index 710ea4f8..1587de8b 100644
--- a/helix-view/src/document.rs
+++ b/helix-view/src/document.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use anyhow::Error;
+use std::future::Future;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 use helix_core::{
@@ -97,6 +98,30 @@ impl Document {
         Ok(doc)
     }
 
+    pub fn save(&self) -> impl Future<Output = Result<(), anyhow::Error>> {
+        // we clone and move text + path into the future so that we asynchronously save the current
+        // state without blocking any further edits.
+
+        let text = self.text().clone();
+        let path = self.path.clone().expect("Can't save with no path set!"); // TODO: handle no path
+
+        // TODO: mark changes up to now as saved
+        // TODO: mark dirty false
+
+        async move {
+            use smol::{fs::File, prelude::*};
+            let mut file = File::create(path).await?;
+
+            // write all the rope chunks to file
+            for chunk in text.chunks() {
+                file.write_all(chunk.as_bytes()).await?;
+            }
+            // TODO: flush?
+
+            Ok(())
+        } // and_then(// lsp.send_text_saved_notification())
+    }
+
     pub fn set_language(&mut self, scope: &str, scopes: &[String]) {
         if let Some(language_config) = LOADER.language_config_for_scope(scope) {
             let highlight_config = language_config.highlight_config(scopes).unwrap().unwrap();