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✨ Flag to reuse the last active window

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
swift
Domain
cli

Research direction

Start by locating the Swift command-line argument handling for the codeedit entry point and trace how opening Example.swift:43:10 selects a window. Add support for -r and --reuse-window, preserving the current new-window default, then verify both examples open the file in the last active window.

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Description

enhancement

Proposed Addition

Argument Description
-r or --reuse-window Use the last active window.

Description

When opening a file, tell CodeEdit to open the file in the last active window instead of opening the file in a new window (default behavior).

Examples

codeedit Example.swift:43:10 --reuse-window
codeedit Example.swift:43:10 -r
Dominant language
Swift
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81
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19
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