From 3eabbd4ed63050bc425a71bdc6fabc3cf035579e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Arijit Basu <sayanarijit@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 26 May 2022 16:17:44 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Update awesome-hacks.md

---
 docs/en/src/awesome-hacks.md | 78 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 78 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/en/src/awesome-hacks.md b/docs/en/src/awesome-hacks.md
index f3604a9..e45ef9a 100644
--- a/docs/en/src/awesome-hacks.md
+++ b/docs/en/src/awesome-hacks.md
@@ -384,6 +384,84 @@ imv-msg "$IMV_PID" quit
 
 </details>
 
+### Text preview pane
+
+Preview text files in a native xplr pane (should be fast enough).
+
+<details>
+<summary>Expand for details</summary>
+
+- Author: [@sayanarijit][8]
+- Requires: none
+- Tested on: Linux
+
+```lua
+local function stat(node)
+  return node.mime_essence
+end
+
+local function read(path, lines)
+  local out = ""
+  local p = io.open(path)
+
+  if p == nil then
+    return stat(path)
+  end
+
+  local i = 0
+  for line in p:lines() do
+    out = out .. line .. "\n"
+    if i == lines then
+      break
+    end
+    i = i + 1
+  end
+  p:close()
+
+  return out
+end
+
+xplr.config.layouts.builtin.default = {
+  Horizontal = {
+    config = {
+      constraints = {
+        { Percentage = 60 },
+        { Percentage = 40 },
+      },
+    },
+    splits = {
+      "Table",
+      {
+        CustomContent = {
+          title = "preview",
+          body = { DynamicParagraph = { render = "custom.render_layout" } },
+        },
+      },
+    },
+  },
+}
+
+xplr.fn.custom.render_layout = function(ctx)
+  local n = ctx.app.focused_node
+
+  if n.canonical then
+    n = n.canonical
+  end
+
+  if n then
+    if n.is_file and not n.is_symlink then
+      return read(n.absolute_path, ctx.layout_size.height)
+    else
+      return stat(n)
+    end
+  else
+    return ""
+  end
+end
+```
+</details>
+
+
 ## Also See:
 
 - [Awesome Plugins][15]