Add create_menu API to support always making the menu

[trevorm4]

I think it would be desirable to refactor toggle_menu to call an api named create_menu_if_missing or something similar and then expose that API to the user. The main use case for this would be to add an Autocmd that always creates the bento menu if its not open.

Currently, toggle_menu does

function M.toggle_menu(force_create)
    M.setup_state()

    if is_tabline_ui() then
        if tabline_active then
            M.close_menu()
            return
        end
...

which prevents including it in an Autocmd because on even number buffers it would close the bar instead of opening it.

[serhez]

I don't think I am understanding your request. Are you reporting a bug? toggle_menu is supposed to open the menu if it is closed and vice-versa; if that does not happen in some specific circumstances, please detail them so I can have a look and fix it.

[trevorm4]

I don't think I am understanding your request. Are you reporting a bug? toggle_menu is supposed to open the menu if it is closed and vice-versa; if that does not happen in some specific circumstances, please detail them so I can have a look and fix it.

It's more of a feature request to add a new API that supports always opening the window as opposed to the current behavior of toggle_menu. My main goal is to have an autocmd when I open a buffer to always call a new API open_menu to ensure that the bento bar is open. If I were to use toggle_menu in an autocmd then it would open the bar in the first buffer and then close it in 2nd buffer.

[serhez]

I am doing a major refactoring to expose a lot of stuff via the API. I currently have a lot of work so I only work on this for an hour or so during weekends, so it may take a while. Once that is merged, we can reassess whether you still need something else in the API. Let's keep this open and see 👍🏻