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+#!/usr/bin/env fish
+
+# hx-typ-zathura: easily preview your typst documents from Helix!
+# This script will automatically find a pdf that matches your
+# current Typst document and attempt to open it with Zathura.
+# Optionally, it will quit Zathura when you close Helix.
+# Run this script with --help for usage info!
+
+# Author: Daniel Fichtinger <daniel@ficd.ca
+# License: MIT
+
+argparse q/quiet k/kill-on-exit h/help -- $argv
+
+if test (count $argv) -eq 0; or set -q _flag_h
+    echo "Helper script for opening Typst files from Helix in Zathura."\n
+    echo "Usage: (bind the following to a key)"
+    echo ':sh hx-typ-zathura.fish [opts] %{buffer_name}'\n
+    echo 'Example for config.toml:'
+    echo '[keys.normal.space.t]'
+    echo "p = ':sh /path/to/hx-typ-zathura.fish -k %{buffer_name}'"\n
+    echo "Options:"
+    echo "-q/--quiet: Don't \`echo\` on caught errors, return 1 instead."
+    echo "-k/--kill-on-exit: Kill Zathura when parent Helix process exits."
+    echo "-h/--help: print this screen"\n
+    echo 'Author: Daniel Fichtinger <daniel@ficd.ca>'
+    echo 'License: MIT'
+    return 0
+end
+
+# only return status 1 if -q not set
+# (if return status != 0, helix will not
+# display anything that was echoed to stdout!)
+if set -q _flag_q
+    set ret 1
+else
+    set ret 0
+end
+
+# only echo if -q not set
+function qecho
+    if test "$ret" -ne 1
+        echo $argv[1]
+    end
+end
+
+# check if the user asked to kill zathura on helix exit
+if set -q _flag_k
+    set kill_parent
+    # traverse up process tree to find caller Helix PID
+    # We use this PID to kill zathura if Helix exits first!
+    # we only need to define this function
+    # inside this scope
+
+    set kak_session $argv[2]
+    if not command kak -l | rg -xqF "$kak_session"
+        qecho "Couldn't find kak session!"
+        return $ret
+    end
+end
+
+# opens zathura, optionally watching for helix closing
+function zopen --wraps zathura
+    # this should be set if the user asked to watch
+    if set -q kill_parent
+        # create background sub-process
+        # otherwise helix will hang
+        begin
+            zathura "$argv[1]" &>/dev/null &
+            set zathura_pid $last_pid
+            waitpid -c 1 "$parent_pid" "$zathura_pid"
+            kill $zathura_pid &>/dev/null
+        end &
+    else
+        # user didn't ask for watch, so open normally
+        zathura "$argv[1]" &>/dev/null &
+    end
+    true
+end
+
+# try to find the target pdf file searching from root
+function find_pdf
+    set -l root $argv[1]
+    set -l base $argv[2]
+    set -l candidate (fd --no-ignore-vcs -F -1 "$base" "$root")
+    if test -n "$candidate"
+        zopen "$candidate"
+    else
+        return 1
+    end
+end
+
+# absolute path of %{buffer_name} file
+set -l src (path resolve $argv[1])
+# echo $src
+# return 0
+# exit if not a typst file
+if not string match -q '*.typ' $src
+    qecho "$(path basename $src) is not a Typst file!"
+    return $ret
+end
+# change abs path to pdf extension
+set -l targ (string replace --regex '\.typ$' '.pdf' $src)
+# get pdf target's base name
+set -l base (path basename --no-extension $src).pdf
+
+# if a suitable pdf exists in the same dir, open it
+if test -f "$targ"
+    zopen "$targ"
+else
+    # no such file in current dir, time to search!
+    # if we're in a git repo, search from its root
+    # if we're not, search from cwd
+    if git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree &>/dev/null
+        set root (git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+    else
+        set root (pwd)
+    end
+    if not find_pdf "$root" "$base"
+        if set -q _flag_q
+            return 1
+        else
+            echo "$base couldn't be found at root $root!"
+        end
+    end
+end