initial way to populate a window even if not really the right way

cursorless-talon/src/tutorial.py

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ def process_action(argument: str):
 
 
 def process_scope_type(argument: str):
+    # TODO not sure what we are trying to achieve here
     _, spoken_form = lookup_scope_type(argument)
     return f'<*"{spoken_form}"/>'
 
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ def process_cursorless_command_step(argument: str):
         {
             "version": 0,
             "stepFixture": step_fixture,
+            "yamlFilename": argument,
         },
     )
     print(f"{result=}")

packages/cursorless-engine/package.json

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
     "@cursorless/common": "workspace:*",
+    "@cursorless/vscode-common": "workspace:*",
     "immer": "^9.0.15",
     "immutability-helper": "^3.1.1",
     "itertools": "^2.1.1",

packages/cursorless-engine/src/core/Tutorial.ts

@@ -3,11 +3,23 @@
 // import produce from "immer";
 // import { sortBy } from "lodash";
 // import { ide } from "../singletons/ide.singleton";
-// import path from "path";
+import path from "path";
 // import { getCursorlessRepoRoot } from "@cursorless/common";
 
+// TODO the engine is editor agnostic so we shouldn't really import that
+// TODO Editor specific features are accessed via the injected ide instance.
+// TODO packages\cursorless-engine\src\singletons\ide.singleton.ts
+import { openNewEditor } from "@cursorless/vscode-common";
+
+import * as yaml from "js-yaml";
+import { promises as fsp } from "node:fs";
+
+import { TestCaseFixture } from "@cursorless/common";
 import { Dictionary } from "lodash";
 
+const tutorial_dir =
+  "C:\\work\\tools\\voicecoding\\cursorless_fork\\packages\\cursorless-vscode-e2e\\src\\suite\\fixtures\\recorded\\tutorial\\unit-2-basic-coding";
+
 /**
  * The argument expected by the tutorial command.
  */
@@ -21,15 +33,33 @@ interface TutorialCommandArg {
    * A representation of the yaml file
    */
   stepFixture: Dictionary<string>;
+
+  /**
+   * The yaml file for the current step
+   */
+  yamlFilename: string;
 }
 
 export async function tutorialCreate({
   version,
   stepFixture,
+  yamlFilename,
 }: TutorialCommandArg) {
   if (version !== 0) {
     throw new Error(`Unsupported tutorial api version: ${version}`);
   }
 
+  // const fixture = stepFixture as TestCaseFixture;
+  createEnvironment(yamlFilename);
+  // TODO need to answer to the talon side only what is necessary
   return stepFixture;
 }
+
+async function createEnvironment(yamlFilename: string) {
+  const buffer = await fsp.readFile(path.join(tutorial_dir, yamlFilename));
+  const fixture = yaml.load(buffer.toString()) as TestCaseFixture;
+
+  const editor = await openNewEditor(fixture.initialState.documentContents, {
+    languageId: fixture.languageId,
+  });
+}