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diff --git a/dot_config/kak/autoload/rc/tools/fifo.kak b/dot_config/kak/autoload/rc/tools/fifo.kak
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+provide-module fifo %{
+
+define-command -params .. -docstring %{
+    fifo [-name <name>] [-scroll] [-script <script>] [--] <args>...: run command in a fifo buffer
+    if <script> is used, eval it with <args> as '$@', else pass arguments directly to the shell
+} fifo %{ evaluate-commands %sh{
+    name='*fifo*'
+    while true; do
+        case "$1" in
+            "-scroll") scroll="-scroll"; shift ;;
+            "-script") script="$2"; shift 2 ;;
+            "-name") name="$2"; shift 2 ;;
+            "--") shift; break ;;
+            *) break ;;
+        esac
+    done
+    output=$(mktemp -d "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}"/kak-fifo.XXXXXXXX)/fifo
+    mkfifo ${output}
+    if [ -n "$script" ]; then
+        ( eval "$script" > ${output} 2>&1 & ) > /dev/null 2>&1 < /dev/null
+    else
+        ( "$@" > ${output} 2>&1 & ) > /dev/null 2>&1 < /dev/null
+    fi
+
+    printf %s\\n "
+            edit! -fifo ${output} ${scroll} ${name}
+            hook -always -once buffer BufCloseFifo .* %{ nop %sh{ rm -r $(dirname ${output}) } }
+        "
+    }}
+
+complete-command fifo shell
+
+}
+
+hook -once global KakBegin .* %{ require-module fifo }