From 52eb7131650386fedc4c2477c1e7fc2fc06adaa3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mikelinsi <mike@mikelinsi.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2024 14:20:36 +0100
Subject: for Issue #16: update backend js for create new tabs on window,
 update web readme

---
 extension/background.js |  9 ++++++++-
 web/tabfs.md            | 13 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/extension/background.js b/extension/background.js
index 93933f2..64d8dd2 100644
--- a/extension/background.js
+++ b/extension/background.js
@@ -473,7 +473,14 @@ Read that file to evaluate and return the current value of that JS expression.`,
     })
   };
 })();
-
+Routes["/windows/#WINDOW_ID/crate"] = {
+    async write({windowId, buf}) {
+        const url = buf.trim();
+        await browser.tabs.create({ windowId: windowId, url: url });
+        return {size: stringToUtf8Array(buf).length};
+    },
+    async truncate() { return {}; }
+}
 Routes["/tabs/by-id/#TAB_ID/window"] = {
   description: `The window that this tab lives in;
 a symbolic link to the folder /windows/[id for this window].`,
diff --git a/web/tabfs.md b/web/tabfs.md
index 1cda620..ed9f31a 100644
--- a/web/tabfs.md
+++ b/web/tabfs.md
@@ -134,6 +134,19 @@ or (older / more explicit)
 $ echo remove | tee -a mnt/tabs/by-title/*Stack_Overflow*/control
 ```
 
+### Open new Tabs
+just:
+
+```
+$ echo about:blank > mnt/tabs/create
+```
+
+or in a specific window:
+
+```
+$ about:blank > windows/<ID>/crate
+```
+
 #### btw
 
 (this task, removing all tabs whose titles contain some string, is a
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