From b3694a9b736b6b2da7c7712b5be8b3d74c09eceb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthew Brush <matt@geany.org>
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2016 16:04:42 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add new API function to open a project file

---
 src/plugindata.h |  2 +-
 src/project.c    | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 src/project.h    |  2 ++
 3 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/plugindata.h b/src/plugindata.h
index c8bd687939..b31b3bf608 100644
--- a/src/plugindata.h
+++ b/src/plugindata.h
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ G_BEGIN_DECLS
  * @warning You should not test for values below 200 as previously
  * @c GEANY_API_VERSION was defined as an enum value, not a macro.
  */
-#define GEANY_API_VERSION 228
+#define GEANY_API_VERSION 230
 
 /* hack to have a different ABI when built with GTK3 because loading GTK2-linked plugins
  * with GTK3-linked Geany leads to crash */
diff --git a/src/project.c b/src/project.c
index eda00faa2a..b7ac9f0934 100644
--- a/src/project.c
+++ b/src/project.c
@@ -1346,3 +1346,25 @@ void project_init(void)
 void project_finalize(void)
 {
 }
+
+
+/**
+ * Open the given project file.
+ *
+ * This is done as if the user had done it using the `Project->Open`
+ * menu item (ie. it will confirm closing the current project). Any
+ * files in the project's session will be re-opened.
+ *
+ * @param project_locale_fn The filename of the project file in locale
+ * filename encoding.
+ *
+ * @return @c TRUE if the project was opened, @c FALSE otherwise.
+ *
+ * @since 1.29 (API 230)
+ */
+GEANY_API_SYMBOL
+gboolean project_open_file(const gchar *project_locale_fn)
+{
+	return (project_ask_close() &&
+		project_load_file_with_session(project_locale_fn));
+}
diff --git a/src/project.h b/src/project.h
index 1babde12c0..5af2733255 100644
--- a/src/project.h
+++ b/src/project.h
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ GeanyProject;
 
 void project_write_config(void);
 
+gboolean project_open_file(const gchar *project_locale_fn);
+
 
 #ifdef GEANY_PRIVATE