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-// import {
-//   JupyterFrontEnd,
-//   JupyterFrontEndPlugin
-// } from '@jupyterlab/application';
-
-// import { IJaiCore } from '../tokens';
-// import { AiService } from '../handler';
-// import { Menu } from '@lumino/widgets';
-// import { CommandRegistry } from '@lumino/commands';
-
-// export namespace CommandIDs {
-//   export const explain = 'jupyter-ai:explain';
-//   export const fix = 'jupyter-ai:fix';
-//   export const optimize = 'jupyter-ai:optimize';
-//   export const refactor = 'jupyter-ai:refactor';
-// }
-
-// /**
-//  * Optional plugin that adds a "Generative AI" submenu to the context menu.
-//  * These implement UI shortcuts that explain, fix, refactor, or optimize code in
-//  * a notebook or file.
-//  *
-//  * **This plugin is experimental and may be removed in a future release.**
-//  */
-// export const menuPlugin: JupyterFrontEndPlugin<void> = {
-//   id: '@jupyter-ai/core:menu-plugin',
-//   autoStart: true,
-//   requires: [IJaiCore],
-//   activate: (app: JupyterFrontEnd, jaiCore: IJaiCore) => {
-//     const { activeCellManager, chatHandler, chatWidget, selectionWatcher } =
-//       jaiCore;
-
-//     function activateChatSidebar() {
-//       app.shell.activateById(chatWidget.id);
-//     }
-
-//     function getSelection(): AiService.Selection | null {
-//       const textSelection = selectionWatcher.selection;
-//       const activeCell = activeCellManager.getContent(false);
-//       const selection: AiService.Selection | null = textSelection
-//         ? { type: 'text', source: textSelection.text }
-//         : activeCell
-//         ? { type: 'cell', source: activeCell.source }
-//         : null;
-
-//       return selection;
-//     }
-
-//     function buildLabelFactory(baseLabel: string): () => string {
-//       return () => {
-//         const textSelection = selectionWatcher.selection;
-//         const activeCell = activeCellManager.getContent(false);
-
-//         return textSelection
-//           ? `${baseLabel} (${textSelection.numLines} lines selected)`
-//           : activeCell
-//           ? `${baseLabel} (1 active cell)`
-//           : baseLabel;
-//       };
-//     }
-
-//     // register commands
-//     const menuCommands = new CommandRegistry();
-//     menuCommands.addCommand(CommandIDs.explain, {
-//       execute: () => {
-//         const selection = getSelection();
-//         if (!selection) {
-//           return;
-//         }
-
-//         activateChatSidebar();
-//         chatHandler.sendMessage({
-//           prompt: 'Explain the code below.',
-//           selection
-//         });
-//       },
-//       label: buildLabelFactory('Explain code'),
-//       isEnabled: () => !!getSelection()
-//     });
-//     menuCommands.addCommand(CommandIDs.fix, {
-//       execute: () => {
-//         const activeCellWithError = activeCellManager.getContent(true);
-//         if (!activeCellWithError) {
-//           return;
-//         }
-
-//         chatHandler.sendMessage({
-//           prompt: '/fix',
-//           selection: {
-//             type: 'cell-with-error',
-//             error: activeCellWithError.error,
-//             source: activeCellWithError.source
-//           }
-//         });
-//       },
-//       label: () => {
-//         const activeCellWithError = activeCellManager.getContent(true);
-//         return activeCellWithError
-//           ? 'Fix code cell (1 error cell)'
-//           : 'Fix code cell (no error cell)';
-//       },
-//       isEnabled: () => {
-//         const activeCellWithError = activeCellManager.getContent(true);
-//         return !!activeCellWithError;
-//       }
-//     });
-//     menuCommands.addCommand(CommandIDs.optimize, {
-//       execute: () => {
-//         const selection = getSelection();
-//         if (!selection) {
-//           return;
-//         }
-
-//         activateChatSidebar();
-//         chatHandler.sendMessage({
-//           prompt: 'Optimize the code below.',
-//           selection
-//         });
-//       },
-//       label: buildLabelFactory('Optimize code'),
-//       isEnabled: () => !!getSelection()
-//     });
-//     menuCommands.addCommand(CommandIDs.refactor, {
-//       execute: () => {
-//         const selection = getSelection();
-//         if (!selection) {
-//           return;
-//         }
-
-//         activateChatSidebar();
-//         chatHandler.sendMessage({
-//           prompt: 'Refactor the code below.',
-//           selection
-//         });
-//       },
-//       label: buildLabelFactory('Refactor code'),
-//       isEnabled: () => !!getSelection()
-//     });
-
-//     // add commands as a context menu item containing a "Generative AI" submenu
-//     const submenu = new Menu({
-//       commands: menuCommands
-//     });
-//     submenu.id = 'jupyter-ai:submenu';
-//     submenu.title.label = 'Generative AI';
-//     submenu.addItem({ command: CommandIDs.explain });
-//     submenu.addItem({ command: CommandIDs.fix });
-//     submenu.addItem({ command: CommandIDs.optimize });
-//     submenu.addItem({ command: CommandIDs.refactor });
-
-//     app.contextMenu.addItem({
-//       type: 'submenu',
-//       selector: '.jp-Editor',
-//       rank: 1,
-//       submenu
-//     });
-//   }
-// };