Is there a way to send LuaUI commands interactively?

function widget:GetInfo()
    return {
        name = "Sudo Make Me A Sandwich",
        desc = "Allows to run arbitrary commands from the chat console in format '/luaui sudo <command>'",
        author = "rollmops",
        date = "Sep 11, 2022",
        license = "GNU GPL, v2 or later",
        layer = 0,
        enabled = true
    }
end

-- RATIONALE
--
-- Serves as a helper for widget developers. Upon installing this, when one is working on some widget and is interested to see the result of a certain command (an one-liner, to be precise), one can simply run the command of interest from the chat console, instead of the usual workflow of adding the command to the widget code and re-enabling it.
--
-- Especially useful when you want to run the same command several times with slight variations or in different game situations, since the up arrow in the chat console gives you the last command(s) so you can make a needed change quickly, or to wait for the right moment and hit enter to execute.
--
-- In the case of an error, prints the error message, but the widget itself is not fails (not being removed).
--
-- See https://zero-k.info/Forum/Thread/35548 for the background discussion (thanks, Sprung!)


-- USAGE
--
-- Prepend the desired command with '/luaui sudo ', e.g. '/luaui sudo Spring.Echo("make me a sandwich")'
--
-- Optionally, put short aliases for frequently used commands or values in WG.sudoWidget to have them available in the console. With the provided exemplary aliases (see below), you can shorten the aforementioned command to '/luaui sudo e("make me a sandwich").
--
-- As this widget (as any other) doesn't have access to the local stuff of other widgets, if you want some of it to be available at the console, put them (in your widget code) in WG.sudoWidget as well. For example, if you have in your widget the following snippet:
--[[
local selectedUnits = {}
function widget:SelectionChanged(sel)
    selectedUnits = {}
    for _, uid in pairs(sel) do
        selectedUnits[ #selectedUnits + 1 ] = uid
    end
    WG.sudoWidget.s = selectedUnits
end
--]]
-- then, upon selecting some unit(s), you can run, e.g. '/luaui sudo e(pos(s[1]))' ('pos' being an alias for Spring.GetUnitPosition as in the example below).

-- add to WG.sudoWidget your custom short names for frequently used commands or variables (see USAGE above)
WG.sudoWidget.e = Spring.Echo
WG.sudoWidget.pos = Spring.GetUnitPosition

local Echo = Spring.Echo

function widget:Initialize()
    WG.sudoWidget = WG.sudoWidget or {} -- create WG.sudoWidget table if doesn't exist
end

function widget:TextCommand(str) -- watch for '/luaui <string>' executed from chat console

    if string.find(str, "^sudo ") then -- if the string starts with "sudo "

        local command = string.sub( str, 5 ) -- get the rest of the string after "sudo " (the actual command)

        Echo( "Executing: " .. command )

        local chunk = loadstring( command ) -- compile the command but do not execute it yet

        local env = getfenv(2) -- get the global environment

        setfenv(chunk, setmetatable(WG.sudoWidget, { __index = env._G })) -- set WG.sudoWidget as the environment for the chunk, adding access to global environment as well

        local ok, err_msg = pcall( chunk ) -- run the command with "protected call" so in a case of error the widget will not be removed

        if not ok then Echo( "Error: " .. err_msg ) end -- in case of an error, print the error message

     end
end