Problem: Unable to predict which byte-offset to place virtual text to
make it repeat visually in the wrapped part of a line.
Solution: Add a flag to nvim_buf_set_extmark() that causes virtual
text to repeat in wrapped lines.
This is the command invoked repeatedly to make the changes:
:%s/^\(.*\)|\%(\*\(\d\+\)\)\?$\n\1|\%(\*\(\d\+\)\)\?$/\=submatch(1)..'|*'..(max([str2nr(submatch(2)),1])+max([str2nr(submatch(3)),1]))/g
Remove the monolithic Decoration struct. Before this change, each extmark
could either represent just a hl_id + priority value as a inline
decoration, or it would take a pointer to this monolitic 112 byte struct
which has to be allocated.
This change separates the decorations into two pieces: DecorSignHighlight
for signs, highlights and simple set-flag decorations (like spell,
ui-watched), and DecorVirtText for virtual text and lines.
The main separation here is whether they are expected to allocate more
memory. Currently this is not really true as sign text has to be an
allocated string, but the plan is to get rid of this eventually (it can
just be an array of two schar_T:s). Further refactors are expected to
improve the representation of each decoration kind individually. The
goal of this particular PR is to get things started by cutting the
Gordian knot which was the monolithic struct Decoration.
Now, each extmark can either contain chained indicies/pointers to
these kinds of objects, or it can fit a subset of DecorSignHighlight
inline.
The point of this change is not only to make decorations smaller in
memory. In fact, the main motivation is to later allow them to grow
_larger_, but on a dynamic, on demand fashion. As a simple example, it
would be possible to augment highlights to take a list of multiple
`hl_group`:s, which then would trivially map to a chain of multiple
DecorSignHighlight entries.
One small feature improvement included with this refactor itself, is
that the restriction that extmarks cannot be removed inside a decoration
provider has been lifted. These are instead safely lifetime extended
on a "to free" list until the current iteration of screen drawing is done.
NB: flags is a mess. but DecorLevel is useless, this slightly less so
Problem: Can not get all extmarks in a buffer. Properties are missing
from the details array.
Solution: Allow getting all extmarks in a buffer by supplying a -1
"ns_id". Add missing properties to the details array.
Problem:
Validation messages are not consistently formatted.
- Parameter names sometimes are NOT quoted.
- Descriptive names (non-parameters) sometimes ARE quoted.
Solution:
Always quote the `name` value passed to a VALIDATE macro _unless_ the
value has whitespace.
Problem:
- API validation involves too much boilerplate.
- API validation errors are not consistently worded.
Solution:
Introduce some macros. Currently these are clumsy, but they at least
help with consistency and avoid some nesting.
Add new "splice" interface for tracking buffer changes at the byte
level. This will later be reused for byte-resolution buffer updates.
(Implementation has been started, but using undocumented "_on_bytes"
option now as interface hasn't been finalized).
Use this interface to improve many edge cases of extmark adjustment.
Changed tests indicate previously incorrect behavior. Adding tests for
more edge cases will be follow-up work (overlaps on_bytes tests)
Don't consider creation/deletion of marks an undoable event by itself.
This behavior was never documented, and imposes complexity for little gain.
Add nvim__buf_add_decoration temporary API for direct access to the new
implementation. This should be refactored into a proper API for
decorations, probably involving a huge dict.
fixes#11598
NB: this is not the final implementation. Bufhl should be made a
part of the extmark tree, so that "start" adjustment just works
automatically. But "stop" will still need some ad-hoc trickery,
until extended marks natively support ranges (hopefully sooner than
forever).
It is perfectly fine and expected to detach from the screen just by
the UI disconnecting from nvim or exiting nvim. Just keep detach() in
screen_basic_spec, to get some coverage of the detach method itself.
This avoids hang on failure in many situations (though one could argue
that detach() should be "fast", or at least "as fast as resize",
which works in press-return already).
Never use detach() just to change the size of the screen, try_resize()
method exists for that specifically.
Hope this will make people using feed_command less likely: this hides bugs.
Already found at least two:
1. msgpackparse() will show internal error: hash_add() in case of duplicate
keys, though it will still work correctly. Currently silenced.
2. ttimeoutlen was spelled incorrectly, resulting in option not being set when
expected. Test was still functioning somehow though. Currently fixed.
It is otherwise impossible to determine which test failed sanitizer/valgrind
check. test/functional/helpers.lua module return was changed so that tests which
do not provide after_each function to get new check will automatically fail.
