UI/nvim_ui_attach(): add override option

Before now, Nvim always degrades UI capabilities to the lowest-common
denominator. For example, if any connected UI has `ext_messages=false`
then `ext_messages=true` requested by any other connected UI is ignored.

Now `nvim_ui_attach()` supports `override=true`, which flips the
behavior: if any UI requests an `ext_*` UI capability then the
capability is enabled (and the legacy behavior is disabled).

Legacy UIs will be broken while a `override=true` UI is connected, but
it's useful for debugging: you can type into the TUI and observe the UI
events from another connected (UI) client. And the legacy UI will
"recover" after the `override=true` UI disconnects.

Example using pynvim:

    >>> n.ui_attach(2048, 2048, rgb=True, override=True, ext_multigrid=True, ext_messages=True, ext_popupmenu=True)
    >>> while True: n.next_message();
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Justin M. Keyes
2019-05-09 19:35:38 +02:00
parent 8330cc22af
commit b9ad12e6c2
9 changed files with 64 additions and 32 deletions

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@@ -1284,7 +1284,7 @@ describe('API', function()
end)
it('returns attached UIs', function()
local screen = Screen.new(20, 4)
screen:attach()
screen:attach({override=true})
local expected = {
{
chan = 1,
@@ -1299,6 +1299,7 @@ describe('API', function()
ext_messages = false,
height = 4,
rgb = true,
override = true,
width = 20,
}
}
@@ -1308,6 +1309,7 @@ describe('API', function()
screen = Screen.new(44, 99)
screen:attach({ rgb = false })
expected[1].rgb = false
expected[1].override = false
expected[1].width = 44
expected[1].height = 99
eq(expected, nvim("list_uis"))