Other (squashed) commits:
fix(tui): emit ui_send output atomically with the frame
Problem:
tui_ui_send() writes directly to the TTY, bypassing the output buffer.
Sequences sent via nvim_ui_send() (e.g. kitty multiple-cursors, or
visual-dot-repeat) always arrive in a separate TTY write from the frame
they were computed for. This manifests as "tearing", or e.g. in the case
of multicursor the terminal renders text with stale cursor overlays.
Solution:
- tui_ui_send(): while a frame is being assembled (pending invalid
regions or buffered output), buffer instead of writing directly.
- Out-of-frame sends (tty queries, clear-on-disable) still write
immediately.
- mcursor.lua: emit the terminal-cursor update at the end of the redraw
cycle (`on_end`, when screen positions are final) instead of
vim.schedule().
The purpose of `v:echospace` was to avoid disruptive "Press ENTER"
prompts. Since those are no longer a problem with ui2, the complexity
of maintaining it up-to-date is no longer justified.
Problem:
`:restart` does not preserve window layout, etc.
Solution:
- Change `:restart` to save/restore a session automatically.
- Introduce "bang" variant `:restart!` to restart *without* session
save/restore.
- Introduce `v:startreason`.
- `ZR` maps to `:restart!`.
Problem:
Linter missed backtick and double-quote keynames in the quasi-keyset of
the `nvim_create_user_command` docstring.
Solution:
Update the linter to check backtick-surrounded and quote-surrounded key
names.
Problem:
When showing the :connect menu, it is useful to know which servers
are most-recently active. But we don't have a good way to detect that.
Solution:
- Introduce `v:useractive`.
- Include this timestamp in `serverlist({info=true})`.
Co-authored-by: Justin M. Keyes <justinkz@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Szymon Wilczek <swilczek.lx@gmail.com>
Problem:
`v:starttime`, `:uptime` use a monotonic high-resolution timer. This
only works as long as the timer keeps running (if the computer is
suspended the timer is paused). This is somewhat unintuitive, and
doesn't match the behavior of the `uptime` shell command.
Solution:
Implement `os_realtime` to get the real time since the
epoch in nanoseconds.
Problem:
- The `ZR` feature makes it more obvious that we need some sort of flag so that
an `ExitPre` / `QuitPre` / `VimLeave` handler can handle restarts differently
than a normal exit. For example, it's common that users want `:mksession` on
restart, but perhaps not on a normal exit.
- Nvim has no way to report its "uptime".
Solution:
- Introduce `v:starttime`
- Introduce `v:exitreason`
Problem:
- Not obvious which _meta/ are generated and which should be edited
manually.
- The require guard (`error('Cannot require a meta file')`) is not
consistently present in all meta files.
Solution:
- Update headers.
- Add require() guard to all meta files.
- Rename generated meta files with `.gen.lua`.