- Undo texts of 4 KiB or more (Insert/Paste from the buffer, Delete from
the spans the piece table remembers for its last large deletion) are
held as TextSpan references into the piece table's append-only
storage, after checking they hold exactly the recorded bytes. Undo and
redo insert them with Buffer::insert_spans, which adds pieces over the
stored bytes instead of copying them into storage again (the journal
still gets the bytes, as one record). A replace-all session on a 26 MB
file peaks at 181 MB instead of 332 MB; undo/redo cycles of a 6.6 MB
kill no longer grow memory by 6.6 MB each.
- UndoSystem keeps a byte budget (default max(64 MiB, twice the buffer
size); SetByteBudget). Over it, history is pruned to 75% of the budget:
branches off the current path, then the oldest edits (an undo group
goes whole, and never the current state's group), then the redo line.
When the saved state is dropped the buffer stays modified until saved.
- replace_all_bytes clears undo history, which was recorded against (and
may reference the storage of) the previous content.
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- Redoing an insert and undoing a delete put the cursor at col + size
on the start row even when the text spans lines, i.e. past the end of
the line. Later edits and their undo records then went to the wrong
place (a join recorded at column 2 of 'a' re-split the text wrongly)
and delete-word-prev read past the line (heap-buffer-overflow under
ASan). The cursor now goes after the text's last newline, and undo and
redo clamp it to the buffer.
- A recovered buffer stays modified in every undo state
(mark_base_unsaved): one edit and its undo made it look clean, and
closing it then discarded the recovered text and its journal.
- Save-and-quit records the saved undo state.
- Visual-line selections are clamped to the buffer when read; the
visual newline counts the cursor's own line only if it was selected.
A stale selection put the cursor rows past the end, where typed text
could not be undone.
- The yank size cap accounts for visual-line yanks (once per line).
- After an exception escapes a command, open undo groups are closed so
later edits do not join them.
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- Motion and delete commands read rows through RowsView (on-demand,
version-cached) instead of Buffer::Rows(), which rebuilt every line of
the file after each edit. On a 500k-line buffer after an edit:
backspace/delete/motions 80-90 ms -> ~0.1 ms; C-u 3000 C-d 273 s ->
0.25 s. Whole-buffer search scans keep Rows() (cached between edits).
- While a prompt is open only prompt-aware and view-only commands run.
Others edited the buffer behind the prompt (bypassing the read-only
check) or switched/closed buffers under a pending confirmation, which
then acted on the wrong buffer. The ':' command path now applies the
read-only check too.
- Pasting into a prompt (ImGui) flattens line breaks to spaces instead
of emitting Newline, which accepted the prompt and sent the rest of
the paste to the buffer (or ran replace-all).
- The mark region clamps both ends; a stale mark past the end of the
buffer is treated as end of buffer. This fixes kill-region deleting
the wrong text and leaving the cursor past end-of-line.
- Kill-line with a count stops at end of buffer instead of killing
lines above the cursor (regression from the D3 change).
- Undo groups nest, so SmartNewline in visual-line mode is one step.
- Word motions and word deletion treat non-ASCII bytes as word
characters and so never split a UTF-8 character.
- The universal-argument count saturates at 1,000,000 instead of
overflowing int.
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Add benchmarks for core operations, migration edge case tests, improved
buffer I/O tests, and developer guide
- Introduced `test_benchmarks.cc` for performance benchmarking of key
operations in `PieceTable` and `Buffer`, including syntax highlighting
and iteration patterns.
- Added `test_migration_coverage.cc` to provide comprehensive tests for
migration of `Buffer::Rows()` to `PieceTable` APIs, with edge cases,
boundary handling, and consistency checks.
- Enhanced `test_buffer_io.cc` with additional cases for save/load
workflows, file handling, and better integration with the core API.
- Documented architectural details and core concepts in a new
`DEVELOPER_GUIDE.md`. Highlighted design principles, code
organization, and contribution workflows.
- Introduced SwapManager for sidecar journaling of buffer mutations, with a safe recovery mechanism.
- Added group undo/redo functionality, allowing atomic grouping of related edits.
- Implemented `SwapRecorder` and integrated it as a callback interface for mutations.
- Added unit tests for swap journaling (save/load/replay) and undo grouping.
- Refactored undo to support group tracking and ID management.
- Updated CMake to include the new tests and swap journaling logic.
- Added branching model for undo/redo, enabling multiple redo paths and branch selection.
- Updated `UndoNode` to include `parent` and refined hierarchical navigation.
- Extended `UndoSystem` with branching logic for redo operations, supporting sibling branch selection.
- Overhauled tests to validate branching behavior and tree invariants.
- Refined editor command logic for undo/redo with repeat counts and branch selection.
- Enabled test-only introspection hooks for undo tree validation.
- Updated CMake to include test definitions (`KTE_TESTS` flag).
- Implemented robust undo system supporting coalescing of text operations (insert, backspace, delete).
- Added `UndoSystem` integration into the editor/commands pipeline.
- Wrote extensive unit tests for various undo/redo scenarios, including multiline operations, cursor preservation, and history management.
- Refactored to ensure consistent cursor behavior during undo/redo actions.
- Updated CMake to include new tests.
- Remove outdated `undo-state.md`
- Add two code quality/optimization reports that were used to guide previous work:
- `code-report.md` (optimization)
- `code-report-quality.md` (stability and code health)
- Add `themes.md`.
- Update undo system docs and roadmap.
- Replace header include guards with `#pragma once` and perform minor optimizations.
- Replaced traditional include guards with `#pragma once` for simplicity and to reduce boilerplate in all headers.
- Improved CLI line number handling with clamping and error messaging.
- Enhanced `chdir` error handling for macOS GUI builds.
- Removed redundant logic for GUI builds.
- Adjusted font constructor and registry to handle `const` data pointers consistently.
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- Expanded help text and command documentation with detailed keybinding descriptions.
- Added theme customization support to GUIConfig (Nord default, light/dark variants).
- Adjusted for consistent indentation and debug instrumentation in undo system.
- Enhanced test cases for multi-line, UTF-8, and branching scenarios.
- Add visual file picker for GUI with toggle support.
- Introduce `GUIConfig` class for loading GUI settings from configuration file.
- Refactor window initialization to support dynamic sizing based on configuration.
- Add macOS-specific handling for fullscreen behavior.
- Improve header inclusion order and minor code cleanup.
- Document `TestFrontend` for programmatic testing, including examples and usage details.
- Add `UpdateBufferReference` to `UndoSystem` to support updating buffer associations.
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