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.
- Added `test_swap_git_editor.cc` to verify proper swap file cleanup during Git editor workflows. Ensures no stale swap files are left after editor closure.
- Updated swap handling logic in `Editor.cc` to always remove swap files on buffer closure during normal exit, preventing accumulation of leftover files.
- Bumped version to 1.6.5 in `CMakeLists.txt`.
- Added `test_reflow_indented_bullets.cc` to verify correct reflow handling for indented bullet points.
- Enhanced undo system with additional tests for cursor adjacency, explicit grouping, branching, newline independence, and dirty-state tracking.
- Introduced external modification detection for files and required confirmation before overwrites.
- Refactored buffer save logic to use atomic writes and track on-disk identity.
- Updated CMake to include new test files and bumped version to 1.6.4.
- Updated `Refresh` command to clear the mark when no active prompt, search, or visual-line mode is present.
- Added a new unit test verifying mark-clearing behavior for `Ctrl-G` (mapped to `Refresh`).
- Bumped version to 1.6.3 in `CMakeLists.txt`.
- Added detailed journaling system (`SwapManager`) for crash recovery, including edit recording and replay.
- Integrated recovery prompts for handling swap files during file open flows.
- Implemented swap file cleanup, checkpointing, and compaction mechanisms.
- Added extensive unit tests for swap-related behaviors such as recovery prompts, file pruning, and corruption handling.
- Updated CMake to include new test files.
- 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.
- Implemented `TestHarness` class for headless editor testing.
- Added utility methods for text insertion, editing, and querying.
- Introduced `test_daily_driver_harness` for verifying basic text buffer operations.
- Updated CMake to include the new test files.
- 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.
- Introduced visual-line mode for multi-line selection and edits.
- Implemented commands, rendering, and keyboard shortcuts.
- Added tests for broadcast operations in visual-line mode.
- Added full UTF-8 support for terminal rendering, including multi-width character handling.
- Improved font handling in ImGui with expanded glyph support (Greek, Mathematical Operators).
- Updated locale initialization to enable proper character rendering.
- Bumped version to 1.5.8.
- Updated `make-app-release` script to use `macdeployqt` with proper verbosity and bundle fixup.
- Introduced post-build fixup using CMake's `BundleUtilities` to internalize non-Qt dylibs.
- Enhanced macOS bundle RPATH settings for accurate Framework resolution.
- Added optional `kge_fixup_bundle` CMake target for post-build handling.
- Refined `default.nix` to load Nixpkgs in a default argument.
- Remember and restore the cursor's position after reloading a buffer, clamping if necessary.
- Improve user experience by maintaining editing context.
- Introduced comprehensive test plan to guide development and ensure coverage.
- Documented test principles, execution harness, build steps, and test catalog.
- Categorized test cases by functionality (e.g., filesystem I/O, PieceTable semantics, buffer editing, undo system, etc.).
- Outlined regression tests and performance/stress scenarios.
- Provided a phased roadmap for implementing planned test cases.
- Removed standalone test executables (`test_undo`, `test_buffer_save`, `test_buffer_open_nonexistent_save`, etc.).
- Introduced `kte_tests` as a unified test runner.
- Migrated existing tests to a new minimal, reusable framework in `tests/Test.h`.
- Updated `CMakeLists.txt` to build a single `kte_tests` executable.
- Simplified dependencies, reducing the need for ncurses/GUI in test builds.
- Introduced comprehensive tests:
- `test_buffer_open_nonexistent_save.cc`: Save after opening a non-existent file.
- `test_buffer_save.cc`: Save buffer contents to disk.
- `test_buffer_save_existing.cc`: Save after opening existing files.
- Implemented `PieceTable::WriteToStream()` to directly stream content without full materialization.
- Updated `Buffer::Save` and `Buffer::SaveAs` to use efficient streaming via `PieceTable`.
- Enhanced editing commands (`Insert`, `Delete`, `Replace`, etc.) to use PieceTable APIs, ensuring proper undo and save functionality.
- Introduced `BufferNew` command to create and switch to a new unnamed buffer.
- Registered `BufferNew` in the command registry and updated keymap and help text.
- Implemented `cmd_buffer_new()` to handle buffer creation and switching logic.
- Created `piece-table-migration.md` outlining the steps to transition from GapBuffer to a unified PieceTable architecture.
- Included phased approach: extending PieceTable, Buffer adapter layer, command updates, and renderer changes.
- Detailed API changes, file updates, testing strategy, risk assessment, and timeline for each migration phase.
- Document serves as a reference for architecture goals and implementation details.
- Deleted `GapBuffer` class and its API implementations.
- Removed `AppendBuffer` selector and conditional `KTE_USE_PIECE_TABLE` macros.
- Eliminated legacy support in buffer APIs, file I/O, benchmarks, and correctness tests.
- Updated guidelines and comments to reflect PieceTable as the default and only buffer backend.
- Added `PieceTable` class for efficient text manipulation and implemented core editing APIs (`Insert`, `Delete`, `Find`, etc.).
- Integrated `PieceTable` into `Buffer` class with an adapter for rows caching.
- Enabled seamless switching between legacy row-based and new PieceTable-backed editing via `KTE_USE_BUFFER_PIECE_TABLE`.
- Updated file I/O, line-based queries, and cursor operations to support PieceTable-based storage.
- Lazy rebuilding of line index and improved management of edit state for performance.
- Introduced `CommandId::CenterOnCursor` to center viewport on the cursor line.
- Improved scrolling behavior in `ImGuiRenderer` to avoid aggressive centering and keep visible lines stable.
- Updated `make-app-release` to rename the output app to `kge-qt.app`.
- Adjusted padding in `ImGuiFrontend` to align with `ImGuiRenderer` settings for consistent scrolling.
- Bumped version to 1.4.1.
- Added `QtFrontend`, `QtRenderer`, and `QtInputHandler` for Qt-based UI rendering and input handling.
- Implemented support for theming, font customization, and palette overrides in GUITheme.
- Renamed and refactored ImGui-specific components (e.g., `GUIRenderer` -> `ImGuiRenderer`).
- Added cross-frontend integration for commands and visual font picker.
- Update input handling to retain SDL_TEXTINPUT after Tab insertion for better platform consistency.
- Allow multiple app instances in macOS by modifying `Info.plist`.
- Bump version to 1.3.8-alpha.
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- Refined cached state validation in `HighlighterEngine` to ensure row validity and buffer consistency.
- Added `make-release` and `make-app-release` scripts for streamlined release builds.
- Disabled AddressSanitizer (ASAN) by default.
- Version bump to 1.3.6.
- 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.
- Added benchmarking for GapBuffer and PieceTable (BufferBench, PerformanceSuite).
- Implemented `OptimizedSearch` using Boyer-Moore (bad character heuristic).
- Introduced `UndoNodePool` for efficient memory management.
- Fixed horizontal scrolling and cursor placement in GUI: ensured cursor visibility and improved accuracy for rendered columns.
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- Implement font management improvements
- Add commands for font selection and size
- Handle pending font loading consistently
- Update related documentation.
- Version bump to 1.3.1.
Ensure horizontal scrolling for cursor visibility, add accurate click handling for rendered columns, and improve syntax highlighting bounds adjustment.
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- Implemented runtime API for registering custom highlighters.
- Added optional Tree-sitter integration for advanced syntax parsing (disabled by default).
- Updated buffer initialization and copying to support dynamic highlighter configuration.
- Introduced `NullHighlighter` as a fallback for unsupported filetypes.
- Enhanced CMake configuration with `KTE_ENABLE_TREESITTER` option.
- Added prefetching in both terminal and GUI renderers to optimize visible row highlights.
- Introduced background worker for offscreen highlight warming to improve scrolling performance.
- Refactored `HighlighterEngine` to manage thread-safety, caching, and stateful re-computation.
- Integrated changes into `HighlighterEngine`, `TerminalRenderer`, and `GUIRenderer`.
- Bumped version to 1.2.0 in preparation for the release.
- Introduced `HighlighterRegistry` with support for multiple language highlighters (e.g., JSON, Markdown, Python).
- Added `JsonHighlighter` implementation for basic JSON syntax highlighting.
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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.
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