Every edit bumped the buffer version (through SetDirty) and called
InvalidateFrom(0), so all cached spans and line states were discarded
and stateful highlighters re-lexed from row 0 to the viewport on each
keystroke.
Buffer mutators now report the row they changed (edited_at_), which
bumps the version and tells the engine to drop only rows from there
down; a row's highlighting depends only on rows above it. A version
change that arrives without that notice still clears everything, so a
missed path cannot show stale spans. The engine keeps states as a
contiguous vector and caches spans for every row it lexes. SetDirty no
longer touches the version: the edits themselves do, including undo
and redo back to the saved state (D9 still holds; its test now checks
the highlighting itself).
Typing near the end of a 100k-line C++ file: 46.3 ms -> 0.14 ms of
highlighting work per keystroke.
Audit finding P3.
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SetDirty(false) did not bump the version, so undo back to the saved
state (and reload, and replace_all_bytes) left the highlighter serving
spans for the old text. Reloading a file deleted on disk now also
clears undo history recorded against the old content.
Audit finding D9.
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Undo/redo:
- cmd_newline recorded the undo node's position after the cursor moved past
the split point, so undoing Enter joined the wrong pair of lines.
- Backspace/Delete line-joins recorded UndoType::Newline, whose apply()
semantics are inverted for a join (forward=split); add UndoType::JoinLines
with correct forward/backward behavior.
- Regex replace-all, indent/unindent region, kill-to-eol, kill-line,
kill-region, and delete-word-prev/next mutated the buffer via the
no-undo-recording raw APIs; they now record undo, grouped atomically via a
shared UndoGroupGuard.
- Plain-text replace-all with an empty replacement advanced the scan
position one character too far, skipping adjacent/overlapping matches.
Crash recovery / memory safety:
- Buffer's move ctor/assignment never carried over swap_rec_,
on_disk_identity_, or the visual-line-mode fields, so the crash-recovery
journal silently stopped tracking a buffer whenever Editor's
std::vector<Buffer> reallocated or shifted (e.g. opening/closing files).
Added SwapManager::Rehome() plus Flush()-before-mutate in
Editor::AddBuffer/CloseBuffer so the journal's Buffer* key and the
background writer thread never reference a stale address.
- UndoTree leaked its entire node graph (including all edit text) on every
buffer close/reload; added ~UndoTree() to free it.
- main.cc didn't restore the terminal if an exception escaped the run loop;
added an RAII guard around Frontend::Shutdown().
Input handling:
- Terminal frontend used getch() instead of get_wch(), silently dropping
non-ASCII keyboard input despite linking wide-char ncurses.
- KKeymap's C-k lookup switches on an already-lowercased key, making
`case 'E'` unreachable dead code; C-k Shift-E silently aliased to C-k e.
- ImGui file picker wasn't modal: keystrokes typed while it was open still
reached the buffer underneath as edit commands, and Escape didn't close it.
- Gated ImGuiInputHandler's unconditional fprintf/fflush diagnostics behind
an IMGUI_IH_DEBUG macro, matching QtInputHandler's existing convention.
Syntax highlighting:
- Go/Rust/SQL highlighters weren't stateful, so multi-line /* */ comments
mis-highlighted as code starting on the second line.
- Python's triple-quoted-string handler didn't re-scan the remainder of a
line after a string closed mid-line, missing a same-line reopen.
- HighlighterEngine's state_last_contig_ field was declared but unused,
forcing an O(n) scan of state_cache_ on every stateful lookup; wired it up
as a real fast path and fixed InvalidateFrom() to keep it in sync.
- kge's :syntax off was silently undone the next frame because
apply_syntax_to_buffer() re-applied the config default unconditionally
every frame; added a user-override flag mirroring the existing
edit-mode-detection guard.
Added regression tests for all of the above (test_undo.cc, test_kkeymap.cc,
test_command_semantics.cc, test_search_replace_flow.cc, and a new
test_syntax_highlighting.cc). Full suite (163 tests) passes, including under
AddressSanitizer.
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apply_syntax_to_buffer() was called every frame and unconditionally reset
edit mode from the file extension, making it impossible to toggle out of
writing mode for .txt/.md files. Add edit_mode_detected_ flag to Buffer so
auto-detection runs once per buffer. Writing mode now also disables syntax
highlighting as intended. Propagate edit_mode_ through Buffer copy/move ops.
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- Add three proportional serif fonts: Crimson Pro, ET Book, Spectral
- Fix text rendering for variable-width fonts: selection, cursor,
mouse click mapping, search highlights, and syntax-colored text
now use pixel-accurate measurement via ImGui::CalcTextSize()
- Add per-buffer edit mode (code/writing) with auto-detection from
file extension (.txt, .md, .rst, .org, .tex default to writing)
- Add C-k m keybinding and :mode command to toggle edit modes
- Switch config format from INI to TOML (kge.toml), with legacy
INI fallback; vendor toml++ v3.4.0
- New config keys: font.code and font.writing for per-mode defaults
- Add font tab completion for ImGui builds
- Add tab completion for :mode command
- Update help text, themes.md, and add CONFIG.md
- Bump version to 1.10.0
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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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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