dunlin

commit d962dd7c41eebd239a066346f044f4d4c9397173
parent 34fb1b2ff44f2a016a58f74cfbf72538340ee321
Author: Daniel Barlow <dan@telent.net>
Date:   Sun, 15 Jan 2023 16:57:25 +0000

trim outdated stuff

Diffstat:
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musing.md
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39
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test/buffer.fnl
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8
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2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)
diff --git a/musing.md b/musing.md
@@ -40,29 +40,10 @@ a consideration we haven't touched on yet: in emacs, not all buffers
 are files - e.g. the buffer list, or the process list, or the magit
 status buffer - there is a well-used affordance for elisp to put
 semi-persistent interactable content onscreen - do we need such a
-thing here or is it ok to say "just call gtk" to command authors
+thing here or is it ok to say "just call gtk" to command authors?
 
 ----
 
-when input widget is active for a parameter, show the completions
-flowbox
-
-while typing, use the typed input to get a completions list.  each
-completion is an acceptable value: convert to a gtk widget by calling
-(to-label value) and add to flowbox.
-
-
-if the value is a table
-  if :to-label key present, use it as-is
-  else Gtk.Label { :label value.value }
-else (assume it's a string)
-  Gtk.Label { :label value }
-
-on RET, check there is a completion value whose stringification
-matches the input string. Hide the flowbox
-
-to activate a rendered completion, the callback needs to perform the
-same action as RET would on the chosen value
 
 is there a role for TAB?
 
@@ -81,26 +62,22 @@ focus from entry to step through the completions then RET activates
 * [done] visit-location url defaults to current
 * [done] ESC to cancel interactive command
 * [done] C-g to cancel key sequence
+* [done] display unbound key error
+* [done] back binding
+* [done] save url history, use it in completions
 
 * custom rendering for completions (e.g. buffer thumbnails)
 * less ugly default completions rendering
 * buffer name is often going to be useless. find buffers by url/title
    still need some 1:1 mapping between the buffer object and
    a text-representable form of same
-* click in commander widget activates visit-location
+* bind event to echo-area click, ideally dependent on what's being shown
+  in there
 * in general, can we bind commands to widget events?
-* display unbound key error
 * autocomplete command name
 * command to create new buffer
 * keyboard navigation of completions
 
-----
-
-I think we're misusing the commander to show url and error messages
-and key prompts. It's OK to have that part of the screen be multipurpose
-but philosophically those things are not related to the command system.
+* suppress "Return is undefined" message after a command executes
 
-- hide commander when inactive and replace it with echo area
-- move it to bottom?
-
-commander can't hide itself, it needs to ask its parent to hide it
+----
diff --git a/test/buffer.fnl b/test/buffer.fnl
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+(local Buffer (require :buffer))
+
+(let [_ (Buffer.new "first")
+      _ (Buffer.new "second")
+      _ (Buffer.new "third")
+      _ (Buffer.new "through")
+      _ (Buffer.new "throughput")]
+  (assert (= (# (Buffer.match "")) 5)))