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This is a combination of a thinking-out-loud document and a TODO list. It is not a document of record. You should not expect to derive value from reading it
tl;dr what if ... a web browser, but tabs were more like emacs buffers?
objects/data types
buffer Buffer.find ;; by name, title, url Buffer.by_name (maybe?)
buffer has-a webview but it is not shown by default. Later we may add some kind of webview reuse so that invisible and old buffers don't need to have a webview until needed.
I seem to be using "buffer" and "tab" mostly synonymously
frame Frame.the-frame frame.set-buffer (buffer) frame.get-buffer => buffer frame.commander - text entry widget frame.actions - container of toolbar buttons
in future we may be able to split a frame into multiple windows which show different buffers
location (url) document document element(?) webview lua's standard types
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
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?
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in the shell it activates completion or shows options: we don't need that if we're updating them automatically
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we could use it to cycle through the available completions: switch focus from entry to step through the completions then RET activates
TODO
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[done] show loading progress
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[done] show url when the commander is inactive
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[done] visit-location url defaults to current
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custom rendering for completions (e.g. buffer thumbnails)
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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
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click in commander widget activates visit-location
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display unbound key error
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ESC to cancel interactive command
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autocomplete command name
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multiple buffers
- create buffer
- list buffers (do we need this if we have thumbnails?)