We would like to avoid redrawing all row(s) when an event occurs. Currently, we redraw all row(s) except when:
- a character is inserted at the end of input (and there is no hint and no
highlight_char), - only the cursor is moved (input is not touched and no
highlight_char).
Ideally, we would like to redraw only impacted row(s) / cell(s).
Currently, we assume that highlighting does not impact layout / rendered text size. So only the following observables impact layout:
- prompt (interactive search, input mode indicator),
- input mode,
- line(s) buffer,
- cursor position,
- hint / input validation message,
- screen size (line wrapping),
- prompt continuations,
- row/wrap count.
Some other values may impact layout but they are/should be constant:
- tab stop,
Currently, there is no word wrapping (only grapheme wrapping). But we highlight the whole input at once. So there is no issue: for example, even if a keyword is wrapped, style is preserved.
With prompt continuations, we (will) interleave user input with continuations. So we need to preserve style.
TODO How prompt_toolkit handle this problem ?
Maybe using ANSI sequence directly was a bad idea. If Highlighter returns style ranges,
applying style on input slice is easy (and also supporting styles on Windows < 10).
Current granularity:
- PUSH_CHAR at end of input
- BEEP
- MOVE_CURSOR
- REFRESH whole input / rows
- CLEAR_SCREEN (+REFRESH)
Wanted additional granularity:
- PUSH_STRING at end of input
- REFRESH_DIRTY only rows / cells