diff --git a/content/devlog/2025.smd b/content/devlog/2025.smd new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a6b805e --- /dev/null +++ b/content/devlog/2025.smd @@ -0,0 +1,253 @@ +--- +.title = "Devlog - 2025", +.date = @date("2025-01-01T00:00:00"), +.author = "CJ van den Berg", +.layout = "devlog.shtml", +.draft = false, +--- + +[]($section.id('about')) +## About this Devlog + +I try to keep a log of major (and some minor) changes and new features going into flow as I work on +them. + +You can [subscribe to this page via RSS]($link.page('devlog').alternative('rss')) and find more +devlog entries in the [archive](/devlog/). + + +## [New command: copy_file_name]($section.id("2025-04-15T17:54:00")) + +I added a command to copy the current file name and position to the system clipboard. This is very +useful for grabbing something to use for setting a breakpoint, or for pasting into a bookmarks +file. It's bound to `shift+alt+c` for file name and line, column position and `ctrl+k alt+c` for +just the file name. Also, if there are multiple cursors it will copy multiple entries on a line +each. Nice for creating jump lists. + + +## [Column highlight]($section.id("2025-04-08T23:14:00")) + +Today brings a new configuration option: `highlight_columns`. This string contains a list of space +separated columns numbers where flow should draw a border. This can help with manual wrapping of +text as as visual indicator of how long the current line is. + + +## [Integer command arguments]($section.id("2025-04-08T18:04:00")) + +Integer arguments are back! Now you can once again use integer prefixes for many commands. Most +commands use the integer prefix as a repeat count, but the exact meaning is dependant on the +command being executed. The current value of the prefix is displayed in the `keybind` widget in the +status bar. Prefix digits are bound to `alt+0` through `alt+9` in flow and emacs mode and just +the plain digit keys in vim and helix modes. + + +## [Atomic updates for vim & helix insert modes]($section.id("2025-04-07T21:08:00")) + +I added `init_command` and `deinit_command` support for keybinding modes that allow us to now +call `pause_undo_history` and `resume_undo_history` when entering/exiting insert modes. This means +that insert modes will now create just one single undo step for the entire input made while in the +mode. + + +## [Customizable themes]($section.id("2025-03-26T23:05:00")) + +You can now customise the current theme in your local configuration directory without modifying +flow itself. Just run the `Customize theme` command and flow will copy the current theme to your +configuration directory and open it for you to edit. + + +## [Debug build warning]($section.id("2025-03-26T19:22:00")) + +There is now a small warning on the home screen when you run a debug build. Debug builds are +significantly slower than ReleaseFast builds. The build type is also now mentioned in the version +information. + + +## [Widget parameters]($section.id("2025-03-25T21:19:00")) + +Mini feature today. You can now add parameters to (some of) the status bar widgets by separating +them from the widget name with a colon. + +- `linenumber` widgets may have (up to) three parameters: pad width (int), pad value (space/zero) and +digit style (ascii/digital/subscript/superscript). + +For example: `linenumber:4,zero,digital`. + +- `spacer` widgets may have one parameter: width (int) + +- `clock` widgets may have one parameter: digit style (ascii/digital/subscript/superscript) + +[]($image.asset('2025-03-25.png')) + + +## [Binary queries & fully async LSP]($section.id("2025-03-25T10:26:00")) + +A few major behind the scene updates in the last week. Nothing directly user facing, but still +worth mentioning here. + +- Flow now uses pre-loaded binary versions of the tree-sitter queries. The scheme query text is + loaded at compile time and serialized to binary which is then loaded at runtime. The tree-sitter + query parser is incredibly slow and the binary loader is close to instant, so this saves around + 20-30ms when loading files. Every frame counts! + +- Flow's LSP backend is now 100% async. It used to be able to block the project manager in some + cases, potentially leading to pauses when listing project files and occationally timeouts when + loading the first file of a file type. These issues can no longer occur. LSP pauses can now only + effect LSP things, like diagnostics or goto_* requests. + + +## [zig-0.14 released]($section.id("2025-03-05T15:31:00")) + +Nightly builds are now on the freshly released `zig-0.14`. + + +## [Smart pairs and smarter open file]($section.id("2025-03-04T21:11:00")) + +Today we have a couple of useful quality of life features. + +A much improved `smart_insert_pair` command, and to go along with it, new commands +`smart_insert_pair_close` and `smart_delete_backwards`. This pretty much completes smart pair +handling as far as I am concerned and flow should generally do-the-right-thing when inserting or +deleting paired characters like `()`, `{}`, `[]`, `""`, etc. + +Automatic file link parsing in selections when using the `open_file` command. What this means is +that flow will automatically open files (if they actually exist) if you select the file path before +pressing `ctrl+o`, including parsing for line number and column indexes. This is especially useful +for command output buffer and means that you can easily jump to files in compiler errors or grep +matches. Tip: use the `expand_selection` command to select a whole file path in a command output +buffer. + +[]($video.asset('2025-03-04_20-59-15.mp4').controls(true)) + +[]($video.asset('2025-03-04_20-51-02.mp4').controls(true)) + + + +## [Zig-0.14 issues]($section.id("2025-02-06T21:46:00")) + +Wierd issues on macos with `zig-0.14` today, so I have reverted the `master` branch to `zig-0.13` +with a force push and cherry-picked all the new features since the `zig-0.14` update. There is now +a `zig-0.14` branch pointing to the `zig-0.14` changes (where `master` used to be). I also added +the build mode and zig version to the version info. + + +## [Bling!]($section.id("2025-02-05T22:40:00")) + +Todays feature of the day is a little bit of bliiiiing. You can now select from four different +digit styles for the line number gutter! + +[]($video.asset('2025-02-05_22-35-31.mp4').controls(true)) + + +## [Switched to zig master]($section.id("2025-02-04T23:12:00")) + +Flow Control is now on zig master once again! 🎉 + +``` +41 files changed, 648 insertions(+), 623 deletions(-) +``` + +By far the most painful zig update in flow's history! + + +## [Ephemeral buffers]($section.id("2025-01-27T20:11:00")) + +Today's update brings better support for ephemeral buffers. These buffers are used for task output, +new files and the help buffer. They can only be saved by giving them a new name first with the +`save_as` command and do not store undo info when closed unless first given a name. Also added is +the new create_new_file command, bound by default to `ctrl+shift+n`. + + +## [Tasks]($section.id("2025-01-26T22:11:00")) + +Today's feature is a task runner. You can now run commands inside flow and have their output placed +in a buffer. Tasks are remembered per project. The default keybinding for the task palette is +`alt+!`. + +[]($video.asset('2025-01-26_flow_task_runner.mp4').controls(true)) + + +## [Tabs widget]($section.id("2025-01-24T23:47:00")) + +Today's quality flow time brings a new `tabs` widget. Add it to your topbar config option to get a +tab bar that you can use to switch buffers with the mouse or a keybinding to +`next_tab`/`previous_tab`. You can close a tab with middle mouse click. + +[]($video.asset('2025-01-24_flow_tabs_widget.mp4').controls(true)) + + +## [Delete buffer command]($section.id("2025-01-22T22:56:00")) + +There is now a `delete_buffer` command that is bound to the `delete` key when in the buffer +selector palette. Deleting a buffer will remove it from the buffers list and free it's undo +history. + + +## [Multi-buffer]($section.id("2025-01-21T23:10:00")) + +Today's feature of the day is **multi-buffer support**. Thanks to a new buffer manager module you +can now switch buffers without first saving them. The recent files list has gained a dirty +indicator so you can see which files need to be saved and there is a new command `switch_buffer` +that will bring up a list of currently open buffers. The home screen now also has a `save_all` +command for those times you just want to exit without saving each file individually first. + +[]($video.asset('2025-01-21_flow_buffer_switcher.mp4').controls(true)) + + +## [Lots and lots]($section.id("2025-01-19T15:09:00")) + +A lot has happened over the last two weeks. Sorry about the lack of posts here in the devlog. Due +to the huge uptick in community contributions I have been concentrating on getting PRs reviewed and +merged. Here's a list of highlights of whats new (in no particular order): + +- **Beam cursor mode mouse select** - Selecting with the mouse when you have a beam cursor active now + gives selection behaviour like a GUI editor. ie. the position of the selection is calculated + gap to gap instead of char to char. + +- **Flow select mode** - Press `ctrl+space` in flow input mode to enter a select mode that lets you + extend your selection with regular movement keys. + +- **Emacs bindings greatly improved** - Emacs input mode keybindings are now much more fleshed out and + include all the emacs basic movement commands. Emacs input mode now also has a selection mode + (also `ctrl+space`). Thanks to `@marler8997` for this work. + +- **Win32 GUI** - Yes, flow can now render itself in a win32 GUI window for all those terminal + impaired windows users (with full GPU acceleration!). The GUI binary can be built with `zig + build -Dgui --release=safe` and is called `flow-gui.exe`. Functionality in this GUI version of + flow is identical to the TUI version, although as of this writing there are some minor renderer + features still missing such as curly underlines, mouse cursors and double wide characters. + Thanks to `@marler8997` for the huge amount of work he put into this. + +- **Multi cursor changes** - Adding cursors is now `alt+click` (it was `ctrl+click`). This is to + fall inline with common practice in other editors (zed and vscode). Also, you can now remove + cursors by `alt+click`ing on them. + +- **Gutter symbols** - There is a new config option to disable gutter symbols and reduce the size + of the line number gutter if you so desire. + +- **Verilog support** - Thanks to `@edwloef` we now support syntax highlighting and formatting for + verlog files. + +- **LSP: Rename symbol command** - Thanks to `@Travis` we now have LSP `rename_symbol` support. + This is done a little differently in flow to most other editors. When running the + `rename_symbol` command we add cursors at all the symbol references and let you rename them + interactively. Cross file renames are not yet supported, but will show up in the references + list for you to jump directly to them and perform the rename yourself if you so desire. + +Oh, and one more thing: + +- **Shell command bindings** - You can now bind shell commands to keys and have the output inserted + into the current buffer, a new buffer, or the log. The commands are `shell_execute_insert` and + `shell_execute_log`. See `src/keybind/builtin/flow.json` for some examples. + + +## [Whitespace revamp]($section.id("2025-01-02T18:44:00")) + +Today's feature of the day: Much improved whitespace rendering. Flow now uses a map of the rendered +view to process whitespace rendering after finishing the main render pass. This fixes a few minor +whitespace rendering bugs, and more importantly, allows easy and fast rendering of more whitespace +related features. There are new modes: leading, eol and tabs, to render just subset of whitespace. +And, best of all, flow now highlights leading (ie. spaces before tabs) and trailing whitespace +errors. + +[]($video.asset('2025-01-02_18-35-05.mp4').controls(true)) diff --git a/content/devlog/2025/2025-01-02_18-35-05.mp4 b/content/devlog/2025/2025-01-02_18-35-05.mp4 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..36b0984 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/devlog/2025/2025-01-02_18-35-05.mp4 differ diff --git a/content/devlog/2025/2025-01-21_flow_buffer_switcher.mp4 b/content/devlog/2025/2025-01-21_flow_buffer_switcher.mp4 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5e8652c Binary files /dev/null and b/content/devlog/2025/2025-01-21_flow_buffer_switcher.mp4 differ diff --git a/content/devlog/2025/2025-01-24_flow_tabs_widget.mp4 b/content/devlog/2025/2025-01-24_flow_tabs_widget.mp4 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3d5dd6f Binary files /dev/null and b/content/devlog/2025/2025-01-24_flow_tabs_widget.mp4 differ diff --git a/content/devlog/2025/2025-01-26_flow_task_runner.mp4 b/content/devlog/2025/2025-01-26_flow_task_runner.mp4 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0aec4d2 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/devlog/2025/2025-01-26_flow_task_runner.mp4 differ diff --git a/content/devlog/2025/2025-02-05_22-35-31.mp4 b/content/devlog/2025/2025-02-05_22-35-31.mp4 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..59723e7 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/devlog/2025/2025-02-05_22-35-31.mp4 differ diff --git a/content/devlog/2025/2025-03-04_20-51-02.mp4 b/content/devlog/2025/2025-03-04_20-51-02.mp4 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..710f0ba Binary files /dev/null and b/content/devlog/2025/2025-03-04_20-51-02.mp4 differ diff --git a/content/devlog/2025/2025-03-04_20-59-15.mp4 b/content/devlog/2025/2025-03-04_20-59-15.mp4 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5abcc7f Binary files /dev/null and b/content/devlog/2025/2025-03-04_20-59-15.mp4 differ diff --git a/content/devlog/2025/2025-03-25.png b/content/devlog/2025/2025-03-25.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b3c2b75 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/devlog/2025/2025-03-25.png differ