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@@ -917,6 +917,83 @@ affected. .PP See below for the \fIpathName \fBpeer\fR widget command that controls the creation of peer widgets. +.SH "ASYNCHRONOUS UPDATE OF LINE HEIGHTS" +.PP +In order to maintain a responsive user-experience, the text widget calculates +lines metrics (line heights in pixels) asynchronously. Because of this, some +commands of the text widget may return wrong results if the asynchronous +calculations are not finished at the time of calling. This applies to +\fIpathName \fBcount -ypixels\fR and \fIpathName \fByview\fR. +.PP +Again for performance reasons, it would not be appropriate to let these +commands always wait for the end of the update calculation each time they are +called. In most use cases of these commands a more or less inaccurate result +does not really matter compared to execution speed. +.PP +In case accurate result is needed (and if the text widget is managed by a +geometry manager), one can resort to \fIpathName \fBsync\fR and \fIpathName +\fBpendingsync\fR to control the synchronization of the view of text widgets. +.PP +The \fB<<WidgetViewSync>>\fR virtual event fires when the line heights of the +text widget becomes obsolete (due to some editing command or configuration +change), and again when the internal data of the text widget are back in sync +with the widget view. The detail field (%d substitution) is either true (when +the widget is in sync) or false (when it is not). +.PP +\fIpathName \fBsync\fR, \fIpathName \fBpendingsync\fR and +\fB<<WidgetViewSync>>\fR apply to each text widget independently of its peers. +.PP +Examples of use: +.CS +## Example 1: +# immediately complete line metrics at any cost (GUI unresponsive) +$w sync +$w yview moveto $fraction + +## Example 2: +# synchronously wait for up-to-date line metrics (GUI responsive) +# before executing the scheduled command, but don't block execution flow +$w sync -command [list $w yview moveto $fraction] + +## Example 3: +# init +set yud($w) 0 +proc updateaction w { +\&set ::yud($w) 1 +\&# any other update action here... +} +# runtime, synchronously wait for up-to-date line metrics (GUI responsive) +$w sync -command [list updateaction $w] +vwait yud($w) +$w yview moveto $fraction + +## Example 4: +# init +set todo($w) {} +proc updateaction w { +\&foreach cmd $::todo($w) {uplevel #0 $cmd} +\&set todo($w) {} +} +# runtime +lappend todo($w) [list $w yview moveto $fraction] +$w sync -command [list updateaction $w] + +## Example 5: +# init +set todo($w) {} +bind $w <<WidgetViewSync>> { +\&if {%d} { +\&\&foreach cmd $todo(%W) {eval $cmd} +\&\&set todo(%W) {} +\&} +} +# runtime +if {![$w pendingsync]} { +\&$w yview moveto $fraction +} else { +\&lappend todo($w) [list $w yview moveto $fraction] +} +.CE .SH "WIDGET COMMAND" .PP The \fBtext\fR command creates a new Tcl command whose name is the same as the @@ -981,7 +1058,9 @@ if the text widget is managed by a geometry manager), then all subsequent options ensure that any possible out of date information is recalculated. This currently only has any effect for the \fB\-ypixels\fR count (which, if \fB\-update\fR is not given, will use the text widget's current cached value -for each line). The count options are interpreted as follows: +for each line). This \fB\-update\fR option is obsoleted by \fIpathName +\fBsync\fR, \fIpathName \fBpendingsync\fR and \fB<<WidgetViewSync>>\fR. The +count options are interpreted as follows: .RS .IP \fB\-chars\fR count all characters, whether elided or not. Do not count embedded windows or @@ -1344,13 +1423,16 @@ Returns a list of peers of this widget (this does not include the widget itself). The order within this list is undefined. .RE .TP -\fIpathName \fBreplace \fIindex1 index2 chars\fR ?\fItagList chars tagList ...\fR? -. -Replaces the range of characters between \fIindex1\fR and \fIindex2\fR with -the given characters and tags. See the section on \fIpathName \fBinsert\fR for -an explanation of the handling of the \fItagList...\fR arguments, and the -section on \fIpathName \fBdelete\fR for an explanation of the handling of the -indices. If \fIindex2\fR corresponds to an index earlier in the text than +\fIpathName \fBpendingsync\fR +Returns 1 if the line heights calculations are not up-to-date, 0 otherwise. +.TP +\fIpathName \fBreplace\fR \fIindex1 index2 chars\fR ?\fItagList chars tagList ...\fR? +Replaces the range of characters between \fIindex1\fR and \fIindex2\fR +with the given characters and tags. See the section on \fIpathName +\fBinsert\fR for an explanation of the handling of the \fItagList...\fR +arguments, and the section on \fIpathName +\fBdelete\fR for an explanation of the handling of the indices. If +\fIindex2\fR corresponds to an index earlier in the text than \fIindex1\fR, an error will be generated. .RS .PP @@ -1523,6 +1605,23 @@ the view just enough to make \fIindex\fR visible at the edge of the window. If \fIindex\fR is far out of view, then the command centers \fIindex\fR in the window. .TP +\fIpathName \fBsync\fR ?\fB-command \fIcommand\fR? +Controls the synchronization of the view of the text widget. +.RS +.TP +\fIpathName \fBsync\fR +Immediately brings the line metrics up-to-date by forcing computation of any +outdated line heights. The command returns immediately if there is no such +outdated line heights, otherwise it returns only at the end of the computation. +The command returns an empty string. +.TP +\fIpathName \fBsync -command \fIcommand\fR +Schedules \fIcommand\fR to be executed (by the event loop) exactly once as soon +as all line heights are up-to-date. If there are no pending line metrics +calculations, the scheduling is immediate. The command returns the empty +string. \fBbgerror\fR is called on \fIcommand\fR failure. +.RE +.TP \fIpathName \fBtag \fIoption \fR?\fIarg arg ...\fR? . This command is used to manipulate tags. The exact behavior of the command |