wip: does it take too long to load colors from xrdb?

src/client/tab.rs

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use std::{
     collections::{BTreeMap, HashSet},
 };
 use std::{io::Write, sync::mpsc::channel};
-use zellij_tile::data::{Event, InputMode, Palette};
+use zellij_tile::data::{Event, InputMode, ModeInfo, Palette};
 
 const CURSOR_HEIGHT_WIDTH_RATIO: usize = 4; // this is not accurate and kind of a magic number, TODO: look into this
 const MIN_TERMINAL_HEIGHT: usize = 2;
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ pub struct Tab {
     pub send_plugin_instructions: SenderWithContext<PluginInstruction>,
     pub send_app_instructions: SenderWithContext<AppInstruction>,
     expansion_boundary: Option<PositionAndSize>,
+    pub mode_info: ModeInfo,
     pub input_mode: InputMode,
     pub colors: Palette,
 }
@@ -183,6 +184,7 @@ impl Tab {
         send_app_instructions: SenderWithContext<AppInstruction>,
         max_panes: Option<usize>,
         pane_id: Option<PaneId>,
+        mode_info: ModeInfo,
         input_mode: InputMode,
         colors: Palette,
     ) -> Self {
@@ -214,6 +216,7 @@ impl Tab {
             send_pty_instructions,
             send_plugin_instructions,
             expansion_boundary: None,
+            mode_info,
             input_mode,
             colors,
         }
@@ -269,6 +272,13 @@ impl Tab {
                     self.send_plugin_instructions.clone(),
                 );
                 self.panes.insert(PaneId::Plugin(pid), Box::new(new_plugin));
+                // Send an initial mode update to the newly loaded plugin only!
+                self.send_plugin_instructions
+                    .send(PluginInstruction::Update(
+                        Some(pid),
+                        Event::ModeUpdate(self.mode_info.clone()),
+                    ))
+                    .unwrap();
             } else {
                 // there are still panes left to fill, use the pids we received in this method
                 let pid = new_pids.next().unwrap(); // if this crashes it means we got less pids than there are panes in this layout
@@ -628,10 +638,12 @@ impl Tab {
         for (kind, terminal) in self.panes.iter_mut() {
             if !self.panes_to_hide.contains(&terminal.pid()) {
                 match self.active_terminal.unwrap() == terminal.pid() {
-                    true => {
+                    true => boundaries.add_rect(
-                        boundaries.add_rect(terminal.as_ref(), self.input_mode, Some(self.colors))
+                        terminal.as_ref(),
-                    }
+                        self.mode_info.mode,
-                    false => boundaries.add_rect(terminal.as_ref(), self.input_mode, None),
+                        Some(self.colors),
+                    ),
+                    false => boundaries.add_rect(terminal.as_ref(), self.mode_info.mode, None),
                 }
                 if let Some(vte_output) = terminal.render() {
                     let vte_output = if let PaneId::Terminal(_) = kind {

src/common/errors.rs

@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ pub enum ScreenContext {
     CloseTab,
     GoToTab,
     UpdateTabName,
-    ChangeInputMode,
+    ChangeMode,
 }
 
 // FIXME: Just deriving EnumDiscriminants from strum will remove the need for any of this!!!
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ impl From<&ScreenInstruction> for ScreenContext {
             ScreenInstruction::CloseTab => ScreenContext::CloseTab,
             ScreenInstruction::GoToTab(_) => ScreenContext::GoToTab,
             ScreenInstruction::UpdateTabName(_) => ScreenContext::UpdateTabName,
-            ScreenInstruction::ChangeInputMode(_) => ScreenContext::ChangeInputMode,
+            ScreenInstruction::ChangeMode(_) => ScreenContext::ChangeMode,
         }
     }
 }

src/common/input/handler.rs

@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ impl InputHandler {
                     ))
                     .unwrap();
                 self.send_screen_instructions
-                    .send(ScreenInstruction::ChangeInputMode(mode))
+                    .send(ScreenInstruction::ChangeMode(get_mode_info(mode)))
                     .unwrap();
                 self.send_screen_instructions
                     .send(ScreenInstruction::Render)

src/common/mod.rs

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ use wasm_vm::{wasi_stdout, wasi_write_string, zellij_imports, PluginInstruction}
 use wasmer::{ChainableNamedResolver, Instance, Module, Store, Value};
 use wasmer_wasi::{Pipe, WasiState};
 use xrdb::Colors;
-use zellij_tile::data::{EventType, InputMode, Palette};
+use zellij_tile::data::{EventType, InputMode, ModeInfo, Palette};
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
 pub enum ApiCommand {
@@ -321,6 +321,7 @@ pub fn start(mut os_input: Box<dyn OsApi>, opts: CliArgs) {
                     &full_screen_ws,
                     os_input,
                     max_panes,
+                    ModeInfo::default(),
                     InputMode::Normal,
                     colors,
                 );
@@ -455,8 +456,8 @@ pub fn start(mut os_input: Box<dyn OsApi>, opts: CliArgs) {
                         ScreenInstruction::UpdateTabName(c) => {
                             screen.update_active_tab_name(c);
                         }
-                        ScreenInstruction::ChangeInputMode(input_mode) => {
+                        ScreenInstruction::ChangeMode(mode_info) => {
-                            screen.change_input_mode(input_mode);
+                            screen.change_mode(mode_info);
                         }
                         ScreenInstruction::Quit => {
                             break;

src/common/screen.rs

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use crate::tab::Tab;
 use crate::{errors::ErrorContext, wasm_vm::PluginInstruction};
 use crate::{layout::Layout, panes::PaneId};
 
-use zellij_tile::data::{Event, InputMode, Palette, TabInfo};
+use zellij_tile::data::{Event, InputMode, ModeInfo, Palette, TabInfo};
 
 /// Instructions that can be sent to the [`Screen`].
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ pub enum ScreenInstruction {
     CloseTab,
     GoToTab(u32),
     UpdateTabName(Vec<u8>),
-    ChangeInputMode(InputMode),
+    ChangeMode(ModeInfo),
 }
 
 /// A [`Screen`] holds multiple [`Tab`]s, each one holding multiple [`panes`](crate::client::panes).
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ pub struct Screen {
     active_tab_index: Option<usize>,
     /// The [`OsApi`] this [`Screen`] uses.
     os_api: Box<dyn OsApi>,
+    mode_info: ModeInfo,
     input_mode: InputMode,
     colors: Palette,
 }
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ impl Screen {
         full_screen_ws: &PositionAndSize,
         os_api: Box<dyn OsApi>,
         max_panes: Option<usize>,
+        mode_info: ModeInfo,
         input_mode: InputMode,
         colors: Palette,
     ) -> Self {
@@ -101,6 +103,7 @@ impl Screen {
             active_tab_index: None,
             tabs: BTreeMap::new(),
             os_api,
+            mode_info,
             input_mode,
             colors,
         }
@@ -122,6 +125,7 @@ impl Screen {
             self.send_app_instructions.clone(),
             self.max_panes,
             Some(PaneId::Terminal(pane_id)),
+            self.mode_info.clone(),
             self.input_mode,
             self.colors,
         );
@@ -265,6 +269,7 @@ impl Screen {
             self.send_app_instructions.clone(),
             self.max_panes,
             None,
+            self.mode_info.clone(),
             self.input_mode,
             self.colors,
         );
@@ -306,10 +311,10 @@ impl Screen {
         }
         self.update_tabs();
     }
-    pub fn change_input_mode(&mut self, input_mode: InputMode) {
+    pub fn change_mode(&mut self, mode_info: ModeInfo) {
-        self.input_mode = input_mode;
+        self.mode_info = mode_info;
         for tab in self.tabs.values_mut() {
-            tab.input_mode = self.input_mode;
+            tab.mode_info = self.mode_info.clone();
         }
     }
 }