README.md

Learnings

There are several stages I went through while implementing the block indentation. They are all listed in this folder.

1

• getting started with CodeMirror 6
• implement a basic line decoration

2

• add some keymap to work with indentation

3

• implement more intelligent indentation logic
• huge problem: cursor did not refresh when the line indentation (with padding-left) changed

4

• implement block levels in the editor
• logic to override individual file changes
• several very complicated re-writes
• did not get me closer to what the project should do

5

• block levels base on the padding-left approach
• fixed the cursor refresh issue form 3rd approach
• however, when copying or deleting the line the indentation got lost
• it might be possible to modify to text when copying it into the clipboard
• therefore, it might be the simplest solution to work with spaces or tabs as indentation and overwrite them with decorations