Place hardware terminal cursor at the current main cursor/prompt curs…

…or position

Fixes #1318
Also fixes https://gitlab.com/gnachman/iterm2/issues/5408

src/client.cc

@@ -246,6 +246,9 @@ void Client::redraw_ifn()
     if (m_ui_pending & StatusLine)
         m_ui->draw_status(m_status_line, m_mode_line, get_face("StatusLine"));
 
+    auto cursor = m_input_handler.get_cursor_info();
+    m_ui->set_cursor(cursor.first, cursor.second);
+
     m_ui->refresh(m_ui_pending | Refresh);
     m_ui_pending = 0;
 }

src/input_handler.cc

@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ class InputMode : public RefCountable
 
     virtual KeymapMode keymap_mode() const = 0;
 
+    virtual std::pair<CursorMode, DisplayCoord> get_cursor_info() const
+    {
+        DisplayCoord coord = context().window().display_position(context().selections().main().cursor());
+        return {CursorMode::Buffer, coord};
+    }
+
     using Insertion = InputHandler::Insertion;
     Insertion& last_insert() { return m_input_handler.m_last_insert; }
 
@@ -467,6 +473,11 @@ class LineEditor
     const String& line() const { return m_line; }
     CharCount cursor_pos() const { return m_cursor_pos; }
 
+    ColumnCount cursor_display_column() const
+    {
+        return m_line.substr(m_display_pos, m_cursor_pos).column_length();
+    }
+
     DisplayLine build_display_line(ColumnCount in_width)
     {
         auto cleanup = [](StringView str) {
@@ -873,6 +884,12 @@ class Prompt : public InputMode
 
     KeymapMode keymap_mode() const override { return KeymapMode::Prompt; }
 
+    std::pair<CursorMode, DisplayCoord> get_cursor_info() const override
+    {
+        DisplayCoord coord{0_line, m_prompt.column_length() + m_line_editor.cursor_display_column()};
+        return { CursorMode::Prompt, coord };
+    }
+
 private:
     void refresh_completions(CompletionFlags flags)
     {
@@ -1521,6 +1538,11 @@ DisplayLine InputHandler::mode_line() const
     return current_mode().mode_line();
 }
 
+std::pair<CursorMode, DisplayCoord> InputHandler::get_cursor_info() const
+{
+    return current_mode().get_cursor_info();
+}
+
 bool show_auto_info_ifn(StringView title, StringView info, AutoInfo mask, const Context& context)
 {
     if (not (context.options()["autoinfo"].get<AutoInfo>() & mask) or

src/input_handler.hh

@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ using KeyCallback = std::function<void (Key, Context&)>;
 class InputMode;
 enum class InsertMode : unsigned;
 enum class KeymapMode : char;
+enum class CursorMode;
 
 class InputHandler : public SafeCountable
 {
@@ -91,6 +92,8 @@ public:
 
     DisplayLine mode_line() const;
 
+    std::pair<CursorMode, DisplayCoord> get_cursor_info() const;
+
     // Force an input handler into normal mode temporarily
     struct ScopedForceNormal
     {

src/json_ui.cc

@@ -135,6 +135,16 @@ String to_json(InfoStyle style)
     return "";
 }
 
+String to_json(CursorMode mode)
+{
+    switch (mode)
+    {
+        case CursorMode::Prompt: return R"("prompt")";
+        case CursorMode::Buffer: return R"("buffer")";
+    }
+    return "";
+}
+
 String concat()
 {
     return "";
@@ -209,6 +219,11 @@ void JsonUI::info_hide()
     rpc_call("info_hide");
 }
 
+void JsonUI::set_cursor(CursorMode mode, DisplayCoord coord)
+{
+    rpc_call("set_cursor", mode, coord);
+}
+
 void JsonUI::refresh(bool force)
 {
     rpc_call("refresh", force);

src/json_ui.hh

@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ public:
                    InfoStyle style) override;
     void info_hide() override;
 
+    void set_cursor(CursorMode mode, DisplayCoord coord) override;
+
     void refresh(bool force) override;
 
     DisplayCoord dimensions() override;

src/main.cc

@@ -356,6 +356,7 @@ std::unique_ptr<UserInterface> make_ui(UIType ui_type)
         void draw(const DisplayBuffer&, const Face&, const Face&) override {}
         void draw_status(const DisplayLine&, const DisplayLine&, const Face&) override {}
         DisplayCoord dimensions() override { return {24,80}; }
+        void set_cursor(CursorMode, DisplayCoord) override {}
         void refresh(bool) override {}
         void set_on_key(OnKeyCallback) override {}
         void set_ui_options(const Options&) override {}

src/ncurses_ui.cc

@@ -312,11 +312,25 @@ void NCursesUI::redraw()
 {
     pnoutrefresh(m_window, 0, 0, 0, 0,
                  (int)m_dimensions.line + 1, (int)m_dimensions.column);
+
     m_menu.refresh();
     m_info.refresh();
+
+    if (m_cursor.mode == CursorMode::Prompt)
+        wmove(newscr, m_status_on_top ? 0 : (int)m_dimensions.line + 1,
+              (int)m_cursor.coord.column);
+    else
+        wmove(newscr, (int)m_cursor.coord.line + (m_status_on_top ? 1 : 0),
+              (int)m_cursor.coord.column);
+
     doupdate();
 }
 
+void NCursesUI::set_cursor(CursorMode mode, DisplayCoord coord)
+{
+    m_cursor = Cursor{ mode, coord };
+}
+
 void NCursesUI::refresh(bool force)
 {
     if (force)

src/ncurses_ui.hh

@@ -43,8 +43,9 @@ public:
                    InfoStyle style) override;
     void info_hide() override;
 
-    void refresh(bool force) override;
+    void set_cursor(CursorMode mode, DisplayCoord coord) override;
 
+    void refresh(bool force) override;
 
     DisplayCoord dimensions() override;
     void set_on_key(OnKeyCallback callback) override;
@@ -121,6 +122,12 @@ private:
         InfoStyle style;
     } m_info;
 
+    struct Cursor
+    {
+        CursorMode mode;
+        DisplayCoord coord;
+    } m_cursor;
+
     FDWatcher m_stdin_watcher;
     OnKeyCallback m_on_key;
 

src/remote.cc

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ enum class MessageType : char
     InfoHide,
     Draw,
     DrawStatus,
+    SetCursor,
     Refresh,
     SetOptions,
     Key
@@ -335,6 +336,8 @@ class RemoteUI : public UserInterface
                      const DisplayLine& mode_line,
                      const Face& default_face) override;
 
+    void set_cursor(CursorMode mode, DisplayCoord coord) override;
+
     void refresh(bool force) override;
 
     DisplayCoord dimensions() override { return m_dimensions; }
@@ -483,6 +486,14 @@ void RemoteUI::draw_status(const DisplayLine& status_line,
     m_socket_watcher.events() |= FdEvents::Write;
 }
 
+void RemoteUI::set_cursor(CursorMode mode, DisplayCoord coord)
+{
+    MsgWriter msg{m_send_buffer, MessageType::SetCursor};
+    msg.write(mode);
+    msg.write(coord);
+    m_socket_watcher.events() |= FdEvents::Write;
+}
+
 void RemoteUI::refresh(bool force)
 {
     MsgWriter msg{m_send_buffer, MessageType::Refresh};
@@ -611,6 +622,13 @@ RemoteClient::RemoteClient(StringView session, std::unique_ptr<UserInterface>&&
                 m_ui->draw_status(status_line, mode_line, default_face);
                 break;
             }
+            case MessageType::SetCursor:
+            {
+                auto mode = reader.read<CursorMode>();
+                auto coord = reader.read<DisplayCoord>();
+                m_ui->set_cursor(mode, coord);
+                break;
+            }
             case MessageType::Refresh:
                 m_ui->refresh(reader.read<bool>());
                 break;

src/user_interface.hh

@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@ enum class InfoStyle
 
 enum class EventMode;
 
+enum class CursorMode
+{
+    Prompt,
+    Buffer,
+};
+
 using OnKeyCallback = std::function<void(Key key)>;
 
 class UserInterface
@@ -62,6 +68,8 @@ public:
 
     virtual DisplayCoord dimensions() = 0;
 
+    virtual void set_cursor(CursorMode mode, DisplayCoord coord) = 0;
+
     virtual void refresh(bool force) = 0;
 
     virtual void set_on_key(OnKeyCallback callback) = 0;