High-latency provider script

[tanin47]

Problem

A real-world use case is a provider script that invokes https://dictionaryapi.com/ to get a meaning for a word.

The provider script might take a few seconds or more. Our tooltip should signal user about this delay by showing the loading icon.

Considerations

• How would it work with the current provider script that is instantaneous?

Design

The provider script returns the first result with the param hasMore:

{
  "items": [{"type": "text", "value": "instant item"}],
  "hasMore": true
}

When hasMore is true, Tip will show the items and the loading icon to user and wait for additional stdout.

This mechanism is endless if hasMore keeps being true.

When hasMore is false, the provider script should end after printing the JSON.

Tip will not end the provider script process.

Additional mechanism

• Tip should support timing out. Maybe we set it to 30 seconds.