termio: clear selection

src/Window.zig

@@ -810,7 +810,13 @@ fn charCallback(window: glfw.Window, codepoint: u21) void {
         return;
     }
 
-    // Anytime is character is created, we have to clear the selection
+    // Anytime a char is created, we have to clear the selection if there is one.
+    _ = win.io_thread.mailbox.push(.{
+        .clear_selection = {},
+    }, .{ .forever = {} });
+
+    // TODO: the stuff below goes away with IO thread
+
     if (win.terminal.selection != null) {
         win.terminal.selection = null;
         win.queueRender() catch |err|

src/termio/Exec.zig

@@ -188,6 +188,17 @@ pub fn resize(
     }
 }
 
+pub fn clearSelection(self: *Exec) !void {
+    // We don't need a lock to read because nothing else can possibly write
+    // as we're looking at this.
+    if (self.terminal.selection != null) {
+        // We need to lock so we can write because other things might be reading.
+        self.renderer_state.mutex.lock();
+        defer self.renderer_state.mutex.unlock();
+        self.terminal.selection = null;
+    }
+}
+
 const ThreadData = struct {
     /// Allocator used for the event data
     alloc: Allocator,

src/termio/Thread.zig

@@ -150,15 +150,28 @@ fn drainMailbox(self: *Thread) !void {
     // This holds the mailbox lock for the duration of the drain. The
     // expectation is that all our message handlers will be non-blocking
     // ENOUGH to not mess up throughput on producers.
-    var drain = self.mailbox.drain();
-    defer drain.deinit();
+    var redraw: bool = false;
+    {
+        var drain = self.mailbox.drain();
+        defer drain.deinit();
 
-    while (drain.next()) |message| {
-        log.debug("mailbox message={}", .{message});
-        switch (message) {
-            .resize => |v| try self.impl.resize(v.grid_size, v.screen_size),
+        while (drain.next()) |message| {
+            // If we have a message we always redraw
+            redraw = true;
+
+            log.debug("mailbox message={}", .{message});
+            switch (message) {
+                .resize => |v| try self.impl.resize(v.grid_size, v.screen_size),
+                .clear_selection => try self.impl.clearSelection(),
+            }
         }
     }
+
+    // Trigger a redraw after we've drained so we don't waste cyces
+    // messaging a redraw.
+    if (redraw) {
+        try self.impl.renderer_wakeup.send();
+    }
 }
 
 fn wakeupCallback(h: *libuv.Async) void {

src/termio/message.zig

@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ pub const IO = union(enum) {
         screen_size: renderer.ScreenSize,
     },
 
-    // /// Clear the selection
-    // clear_selection: void,
+    /// Clear the selection
+    clear_selection: void,
     //
     // /// Scroll the viewport
     // scroll_viewport: terminal.Terminal.ScrollViewport,