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Conrad Irwin 2ea4ede08e macOS: Improve deadkeys (#20515 )

Closes #19738

This change refactors how we handle input on macOS to avoid simulating
our own IME. This fixes a number of small edge-cases, and also lets us
remove a bunch of code that had been added to work around bugs in the
previous version.

Release Notes:

- On macOS: Keyboard shortcuts are now handled before activating the IME
system, this enables using vim's default mode on keyboards that use IME
menus (like Japanese).
- On macOS: Improvements to handling of dead-keys. For example when
typing `""` on a Brazillian keyboard, you now get a committed " and a
new marked ", as happens in other apps. Also, you can now type cmd-^ on
an AZERTY keyboard for indent; and ^ on a QWERTZ keyboard now goes to
the beginning of line in vim normal mode, or `d i "` no requires no
space to delete within quotes on Brazilian keyboards (though `d f "
space` is still required as `f` relies on the input handler, not a
binding).
- On macOS: In the terminal pane, holding down a key will now repeat
that key (as happens in iTerm2) instead of opening the character
selector.

2024-11-11 16:34:36 -07:00

docs

Docs Party 2024 (#15876 )

2024-08-09 13:37:54 -04:00

examples

macOS: Improve deadkeys (#20515 )

2024-11-11 16:34:36 -07:00

resources/windows

windows: Move manifest file to gpui (#11036 )

2024-04-26 13:56:48 -07:00

src

macOS: Improve deadkeys (#20515 )

2024-11-11 16:34:36 -07:00

tests

Remove some todo!'s

2024-01-09 11:36:36 +02:00

build.rs

chore: Fix several style lints (#17488 )

2024-09-06 11:58:39 +02:00

Cargo.toml

Add initial FreeBSD support (#20480 )

2024-11-11 18:39:05 +01:00

LICENSE-APACHE

chore: Add crate licenses. (#4158 )

2024-01-23 16:56:22 +01:00

README.md

gpui: Update "Getting Started" to include macOS setup (#17316 )

2024-09-03 13:26:11 -04:00

README.md

Welcome to GPUI!

GPUI is a hybrid immediate and retained mode, GPU accelerated, UI framework for Rust, designed to support a wide variety of applications.

Getting Started

GPUI is still in active development as we work on the Zed code editor and isn't yet on crates.io. You'll also need to use the latest version of stable Rust and be on macOS or Linux. Add the following to your Cargo.toml:

gpui = { git = "https://github.com/zed-industries/zed" }

Everything in GPUI starts with an App. You can create one with App::new(), and kick off your application by passing a callback to App::run(). Inside this callback, you can create a new window with AppContext::open_window(), and register your first root view. See gpui.rs for a complete example.

Dependencies

GPUI has various system dependencies that it needs in order to work.

macOS

On macOS, GPUI uses Metal for rendering. In order to use Metal, you need to do the following:

Install Xcode from the macOS App Store, or from the Apple Developer website. Note this requires a developer account.

Ensure you launch XCode after installing, and install the macOS components, which is the default option.

Install Xcode command line tools
```
xcode-select --install
```
Ensure that the Xcode command line tools are using your newly installed copy of Xcode:
```
sudo xcode-select --switch /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
```

The Big Picture

GPUI offers three different registers depending on your needs:

State management and communication with Models. Whenever you need to store application state that communicates between different parts of your application, you'll want to use GPUI's models. Models are owned by GPUI and are only accessible through an owned smart pointer similar to an Rc. See the app::model_context module for more information.
High level, declarative UI with Views. All UI in GPUI starts with a View. A view is simply a model that can be rendered, via the Render trait. At the start of each frame, GPUI will call this render method on the root view of a given window. Views build a tree of elements, lay them out and style them with a tailwind-style API, and then give them to GPUI to turn into pixels. See the div element for an all purpose swiss-army knife of rendering.
Low level, imperative UI with Elements. Elements are the building blocks of UI in GPUI, and they provide a nice wrapper around an imperative API that provides as much flexibility and control as you need. Elements have total control over how they and their child elements are rendered and can be used for making efficient views into large lists, implement custom layouting for a code editor, and anything else you can think of. See the element module for more information.

Each of these registers has one or more corresponding contexts that can be accessed from all GPUI services. This context is your main interface to GPUI, and is used extensively throughout the framework.

Other Resources

In addition to the systems above, GPUI provides a range of smaller services that are useful for building complex applications:

Actions are user-defined structs that are used for converting keystrokes into logical operations in your UI. Use this for implementing keyboard shortcuts, such as cmd-q. See the action module for more information.
Platform services, such as quit the app or open a URL are available as methods on the app::AppContext.
An async executor that is integrated with the platform's event loop. See the executor module for more information.,
The [gpui::test] macro provides a convenient way to write tests for your GPUI applications. Tests also have their own kind of context, a TestAppContext which provides ways of simulating common platform input. See app::test_context and test modules for more details.

Currently, the best way to learn about these APIs is to read the Zed source code, ask us about it at a fireside hack, or drop a question in the Zed Discord. We're working on improving the documentation, creating more examples, and will be publishing more guides to GPUI on our blog.