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"What you get is what you see" is sometimes nice. "What you get is what you mean" is sometimes nice.

What about "What you see is what you want"?

Introduces a gui attribute, which allows to place, scale and dimension elements with the mouse. The state is saved in the buffer. Using it feels quite nice!

Docs need to be worked on more.

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This change adds GUI mode for selecting, moving, scaling, and dimensioning document elements. It adds GUI metadata and coordinate argument handling, embeds source locations when required, and extends compiler state. Previewer, client, server, and LSP protocols now exchange GUI activation, coordinate, and navigation messages. Runtime state, toolbars, keyboard handling, styling, and browser event processing support GUI mode. LSP diagnostics and AST lookup now use explicit source text and UTF-8 or UTF-16 position encoding. Documentation and shortcut references are updated.

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Title check ✅ Passed The title identifies the GUI feature and matches the pull request’s primary change.
Description check ✅ Passed The description explains the new gui attribute and its placement, scaling, dimensioning, and buffer persistence behavior.
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Actionable comments posted: 14

🧹 Nitpick comments (9)
src/lspishow/current_ast.ml (1)

19-21: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Consider giving pos_in explicit positionEncoding and source parameters.

pos_in only binds ~path, ~pos, and ~meta. The remaining labels of pos_in_textloc leak into its inferred type, so every call site passes ~positionEncoding and ~source to a function whose definition does not mention them. Explicit parameters make the signature self-describing and keep future changes to pos_in_textloc from silently changing the arity of pos_in.

♻️ Proposed explicit threading
-let pos_in ~path ~(pos : Linol_lwt.Position.t) ~meta =
-  let loc = Cmarkit.Meta.textloc meta in
-  pos_in_textloc ~path ~pos ~loc
+let pos_in ~positionEncoding ~source ~path ?permissive
+    ~(pos : Linol_lwt.Position.t) ~meta () =
+  let loc = Cmarkit.Meta.textloc meta in
+  pos_in_textloc ~positionEncoding ~source ~path ?permissive ~pos ~loc ()
src/lspishow/lspishow.ml (1)

828-838: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Reuse the root compilation instead of compiling the document twice on save.

Line 825 already compiles the root through Roots.update_root. Lines 829-833 compile the same document again with compile_all ~embed_loc:false. Every save now pays for two full compilations of the document and all its includes. The handler runs for each root of the saved file, so the cost multiplies.

If the only reason for the second pass is embed_loc:false, consider making the HTML export strip embedded locations, or perform the export outside the save handler.

src/compiler/compile.ml (2)

325-343: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Compute the marshalled location only when the block accepts attributes.

When embed_loc is true, this code marshals and base64-encodes the location for every block before it calls Ast.Utils.Block.update_attribute. update_attribute returns None for Blank_line and Blocks, so the encoded value is discarded for those nodes. On a large document that is a measurable amount of wasted allocation on the compile path.

Move the encoding inside the update callback so it runs only for blocks that carry attributes.

♻️ Proposed change
       let b =
         if embed_loc then
-          let loc = b |> Ast.Utils.Block.meta |> Cmarkit.Meta.textloc in
-          let v = Marshal.to_string loc [] |> Base64.encode_string in
-          let attr = { Cmarkit.Attributes.v; delimiter = Some '"' } in
           let res =
             Ast.Utils.Block.update_attribute
               (fun (attrs, meta) ->
+                let loc = b |> Ast.Utils.Block.meta |> Cmarkit.Meta.textloc in
+                let v = Marshal.to_string loc [] |> Base64.encode_string in
+                let attr = { Cmarkit.Attributes.v; delimiter = Some '"' } in
                 ( Cmarkit.Attributes.add
                     (Special_attrs.original_loc, Meta.none)
                     (Some (attr, Meta.none))
                     attrs,
                   meta ))
               b
           in

89-89: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Use the new Special_attrs alias for consistency.

Line 2 introduces module Special_attrs = Common_types.Special_strings, and the rest of the file uses Special_attrs.include_, Special_attrs.src, Special_attrs.video, and Special_attrs.as_html on Line 150. These two lines still spell out Common_types.Special_strings.as_html.

♻️ Proposed change
-    if has_attrs (fst attrs) Common_types.Special_strings.as_html then html ()
+    if has_attrs (fst attrs) Special_attrs.as_html then html ()
-    if has_attrs attrs Common_types.Special_strings.as_html then
+    if has_attrs attrs Special_attrs.as_html then

Also applies to: 102-102

vendor/github.com/panglesd/cmarkit/src/cmarkit.ml (1)

203-203: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Simplify the id mapping.

List.concat_map (fun _ -> f (Id id)) [()]iterates a one-element list to callfonce. It is equal tof (Id id).

♻️ Proposed change
-    let id = match attrs.id with None -> [] | Some id -> List.concat_map (fun _ -> f (`Id id)) [()] in
+    let id = match attrs.id with None -> [] | Some id -> f (`Id id) in
vendor/github.com/panglesd/cmarkit/src/cmarkit.mli (1)

328-336: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Document the new list semantics of the attrs callback.

The callback now returns a list. Callers can use this to delete an attribute by returning [] and to expand one attribute into several, which is exactly what the slipshow compiler does when it turns gui into gui plus slipshow-gui-loc. Neither Attributes.map nor Mapper.make documents that behavior, so the contract is only discoverable from the implementation.

Add a short note to both doc comments, for example: the returned list replaces the input attribute; [] deletes it.

Also applies to: 1580-1588

src/engine/runtime/drawing/drawing_state/drawing_state.ml (1)

30-56: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Make rejected transitions observable to callers.

The exhaustive match is a good design: adding a status forces a decision for every pair. One consequence needs attention. Status.set now silently ignores Drawing Presenting -> Drawing (Recording _) on Line 51. start_recording on Line 87 calls Status.set (Drawing (Recording {...})) after it has already computed replayed_part and mutated stro.erased fields in the unplayed_erasure loop on Lines 75-81. If start_recording ever runs while the status is Drawing Presenting, those mutations stay applied but recording does not start, and nothing reports the failure.

Return a result from set, or log the rejected transition, so callers and future maintainers can detect this case.

♻️ Proposed change to the signature
 module Status : sig
-  val set : status -> unit
+  val set : status -> [ `Set | `Rejected ]
   val peek : unit -> status
   val get : status Lwd.t
 end = struct

Callers that do not care can ignore the result with ignore (Status.set s).

src/engine/runtime/gui/action.ml (1)

40-40: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Prefer a match over structural equality on status.

Drawing_state.Status.peek () = Gui_mode uses polymorphic compare on a type whose other constructors hold Lwd.var values and closures inside recording_state. The comparison is safe today because Gui_mode is a constant constructor and compare short-circuits on the representation difference. A future status that carries a payload would turn this into a possible Invalid_argument at runtime. Controller.shortcuts on Line 51 already uses match, which is both clearer and provably safe.

♻️ Proposed change
-let deactivate () =
-  if Drawing_state.Status.peek () = Gui_mode then (
-    Drawing_state.Status.set (Drawing Presenting);
-    match Lwd.peek State.current with
-    | Some old_el ->
-        Lwd.set State.current None;
-        El.set_class activate_class false old_el
-    | None -> ())
-  else ()
+let deactivate () =
+  match Drawing_state.Status.peek () with
+  | Gui_mode -> (
+      Drawing_state.Status.set (Drawing Presenting);
+      match Lwd.peek State.current with
+      | Some old_el ->
+          Lwd.set State.current None;
+          El.set_class activate_class false old_el
+      | None -> ())
+  | _ -> ()
src/engine/runtime/gui/controller.ml (1)

42-47: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Merge the two identical deactivate branches.

"Escape" and "G" run the same body.

♻️ Proposed change
-  | "Escape" ->
-      Action.deactivate ();
-      true
-  | "G" ->
-      Action.deactivate ();
-      true
+  | "Escape" | "G" ->
+      Action.deactivate ();
+      true
🔇 Additional comments (102)
docs/gui.rst (1)

5-7: LGTM!

docs/index.rst (1)

83-83: LGTM!

docs/shortcuts.rst (1)

25-26: 🎯 Functional Correctness

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Verify the recording-manager key bindings against the runtime.

The documentation now assigns Shift + S to starting recording and Shift + R to closing the recording manager. The same Shift + R opens the manager when it is closed. Confirm that the runtime uses these context-dependent bindings.

docs/special-elements.rst (1)

175-181: LGTM!

vendor/github.com/panglesd/lwd/lib/nottui-unix/dune (1)

5-5: LGTM!

vendor/github.com/panglesd/lwd/lib/nottui/dune (1)

5-5: 🩺 Stability & Availability

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Verify the renamed Dune libraries are declared consistently.

These stanzas now require notty-community and notty-community.unix. Confirm that both libraries are declared and that no relevant Dune or package metadata still exposes only notty or notty.unix. Otherwise dependency resolution can fail during the build.

src/cli/run.ml (1)

52-53: LGTM!

Also applies to: 92-93, 116-116

src/compiler/slipshow.ml (1)

250-252: LGTM!

Also applies to: 301-304, 371-374

src/compiler/slipshow.mli (1)

43-43: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration

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Confirm the intended public API break.

delayed, convert, and convert_to_md now require embed_loc:bool. Existing downstream callers will fail to type-check until they add this label. If this break is intentional, update downstream callers and document the migration. Otherwise, preserve a defaulted optional argument.

Verification script

Inspect every call site and confirm that it passes ~embed_loc.

Also applies to: 61-70

vendor/github.com/panglesd/lwd/examples/cbor/dune (1)

6-6: LGTM!

vendor/github.com/panglesd/lwd/examples/dune (1)

5-5: LGTM!

Also applies to: 11-11, 17-17, 23-23, 29-29

vendor/github.com/panglesd/lwd/lib/nottui-lwt/dune (1)

4-4: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration

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Verify the vendored LWD package metadata.

Line 4 uses notty-community.lwt. The community package publishes this Dune library name. (raw.githubusercontent.com) The supplied files do not include the vendored dune-project or generated opam declarations. If those declarations still require notty, package installation can omit notty-community, and the vendored libraries can fail with a missing-library error. Update the metadata with these Dune files, or confirm that the vendored package is never packaged independently.

Verification script

Confirm that relevant vendored LWD package declarations use the community library names consistently.

src/communication/communication.ml (1)

18-29: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration

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Verify all payload dispatchers handle the GUI constructors.

The supplied files define the new constructors but do not show their scheduler, previewer, and server handlers. A stale exhaustive match can reject GUI messages or drop GUI state. Trace each constructor through its sender and receiver before merge.

src/communication/communication.mli (1)

16-27: LGTM!

src/cm_plugin/slipshow_communication.ml (1)

32-35: LGTM!

src/lspishow/debug.ml (1)

10-10: LGTM!

src/lspishow/diagnostic.ml (1)

38-44: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

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Convert the exclusive end byte before UTF-16 conversion.

Cmarkit.Textloc.last_byte is inclusive. For a location that ends on a non-BMP character, corrected_position stops before that character and line 43 adds one UTF-16 unit. The LSP range then ends inside its surrogate pair. Cmarkit documents inclusive byte ranges. (ocaml.org)

Pass last_byte + 1 to pos_of_textloc and remove character + 1.

Proposed fix
-    let byte = Cmarkit.Textloc.last_byte loc in
+    let byte = Cmarkit.Textloc.last_byte loc + 1 in
     let line, character =
       pos_of_textloc ~source ~positionEncoding ~line ~byte
     in
-    let character = character + 1 in
     Linol_lwt.Position.create ~character ~line
src/lspishow/diagnostic.mli (1)

1-13: LGTM!

src/lspishow/lsp_preview.ml (1)

15-15: LGTM!

Also applies to: 40-41, 60-63

src/lspishow/lsp_preview.mli (1)

3-8: LGTM!

src/engine/previewer/dune (1)

4-4: LGTM!

src/engine/previewer/previewer.ml (4)

141-175: LGTM!


176-221: LGTM!


265-268: LGTM!


289-303: LGTM!

src/engine/previewer/previewer.mli (2)

16-27: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality

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Verify all create_previewer call sites.

save_coordinate, goto_loc, and can_gui are required labeled arguments. previewer is a public library (slipshow.previewer). Every caller must pass the three new arguments, otherwise compilation fails.


40-41: LGTM!

src/server/client/client.ml (2)

74-76: LGTM!


139-141: 🩺 Stability & Availability

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Verify that the served page always defines window.can_gui.

Jv.get ... "can_gui" |> Jv.to_bool assumes the property exists. If the server template does not define it, the value is undefined and the conversion result is not defined by brr. Jv.to_option Jv.to_bool with a false default is safer.

src/server/proto/proto.ml (1)

17-18: LGTM!

Also applies to: 33-33

src/lspishow/roots.mli (1)

16-22: LGTM!

src/lspishow/current_ast.ml (5)

23-43: LGTM!


47-53: LGTM!


63-93: LGTM!


95-231: LGTM!


233-267: LGTM!

src/lspishow/current_ast.mli (1)

1-32: LGTM!

src/lspishow/lspishow.ml (10)

44-63: LGTM!


97-111: 🎯 Functional Correctness

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Verify that this block does not conflict with set_positionEncoding.

Line 97 calls the inherited self#set_positionEncoding i. Lines 98-111 then recompute positionEncoding from the same i.capabilities.general.positionEncodings field. If linol already performs this selection, the duplicated logic can diverge from the encoding that linol uses internally for Text_document, and positions would be converted with one encoding while documents are indexed with another.


201-231: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration

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Verify the URI form used for docs lookup and for applyEdit.

Line 201 builds uri with Linol_lsp.Uri0.of_string (Cmarkit.Textloc.file textloc), which is a filesystem path and not a file:// URI. Line 211 uses that same value as the key of docs, which is populated from client didOpen URIs. If the two forms differ, Hashtbl.find_opt docs uri always returns None, the buffer state is not updated, and the client receives an edit for a URI it may not resolve.


305-306: LGTM!


348-352: 🎯 Functional Correctness

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Verify that unit.source is populated for every unit that these handlers can reach.

Completion and definition now stop early when unit.source is None. If units that are read from the filesystem, for example the targets of {include}, keep source = None, then go-to-definition and completion silently do nothing in those files. Hover uses buffer.source instead, so the two paths depend on different fields.

Also applies to: 377-391


461-478: LGTM!


530-533: LGTM!


769-775: LGTM!


804-814: LGTM!


877-884: LGTM!

src/server/proto/proto.mli (1)

15-19: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration

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Verify serialization and client handling for the new protocol variants.

Save_gui_position, GotoLoc, and Replace change the protocol contract. Confirm that proto.ml serializes and parses each variant, and that src/server/client/client.ml handles Replace with both Some id and None.

Also applies to: 34-34

src/server/dune (1)

16-19: LGTM!

src/server/proto/dune (1)

3-3: LGTM!

src/server/server.ml (1)

1-5: LGTM!

Also applies to: 16-16, 39-45, 73-105, 144-147, 167-205, 224-226

src/server/slipshow_server.ml (1)

4-5: LGTM!

Also applies to: 62-63

src/server/slipshow_server.mli (1)

1-5: LGTM!

Also applies to: 29-35

src/lspishow/buffers.ml (1)

35-53: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration

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Verify the broadcast policy at every Buffers.update call site.

When a caller passes should_broadcast:false, Roots.update_root preserves the current version and does not notify preview clients. Use true for source changes that must refresh the preview. Use false only for flows that update the preview by another defined mechanism.

src/lspishow/buffers.mli (1)

12-12: LGTM!

src/lspishow/roots.ml (1)

18-31: LGTM!

src/types/common_types.ml (1)

1-4: LGTM!

src/types/dune (1)

1-6: LGTM!

src/compiler/ast.ml (1)

130-152: LGTM!

Also applies to: 376-491, 612-613

src/compiler/compile.ml (6)

311-320: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

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Use a shared constant for the slipshow-gui-loc attribute name.

The attribute name is a hard-coded literal here, but the block path on Line 335 uses Special_attrs.original_loc. The browser runtime reads this attribute through Common_types.Special_strings.gui_loc in src/engine/runtime/gui/action.ml. If the two spellings ever diverge, Action.activate with a Loc target silently finds no element and GUI activation fails with no error.

Define the name once in src/types/special_strings.ml and reference it from both sides.

♻️ Proposed change
-        let original_loc =
-          if embed_loc then
-            [ `Kv (("slipshow-gui-loc", Meta.none), Some (attr, Meta.none)) ]
-          else []
-        in
+        let original_loc =
+          if embed_loc then
+            [ `Kv ((Special_attrs.gui_loc, Meta.none), Some (attr, Meta.none)) ]
+          else []
+        in

Run the following script to confirm the constant exists and that both sides agree:


311-314: 🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

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Do not use Marshal for a value that is persisted into compiled HTML.

Marshal.to_string loc [] encodes an OCaml Textloc.t into the compiled document. Marshal output is not a stable interchange format: it depends on the OCaml runtime version and on the exact type representation. A document compiled by one slipshow build and reopened by another can fail to decode. Marshal.from_string on a value it did not produce is also memory-unsafe, so a hand-edited or stale attribute can crash or corrupt the reader instead of producing a clean error.

Encode the location with an explicit textual format instead, for example file:first_byte:last_byte:first_line:last_line, or a sexp through the existing sexplib dependency in src/types/dune.

The same pattern appears on Line 329 for Special_attrs.original_loc.

Run the following script to find the decoding side and confirm the exposure:


604-619: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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gui_list is returned in reverse document order while id_list is normalized.

Line 608 applies List.rev to id_list, so id_map follows document order. gui_list is returned as accumulated, which is reverse document order, and it becomes gui_map in the Ast.unit' record. Any consumer that treats gui_map as ordered, for example to pick the first GUI element or to render a list, sees the document backwards.

🛠️ Proposed fix
     let id_list = List.rev id_list in
+    let gui_list = List.rev gui_list in

Run the following script to check how gui_map order is consumed:


679-698: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

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units_cache is not keyed on embed_loc, so a cached unit can carry the wrong embedded locations.

add_to_compile reuses a unit from units_cache by path only. A cached unit was produced by an earlier unit ~embed_loc call. If a later compilation passes a different embed_loc and reuses the same cache, the reused unit keeps the earlier decision: it either lacks the slipshow-original-loc attributes that GUI mode needs, or it keeps them when they were not requested. The result is GUI targets that cannot be resolved at runtime, with no error at compile time.

Include embed_loc in the cache key, or invalidate the cache when embed_loc changes.

Run the following script to see whether any caller reuses a cache across different embed_loc values:


844-851: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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The reverse attribute mapping covers only six of the renamed action attributes.

Stage1.map_attrs renames fourteen action attributes plus fourteen children: variants to -at-unpause. This reverse mapper restores only up, center, enter, down, exec, and scroll. Markdown produced by to_cmarkit therefore contains emph-at-unpause, focus-at-unpause, reveal-at-unpause, children:up-at-unpause, and the remaining variants instead of the source names. The generated markdown does not round-trip.

The new slipshow-gui-loc and slipshow-original-loc attributes are also passed through unchanged, so base64 location blobs can appear in converted markdown when embed_loc is enabled.

Derive the reverse mapping from the same table used in Stage1.map_attrs, and drop the two location attributes on this path.

Run the following script to check whether the markdown conversion path enables embed_loc:


718-779: LGTM!

Also applies to: 855-866

vendor/github.com/panglesd/cmarkit/src/cmarkit.ml (1)

2049-2090: LGTM!

Also applies to: 3512-3527

src/engine/runtime/drawing/drawing_state/drawing_state.ml (1)

8-8: LGTM!

Also applies to: 216-220

src/engine/runtime/drawing/drawing_state/types.ml (1)

89-89: 🩺 Stability & Availability

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Verify that every consumer of status handles Gui_mode explicitly.

Adding Gui_mode to status is safe where the match is exhaustive, and the compiler enforces that. Matches that end in a wildcard silently classify Gui_mode with whatever the fallback does. In this cohort, gui/action.ml Line 37 and gui/controller.ml Line 52 look intentional, but the toolbars and the runtime controller are not part of this review.

Run the following script to list every match on status and confirm the fallbacks are intentional:

src/engine/runtime/gui/action.ml (1)

6-19: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

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Apply the DOM and state changes only after the status transition succeeds.

Drawing_state.Status.set Gui_mode is not always effective. The transition table in drawing_state.ml rejects Editing -> Gui_mode and Drawing (Recording _) -> Gui_mode. activate guards the entry with Drawing Presenting | Gui_mode, so calls through activate are safe. activate_el is also reachable directly, for example from a click handler.

If activate_el runs while the status is Editing or Recording, the status stays unchanged but this function still sets State.current, changes State.status to Move, and adds the slipshow-activated class. The element then looks selected while Drawing_state is not in GUI mode. Controller.shortcuts returns false outside Gui_mode, so Escape does nothing, and deactivate returns early because its guard fails. The element stays highlighted with no way to clear it.

Check the status inside activate_el, or reuse the guard from activate.

🛠️ Proposed fix
 let activate_el el =
   match El.at !!"gui" el with
   | None -> ()
+  | Some _
+    when (match Drawing_state.Status.peek () with
+         | Drawing Presenting | Gui_mode -> false
+         | _ -> true) ->
+      ()
   | Some _ ->

Run the following script to list the callers of activate_el:

src/engine/runtime/gui/controller.ml (3)

55-57: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

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Ignore keyboard events that carry a modifier.

Brr.Ev.Keyboard.key returns the key value without modifier state. Ctrl+S and Cmd+S both produce the key "s", so shortcut_editing switches the tool to Select and returns true. Ctrl+R produces "r" and switches to Scale. The caller treats true as handled, so the browser accelerator and the application save shortcut stop working while GUI mode is active. This project has a save mode, so Ctrl+S is a realistic conflict.

Keep Shift allowed, because Line 45 relies on the uppercase "G".

🛠️ Proposed fix
 let handle ev =
-  let key = ev |> Brr.Ev.as_type |> Brr.Ev.Keyboard.key |> Jstr.to_string in
-  if check_in_textarea () then false else shortcuts key
+  let kev = Brr.Ev.as_type ev in
+  (* Shift is allowed: the "G" shortcut depends on it. *)
+  if
+    Brr.Ev.Keyboard.ctrl_key kev
+    || Brr.Ev.Keyboard.meta_key kev
+    || Brr.Ev.Keyboard.alt_key kev
+  then false
+  else
+    let key = kev |> Brr.Ev.Keyboard.key |> Jstr.to_string in
+    if check_in_textarea () then false else shortcuts key

Run the following script to confirm the accessor names in the vendored Brr version and to find other shortcut handlers that already guard modifiers:


9-11: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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Treating button as editable blocks the Escape exit path.

check_in_textarea returns true for a focused button, so handle returns false and no GUI shortcut runs. A button keeps focus after a click in every major browser. After the user clicks a GUI toolbar button, Escape therefore no longer leaves GUI mode, and the only exit is another mouse click. Keyboard-only users lose the exit path.

Escape and G do not insert text, so they do not need the editable guard. Handle them before the check, or remove button from the list and rely on the browser default for Space and Enter on buttons.

🛠️ Proposed fix
 let handle ev =
   let key = ev |> Brr.Ev.as_type |> Brr.Ev.Keyboard.key |> Jstr.to_string in
-  if check_in_textarea () then false else shortcuts key
+  match key with
+  (* These keys never insert text, so they stay available while a control has
+     focus. *)
+  | "Escape" | "G" -> shortcuts key
+  | _ -> if check_in_textarea () then false else shortcuts key

Run the following script to check whether the GUI toolbar blurs its buttons after activation:


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Also applies to: 50-53

src/engine/runtime/gui/state.ml (1)

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src/types/special_strings.ml (1)

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Preserve editable-control keyboard behavior.

Gui.Controller.handle now runs before the existing editable-control guard at Lines 15-16. Confirm that it returns false for focused editable elements. Otherwise, GUI shortcuts can change tools while the user types in an input, textarea, or contenteditable element.


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Also applies to: 251-269

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Comment on lines +11 to +21
let int (i, _loc) =
i |> int_of_string_opt |> result_of_option "Expected an integer"

let float (i, _loc) =
i |> float_of_string_opt |> result_of_option "Expected a float"

let parse s =
let res =
Parse.parse ~action_name:"gui"
~named:
[ ("x", int); ("y", int); ("scale", float); ("w", int); ("h", int) ]

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Prevent invalid GUI geometry from reaching saved state.

Gui.parse accepts zero and negative scale or dimensions. dimension can also persist negative width and height. Invalid CSS dimensions are ignored, while the invalid values remain in the saved GUI attribute. This makes the rendered element diverge from saved state.

  • src/actions-arguments/gui.ml#L11-L21: reject non-positive scale, width, and height values.
  • src/engine/runtime/gui/gui_tools.ml#L180-L184: clamp interactive width and height to a positive minimum before applying and sending coordinates.
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  • src/actions-arguments/gui.ml#L11-L21 (this comment)
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Comment on lines +20 to +22
- The previewer receives all communication values and handles "State",
"`open/close_recording_panel`", "`open/close_speaker_notes`", "`Ready`",
"`Save_drawing`"

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Document the GUI payload flow.

Lines 20-22 state that the previewer receives all communication values, but they omit Can_gui, ActivateGUI, DeActivateGUI, SaveCoordinates, and GotoLoc. Document the sender and receiver for each new payload, or remove the universal statement.

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Comment on lines +188 to +195
let rec fold_just_units f acc unit units =
let acc = f unit acc in
Fpath.Map.fold
(fun fpath _ acc ->
match Fpath.Map.find_opt fpath units with
| None -> acc
| Some unit -> fold_just_units f acc unit units)
unit.deps acc

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Add a visited set to fold_just_units to prevent infinite recursion on include cycles.

fold_just_units recurses into every dependency of every unit without tracking visited paths. Compile.add_to_compile deliberately tolerates cycles: it returns early when a file is already in units, so units can contain a.md -> b.md and b.md -> a.md. In that case fold_just_units recurses forever and the compiler overflows the stack.

🛠️ Proposed fix using a visited set
-  let rec fold_just_units f acc unit units =
-    let acc = f unit acc in
-    Fpath.Map.fold
-      (fun fpath _ acc ->
-        match Fpath.Map.find_opt fpath units with
-        | None -> acc
-        | Some unit -> fold_just_units f acc unit units)
-      unit.deps acc
+  let fold_just_units f acc unit units =
+    let rec go visited acc unit =
+      let acc = f unit acc in
+      Fpath.Map.fold
+        (fun fpath _ (visited, acc) ->
+          if Fpath.Set.mem fpath visited then (visited, acc)
+          else
+            match Fpath.Map.find_opt fpath units with
+            | None -> (visited, acc)
+            | Some unit -> go (Fpath.Set.add fpath visited) acc unit)
+        unit.deps (visited, acc)
+    in
+    snd (go (Fpath.Set.singleton unit.path) acc unit)

Note: the accumulator threading must carry visited, as shown, so that siblings also share it.

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let rec fold_just_units f acc unit units =
let acc = f unit acc in
Fpath.Map.fold
(fun fpath _ acc ->
match Fpath.Map.find_opt fpath units with
| None -> acc
| Some unit -> fold_just_units f acc unit units)
unit.deps acc
let fold_just_units f acc unit units =
let rec go visited acc unit =
let acc = f unit acc in
Fpath.Map.fold
(fun fpath _ (visited, acc) ->
if Fpath.Set.mem fpath visited then (visited, acc)
else
match Fpath.Map.find_opt fpath units with
| None -> (visited, acc)
| Some unit -> go (Fpath.Set.add fpath visited) acc unit)
unit.deps (visited, acc)
in
snd (go (Fpath.Set.singleton unit.path) acc unit)

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Comment on lines +184 to +208
let prefix, textloc, suffix =
match value with
| None ->
let textloc = Cmarkit.Meta.textloc meta_key in
let byte, line =
( Cmarkit.Textloc.last_byte textloc,
Cmarkit.Textloc.last_line textloc )
in
let textloc =
textloc
|> Cmarkit.Textloc.set_first ~first_byte:(byte + 1)
~first_line:line
|> Cmarkit.Textloc.set_last ~last_byte:byte ~last_line:line
in
("=\"", textloc, "\"")
| Some (_value, meta) -> ("", Cmarkit.Meta.textloc meta, "")
in
let uri = Linol_lsp.Uri0.of_string (Cmarkit.Textloc.file textloc) in
let fpath = Fpath.v (Cmarkit.Textloc.file textloc) in
let> source = Fpath.Map.find_opt fpath root.units.units in
let> source = source.source in
let range =
Diagnostic.linoloc_of_textloc ~positionEncoding ~source textloc
in
let newText = prefix ^ coord ^ suffix in

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Validate coord before you insert it into the document.

coord is a raw string from the preview client. Line 208 concatenates it into the document text, and in the None branch it lands inside a double-quoted attribute value. A coord that contains ", a newline, or } corrupts the attribute block of the user's file. The server must not trust the client string.

Parse coord with the Actions_arguments.Gui parser, or send the numeric fields in Proto.Client_to_server.Save_gui_position and format them on the server.

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Hashtbl.find_opt roots root
in
let* buffer = Hashtbl.find_opt Buffers.buffers path in
let _ = self#activate_gui params.position path root buffer in

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🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Broadcast GUI activation only when the target changes.

on_req_document_highlight runs on every cursor move in most editors. Each call broadcasts ActivateGUI or DeActivateGUI on root.condition, so every waiting long-poll client wakes up and the previewer re-enters or re-leaves GUI mode even when the target is unchanged. Store the last broadcast target per root and broadcast only on a change.

let _ = ... also hides that this lookup-only handler performs a side effect. Use let () = ... to make that explicit.

Comment on lines +130 to +138
let save_coordinate ~id ~coord =
let coord = Actions_arguments.Gui.to_string coord in
let _ = proto_request uri (Save_gui_position { id; coord }) in
()
in
let goto_loc s =
let _ = proto_request uri (GotoLoc s) in
()
in

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Report failures of Save_gui_position and GotoLoc to the user.

Both callbacks discard the proto_request future. If the request fails, the GUI position edit is lost and the user gets no feedback. The preview still shows the moved element, so the editor and the preview diverge silently. Previewer.notify is available for this purpose.

🛠️ Proposed handling of request failures
   let save_coordinate ~id ~coord =
     let coord = Actions_arguments.Gui.to_string coord in
-    let _ = proto_request uri (Save_gui_position { id; coord }) in
+    let _ : unit Fut.t =
+      let open Fut.Syntax in
+      let+ res = proto_request uri (Save_gui_position { id; coord }) in
+      match res with
+      | Ok () -> ()
+      | Error e ->
+          Console.error [ e ];
+          Option.iter
+            (fun p -> Previewer.notify p "Could not save the GUI position")
+            !previewer
+    in
     ()
   in

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393-406: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Use the definition file source for the returned range.

loc can refer to a definition in an included file. Line 393 obtains the request document source, but Line 406 uses it for the destination range. The returned URI can therefore point to one file while its range uses offsets from another file.

After resolving file, obtain that unit's source and pass it to Diagnostic.linoloc_of_textloc. Keep the request source only for Current_ast.get_target.


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188-195: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

fold_just_units still recurses without a visited set.

add_to_compile in src/compiler/compile.ml returns the cached unit when the file is already in units, so units can hold mutually including files (a.md -> b.md and b.md -> a.md). In that case this recursion never terminates and the compiler overflows the stack. Thread a Fpath.Set.t of visited paths through the fold.

🛠️ Proposed fix using a visited set
-  let rec fold_just_units f acc unit units =
-    let acc = f unit acc in
-    Fpath.Map.fold
-      (fun fpath _ acc ->
-        match Fpath.Map.find_opt fpath units with
-        | None -> acc
-        | Some unit -> fold_just_units f acc unit units)
-      unit.deps acc
+  let fold_just_units f acc unit units =
+    let rec go visited acc unit =
+      let acc = f unit acc in
+      Fpath.Map.fold
+        (fun fpath _ (visited, acc) ->
+          if Fpath.Set.mem fpath visited then (visited, acc)
+          else
+            match Fpath.Map.find_opt fpath units with
+            | None -> (visited, acc)
+            | Some unit -> go (Fpath.Set.add fpath visited) acc unit)
+        unit.deps (visited, acc)
+    in
+    snd (go (Fpath.Set.singleton unit.path) acc unit)
src/lspishow/lspishow.ml (2)

207-234: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

coord is still inserted into the document without validation.

Line 234 concatenates the client-supplied coord into newText. In the None branch the value lands inside a double-quoted attribute value. A coord that contains ", a newline, or } corrupts the attribute block of the user's file. Parse coord with the Actions_arguments.Gui parser before use, or transmit numeric fields in Proto.Client_to_server.Save_gui_position and format them on the server.


521-534: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

The selected AST and the source text can come from different revisions.

Lines 522-527 select Roots.saved unless the refresh mode is Edit. In Save mode the Cmarkit.Textloc offsets of ast refer to the last saved text. Line 533 and Line 566 then convert those offsets with ~source:buffer.source, which is the current buffer text. When the buffer has unsaved edits, the offsets and the source disagree, and the highlight ranges point at wrong positions. Use the source of the unit inside the selected root.

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src/lspishow/buffers.mli (1)

12-14: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Document should_broadcast and its interaction with force.

The doc comment describes force only. In src/lspishow/buffers.ml the root update runs only when force is false, so should_broadcast has no effect when force is true. Callers such as src/lspishow/lspishow.ml Line 813 pass both flags as true. State this in the interface so callers do not expect a broadcast.

📝 Proposed doc update
 val update : force:bool -> should_broadcast:bool -> Fpath.t -> string -> unit
-(** Update a buffer to contain a source. If [force] is true, force the
-    recomputation of the buffer, but don't update root. *)
+(** Update a buffer to contain a source. If [force] is true, force the
+    recomputation of the buffer and do not update the roots; [should_broadcast]
+    is then unused. If [force] is false, update the roots and broadcast the
+    change when [should_broadcast] is true. *)
src/lspishow/lspishow.ml (1)

803-819: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Make the ordering of the two root updates explicit.

Lines 803-818 bind two root updates with let ... and .... OCaml does not specify the evaluation order of and bindings, and both bindings perform side effects: the first updates Roots.saved, and the second refreshes every open buffer and then updates Roots.buffers. The refresh order is therefore unspecified. Use sequential let () = ... in statements so the order is defined.

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314-325: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Use Common_types.Special_strings.gui_loc for the emitted attribute name.

The literal matches the shared constant, and checks.ml already accepts it through Special_strings.all_attrs. Use the constant to prevent future drift.


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Comment on lines +127 to +129
let handle ev =
let key = ev |> Brr.Ev.as_type |> Brr.Ev.Keyboard.key |> Jstr.to_string in
if check_in_textarea () then false else shortcuts key
shortcuts key

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Restore the editable-element guard before shortcut dispatch.

handle now dispatches keys while an input, textarea, select, button, or content-editable element has focus. For example, Delete can remove selected drawings, and arrow keys can change replay time while the user edits a control. Use check_in_textarea () before shortcuts key.

Proposed fix
 let handle ev =
   let key = ev |> Brr.Ev.as_type |> Brr.Ev.Keyboard.key |> Jstr.to_string in
-  shortcuts key
+  if check_in_textarea () then false else shortcuts key
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let handle ev =
let key = ev |> Brr.Ev.as_type |> Brr.Ev.Keyboard.key |> Jstr.to_string in
if check_in_textarea () then false else shortcuts key
shortcuts key
let handle ev =
let key = ev |> Brr.Ev.as_type |> Brr.Ev.Keyboard.key |> Jstr.to_string in
if check_in_textarea () then false else shortcuts key

Comment thread src/lspishow/lspishow.ml
Comment on lines +235 to +274
let _ : unit Lwt.t =
let open Lwt.Syntax in
let* () =
match Hashtbl.find_opt docs uri with
| Some st ->
let open Linol_lsp in
let open Linol_lwt in
let old_doc =
Text_document.make ~position_encoding:positionEncoding
(DidOpenTextDocumentParams.create
~textDocument:
(TextDocumentItem.create ~languageId:st.languageId
~uri ~version:st.version ~text:st.content))
in
let new_doc =
Text_document.apply_text_document_edits old_doc
[ { newText; range } ]
in
let contents = Text_document.text new_doc in
let file = uri |> DocumentUri.to_path |> Fpath.v in
State.update_from_buffer ~force:false file contents
~should_broadcast:false
| None -> Lwt.return ()
in
let+ _ : Linol_jsonrpc.Jsonrpc.Id.t =
notify_back#send_request
(WorkspaceApplyEdit
{
edit =
{
changeAnnotations = None;
changes = Some [ (uri, [ { newText; range } ]) ];
documentChanges = None;
};
label = None;
})
(fun _ -> Lwt.return ())
in
()
in

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

The workspace/applyEdit result is still ignored, and local state is updated first.

Line 255 updates the server buffer model before the request is sent. The response callback at Line 271 discards the result. If the client reports applied = false, the server keeps a document version that the client never had, and no didChange follows to correct it. The discarded unit Lwt.t also turns any failure inside this block into an unhandled Lwt rejection. Check the applied field, and call State.update_from_buffer only after the client confirms the edit.

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Comment on lines +282 to +291
| GotoLoc s ->
let ( let> ) x f =
match x with
| Error (`Msg s) ->
Format.eprintf "Error in handling of gotoloc: %s" s
| Ok x -> f x
in
let> s = Base64.decode s in
let textloc : Cmarkit.Textloc.t = Marshal.from_string s 0 in
let fpath = Fpath.v (Cmarkit.Textloc.file textloc) in

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🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

GotoLoc still calls Marshal.from_string without a guard.

The Save_gui_position branch now wraps unmarshalling in try ... with at Lines 189-192. Line 290 does not. Marshal performs no type check, so malformed bytes from the preview client raise Failure or Invalid_argument out of this handler, and crafted bytes can yield a value that is not a Cmarkit.Textloc.t. Guard the call and drop the message on failure.

🛠️ Proposed fix
           let> s = Base64.decode s in
-          let textloc : Cmarkit.Textloc.t = Marshal.from_string s 0 in
+          let> (textloc : Cmarkit.Textloc.t) =
+            try Ok (Marshal.from_string s 0)
+            with _ -> Error (`Msg "Error during unmarshalling")
+          in

Comment on lines +2069 to +2087
Inline.Autolink ((a, attrs), merge_loc meta) :: q
| Inline.Code_span ((a, _old_attrs), meta) :: q ->
Inline.Code_span ((a, attrs), meta) :: q
Inline.Code_span ((a, attrs), merge_loc meta) :: q
| Inline.Emphasis ((a, _old_attrs), meta) :: q ->
Inline.Emphasis ((a, attrs), meta) :: q
Inline.Emphasis ((a, attrs), merge_loc meta) :: q
| Inline.Image ((a, _old_attrs), meta) :: q ->
Inline.Image ((a, attrs), meta) :: q
Inline.Image ((a, attrs), merge_loc meta) :: q
| Inline.Link ((a, _old_attrs), meta) :: q ->
Inline.Link ((a, attrs), meta) :: q
Inline.Link ((a, attrs), merge_loc meta) :: q
| Inline.Strong_emphasis ((a, _old_attrs), meta) :: q ->
Inline.Strong_emphasis ((a, attrs), meta) :: q
Inline.Strong_emphasis ((a, attrs), merge_loc meta) :: q
| Inline.Text ((a, _old_attrs), meta) :: q ->
Inline.Text ((a, attrs), meta) :: q
Inline.Text ((a, attrs), merge_loc meta) :: q
(* let t = Inline.Attributes_span.make i attrs in *)
(* Inline.Ext_attrs (t, Meta.none) :: q *)
| Inline.Ext_strikethrough ((a, _old_attrs), meta) :: q ->
Inline.Ext_strikethrough ((a, attrs), meta) :: q
Inline.Ext_strikethrough ((a, attrs), merge_loc meta) :: q
| Inline.Ext_math_span ((a, _old_attrs), meta) :: q ->
Inline.Ext_math_span ((a, attrs), meta) :: q
Inline.Ext_math_span ((a, attrs), merge_loc meta) :: q

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Handle attached attributes after Inline.Ext_attrs.

When an attached attribute follows an existing Inline.Ext_attrs, the fallback creates an empty standalone attribute span. For example, a second attribute group after a link attribute group does not apply to the link.

Add an Inline.Ext_attrs branch that replaces its attributes and extends its metadata location.

Proposed fix
         | Inline.Ext_math_span ((a, _old_attrs), meta) :: q ->
            Inline.Ext_math_span ((a, attrs), merge_loc meta) :: q
+        | Inline.Ext_attrs ({ content; _ }, meta) :: q ->
+           Inline.Ext_attrs ({ content; attrs }, merge_loc meta) :: q
         | _ ->
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Inline.Autolink ((a, attrs), merge_loc meta) :: q
| Inline.Code_span ((a, _old_attrs), meta) :: q ->
Inline.Code_span ((a, attrs), meta) :: q
Inline.Code_span ((a, attrs), merge_loc meta) :: q
| Inline.Emphasis ((a, _old_attrs), meta) :: q ->
Inline.Emphasis ((a, attrs), meta) :: q
Inline.Emphasis ((a, attrs), merge_loc meta) :: q
| Inline.Image ((a, _old_attrs), meta) :: q ->
Inline.Image ((a, attrs), meta) :: q
Inline.Image ((a, attrs), merge_loc meta) :: q
| Inline.Link ((a, _old_attrs), meta) :: q ->
Inline.Link ((a, attrs), meta) :: q
Inline.Link ((a, attrs), merge_loc meta) :: q
| Inline.Strong_emphasis ((a, _old_attrs), meta) :: q ->
Inline.Strong_emphasis ((a, attrs), meta) :: q
Inline.Strong_emphasis ((a, attrs), merge_loc meta) :: q
| Inline.Text ((a, _old_attrs), meta) :: q ->
Inline.Text ((a, attrs), meta) :: q
Inline.Text ((a, attrs), merge_loc meta) :: q
(* let t = Inline.Attributes_span.make i attrs in *)
(* Inline.Ext_attrs (t, Meta.none) :: q *)
| Inline.Ext_strikethrough ((a, _old_attrs), meta) :: q ->
Inline.Ext_strikethrough ((a, attrs), meta) :: q
Inline.Ext_strikethrough ((a, attrs), merge_loc meta) :: q
| Inline.Ext_math_span ((a, _old_attrs), meta) :: q ->
Inline.Ext_math_span ((a, attrs), meta) :: q
Inline.Ext_math_span ((a, attrs), merge_loc meta) :: q
Inline.Autolink ((a, attrs), merge_loc meta) :: q
| Inline.Code_span ((a, _old_attrs), meta) :: q ->
Inline.Code_span ((a, attrs), merge_loc meta) :: q
| Inline.Emphasis ((a, _old_attrs), meta) :: q ->
Inline.Emphasis ((a, attrs), merge_loc meta) :: q
| Inline.Image ((a, _old_attrs), meta) :: q ->
Inline.Image ((a, attrs), merge_loc meta) :: q
| Inline.Link ((a, _old_attrs), meta) :: q ->
Inline.Link ((a, attrs), merge_loc meta) :: q
| Inline.Strong_emphasis ((a, _old_attrs), meta) :: q ->
Inline.Strong_emphasis ((a, attrs), merge_loc meta) :: q
| Inline.Text ((a, _old_attrs), meta) :: q ->
Inline.Text ((a, attrs), merge_loc meta) :: q
(* let t = Inline.Attributes_span.make i attrs in *)
(* Inline.Ext_attrs (t, Meta.none) :: q *)
| Inline.Ext_strikethrough ((a, _old_attrs), meta) :: q ->
Inline.Ext_strikethrough ((a, attrs), merge_loc meta) :: q
| Inline.Ext_math_span ((a, _old_attrs), meta) :: q ->
Inline.Ext_math_span ((a, attrs), merge_loc meta) :: q
| Inline.Ext_attrs ({ content; _ }, meta) :: q ->
Inline.Ext_attrs ({ content; attrs }, merge_loc meta) :: q

To better explain what events are sent where, as it can be a bit complex!
Found by adding an mli, that I'll commit later
If you are an LLM reviewing this code, like coderabbit, don't forget to check
that I have fixed what the commetnt is about
Add a special element, gui, which is absolutely positioned.
Add some communication so that when the cursor is positioned on the gui
attribute, it is given a class on the preview side.
Add toolbar, some other things, and make it so you can click on any block to go
to the loc
Instead of locs (which changes when we add something before) we use the order in
which the gui are defined in a file

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99-110: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Parse failures of the gui attribute are discarded without any signal.

Line 106 maps a parse error to an all-None coordinate, and Line 105 drops the warnings from the successful parse. The element then renders at its default position and the author receives no feedback. Log the error and the warnings to the console.


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Comment on lines +10 to +15
let () =
match Lwd.peek State.current with
| Some old_el when old_el <> el ->
El.set_class activate_class false old_el
| _ -> ()
in

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In js_of_ocaml, unexpected behavior or errors involving polymorphic comparison and JavaScript object values (Jv.t) often stem from differences between OCaml's structural equality and JavaScript's equality semantics [1][2]. Polymorphic Comparison and Jv.t The OCaml structural equality operator ( =) is implemented to follow OCaml semantics [1][2]. When applied to JavaScript values (such as Jv.t), its behavior is not always intuitive or fully documented, as it relies on the underlying caml_equal runtime implementation, which is designed for OCaml data structures [1][2]. If this comparison attempts to traverse or compare internal components of a JavaScript object in a way that is incompatible with OCaml's expectation of "functional" data values, it can trigger runtime errors like Invalid_argument [1][2]. Physical Equality vs. Structural Equality To reliably compare JavaScript values, you should use the equality operators provided by the Jv or Js modules rather than OCaml's generic polymorphic operators [1][2]: 1. Jv.strict_equal (or Js.strict_equals): Corresponds directly to JavaScript's strict equality operator ( ===), which compares values for physical equality (same value and same type) [3][4][1]. This is the recommended approach for comparing Jv.t values [1][2]. 2. Jv.equal (or Js.equals): Corresponds to JavaScript's loose equality operator ( ==), which performs type coercion before comparison [3][1][2]. 3. OCaml Physical Equality ( ==): In js_of_ocaml, this is specifically compiled to JavaScript's strict equality ( ===) [1][2]. Summary Table OCaml Operator | Compiled JavaScript | Recommended Use ( =) | caml_equal | OCaml data types; avoid for Jv.t [1][2] ( ==) | === | Physical equality for any value [1][2] Jv.strict_equal | === | Recommended for Jv.t [1][2] Jv.equal | == | Loose equality [1][2] If you encounter an Invalid_argument exception during comparison, it is likely because the polymorphic comparison function is attempting to operate on a JavaScript value (like a function or a complex object) that cannot be structurally compared using OCaml's standard internal equality logic [5][1][6]. Always prefer ( ==) or Jv.strict_equal when working with foreign JavaScript objects [1][2].

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Comment on lines +98 to +111
let () =
match i.capabilities.general with
| Some { positionEncodings = Some el; _ } ->
let encoding =
if
List.exists
(function PositionEncodingKind.UTF8 -> true | _ -> false)
el
then `UTF8
else `UTF16
in
positionEncoding <- encoding
| _ -> ()
in

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In the Language Server Protocol (LSP), position encoding negotiation occurs during the initialize request to ensure the client and server interpret character offsets (e.g., in text edits) identically [1][2]. The process works as follows: 1. Client Capability: The client lists its supported position encodings in the general.positionEncodings capability [1][2]. This list is provided in order of preference (most preferred at index 0) [2]. 2. Server Selection: The server must pick one of the encodings offered by the client and return that choice in the capabilities.positionEncoding field of the initialize result [1][2]. 3. Default Behavior: - If the server omits capabilities.positionEncoding in its initialize result, the protocol defaults to utf-16 [1][2]. - If a client does not provide the general.positionEncodings capability, the server must assume the client supports utf-16 [1][2]. - utf-16 is the mandatory, historical default encoding for LSP [1][2][3]. Even when negotiation is used, utf-16 remains the only encoding that every client is required to support [2][3]. When a server picks an encoding, it must ensure that all subsequent text document positions and ranges are calculated according to that chosen encoding (e.g., counting UTF-16 code units for utf-16 or bytes for utf-8) [1][2][4]. Failing to honor the client's supported encodings or misinterpreting the negotiated encoding will lead to incorrect text manipulation or initialization failures [5][4].

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The error message regarding position encodings typically occurs during the Language Server Protocol (LSP) initialization process when there is a mismatch between the capabilities supported by the client and the server. In LSP, position encoding (such as utf-8, utf-16, or utf-32) is negotiated between the client and the server during the initialize request [1][2]. The client sends a list of supported position encodings in its capabilities, and the server must select exactly one from that list to use for the session [2]. If a server is configured or implemented in a way that attempts to use an encoding not supported by the client, or if it fails to adhere to the single-encoding requirement mandated by the protocol, it may trigger a configuration or initialization error. To resolve this: 1. Check Client Capabilities: Ensure the language server is inspecting the clientCapabilities.general.positionEncodings field during the initialize request to see which encodings the client supports. 2. Select One Encoding: The server must choose and return exactly one encoding from the client's provided list in its serverCapabilities.positionEncoding field. 3. Validate Configuration: Ensure that your server implementation does not attempt to force an unsupported encoding or multiple encodings simultaneously, as the protocol requires a single, mutually agreed-upon encoding per session [2]. If you are encountering this error, it is often due to an outdated language server library that does not fully support the position encoding negotiation introduced in recent versions of the LSP specification [2][3]. Updating the language server SDK or library to a version that supports LSP 3.17 or later often resolves these issues.

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site:github.com/c-cube/linol set_positionEncoding positionEncodings

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The terms set_positionEncoding and positionEncodings relate to the implementation of the Language Server Protocol (LSP) within the Linol library for OCaml [1]. Linol is a wrapper around the lsp library, designed to facilitate the creation of LSP servers by providing an object abstraction [1]. Based on the available documentation and repository structure, these identifiers are associated with handling how an LSP server interprets text positions, which is a requirement defined in the LSP specification [2][1]. Specifically: 1. PositionEncodingKind: This is an internal type or module within the Linol library (often appearing in documentation paths such as Linol_lwt/PositionEncodingKind) used to manage the encoding formats (like utf-8, utf-16, or utf-32) that the LSP server supports [2]. 2. set_positionEncoding: While exact implementation details vary by version, this functions as a configuration or setter method within the Linol framework to specify which position encoding the server should use when communicating with the LSP client [2]. The Linol library uses these mechanisms to maintain compatibility with the LSP wire protocol, ensuring that character offsets and position calculations are correctly synchronized between the server and the client [1]. If you are working with Linol, these are typically handled within the context of initializing the server or responding to client capabilities [1].

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Select an encoding supported by the client. When positionEncodings is present but contains neither UTF8 nor UTF16, the current code returns unsupported UTF16. Select the first supported encoding, or fail initialization when no supported encoding exists. Use UTF16 only when the capability is absent.

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let uri = Linol_lsp.Uri0.of_string (Cmarkit.Textloc.file textloc) in
let fpath = Fpath.v (Cmarkit.Textloc.file textloc) in
let* source =
Fpath.Map.find_opt fpath root.units.units
|> to_error "Source not found"
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In the Linol library for OCaml, DocumentUri and Uri0 are related modules used to handle URIs for the Language Server Protocol (LSP). Linol_lwt.DocumentUri is an alias for Linol_lsp.Uri0.t [1]. The Uri0 module itself is a lightweight URI implementation inspired by the vscode-uri TypeScript library, focusing primarily on the scheme, authority, and path components [2][3][4]. For these types, the following functions are available to handle URI conversions: 1. DocumentUri.of_path: A function that takes a string representing a file system path and converts it into a DocumentUri.t [1]. 2. Uri0.of_string: A function that parses a string into a Uri0.t (the underlying type for DocumentUri) [2][3][4]. These functions are commonly used when interacting with LSP server state, where document locations must be represented as URIs rather than simple file paths [5]. The underlying implementation in Uri0 handles path encoding, including special handling for Windows-style drive letters, to ensure compliance with URI specifications [2][4][6].

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site:dill.caelum.ci.dev/profiles/full/docs/p/linol/0.11 Uri0 of_path of_string

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Uri0 is a module found within the Linol library (specifically Linol_lsp), which is a library for writing Language Server Protocol (LSP) servers in OCaml [1]. It provides a type t representing a URI and utilities for parsing and manipulating these URIs [2][1]. The functions mentioned are defined as follows: - Uri0.of_path: This function takes a string representing a file system path and converts it into a Uri0.t [1]. The implementation handles platform-specific details, such as converting backslashes to slashes if the environment is set to Win32, before delegating the conversion to the underlying Uri_lexer module [2]. - Uri0.of_string: This function takes a string representation of a URI and parses it into a Uri0.t [1]. It utilizes the Uri_lexer.of_string function to perform the parsing [2]. In essence, these functions serve as constructors to create a structured URI type from either a local file path or a full URI string [1]. The module also includes functions for converting back to strings (to_string) and paths (to_path), as well as JSON serialization support [1].

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printf '%s\n' '-- exact Uri0 constructors from generated source --'
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from html.parser import HTMLParser
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url = "https://dill.caelum.ci.dev/profiles/full/docs/p/linol/0.11/doc/src/linol.lsp/uri0.ml.html"
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text = HTMLParser().unescape(html) if hasattr(HTMLParser, "unescape") else html
for marker in ('id="val-of_string"', 'id="val-of_path"', 'id="val-to_path"'):
    pos = html.find(marker)
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printf '%s\n' '-- constructor definitions from Linol source HTML --'
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from html.parser import HTMLParser
from urllib.request import urlopen

class Text(HTMLParser):
    def __init__(self):
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In the Linol library (a wrapper for the OCaml LSP library), DocumentUri is an alias for the Uri0.t type, which handles URI structures for LSP [1][2][3]. The function of_path is a method available within the Uri0 module (and exposed via DocumentUri) that converts a string path into a Uri0.t (URI) object [4][1][3]. Key technical details: - Module Location: The logic resides in Uri0, which is implemented in uri0.ml within the linol.lsp package [5][6]. - Functionality: The of_path function processes a string path, including handling Windows-style backslashes by converting them to forward slashes if the environment detects a Win32 system [5][6]. It then delegates the parsing to Uri_lexer.of_path [5][6]. - Scope: The implementation is inspired by the vscode-uri library [5][6]. It specifically supports scheme, authority, and path, but does not implement query, port, or fragment parsing [5][6]. - Usage: Whether you are working with Linol_lsp, Linol_lwt, or other Linol-based packages, DocumentUri.of_path serves as the standard way to create URI objects from file system paths for LSP-compliant servers [1][2][3].

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Build document URIs with Linol_lwt.DocumentUri.of_path. Cmarkit.Textloc.file textloc is a filesystem path, but Uri0.of_string produces a URI without the file scheme. This prevents the docs lookup from matching the client URI and sends an invalid URI in workspace/applyEdit and ShowDocumentRequest. Apply the same conversion at GotoLoc (line 290).

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