From e29faca73e07eb90aa0c8f6f33e55c8ace77a3c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gabriel Schneider <gbrls@0x4200.cafe>
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2026 18:40:43 -0300
Subject: A blank whose ink alone changed is skipped in vaxis's own frame diff,
 not weighed up per cell in the tty

---
 build.zig | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 50 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'build.zig')

diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index 8646be05..2419dd59 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -864,11 +864,59 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
             \\}
             \\
         ;
+        // vaxis's render, patched the same way: a blank whose ink alone
+        // changed is not sent, since a blank's ink shows nowhere. A fade
+        // (InactiveDim on a focus change) sent every blank of every pane it
+        // touched again: 7 KB a click for three shell panes. The terminal
+        // keeps the old ink there, and so does vaxis's last frame.
+        const render_path = vaxis_dep.path("src/Vaxis.zig").getPath(b);
+        var render_src = std.Io.Dir.cwd().readFileAlloc(io, render_path, b.allocator, .limited(1 << 20)) catch @panic("read vaxis Vaxis.zig");
+        const render_anchor =
+            \\        if ((!self.refresh and
+            \\            last.eql(cell) and
+            ;
+        if (std.mem.count(u8, render_src, render_anchor) != 1) std.debug.panic("vaxis's Vaxis.zig changed at `{s}`: redo its patch in build.zig", .{render_anchor});
+        render_src = std.mem.replaceOwned(u8, b.allocator, render_src, render_anchor,
+            \\        if ((!self.refresh and
+            \\            (last.eql(cell) or blankInkOnly(&last, &cell)) and // pardes's patch (its build.zig)
+            \\
+        ) catch @panic("OOM");
+        const blank_ink =
+            \\
+            \\/// pardes's patch (its build.zig): a blank cell (a space, no underline,
+            \\/// strike or reverse) that differs from the last frame's blank in its
+            \\/// ink alone, which shows nowhere.
+            \\inline fn blankInkOnly(last: *const InternalScreen.InternalCell, cell: *const Cell) bool {
+            \\    if (!(cell.char.grapheme.len == 1 and cell.char.grapheme[0] == ' ')) return false;
+            \\    if (last.default or cell.default) return false;
+            \\    if (!(last.char.items.len == 1 and last.char.items[0] == ' ')) return false;
+            \\    const s = cell.style;
+            \\    if (s.reverse or s.strikethrough or s.ul_style != .off) return false;
+            \\    if (!std.mem.eql(u8, last.uri.items, cell.link.uri)) return false;
+            \\    // Field by field: Style.eql is slow, and this runs for every blank
+            \\    // a scrolling shell moves.
+            \\    const l = last.style;
+            \\    return sameColor(l.bg, s.bg) and sameColor(l.ul, s.ul) and l.ul_style == s.ul_style and
+            \\        l.bold == s.bold and l.dim == s.dim and l.italic == s.italic and l.blink == s.blink and
+            \\        !l.reverse and !l.strikethrough and l.invisible == s.invisible;
+            \\}
+            \\
+            \\inline fn sameColor(a: Cell.Color, b: Cell.Color) bool {
+            \\    return switch (a) {
+            \\        .default => b == .default,
+            \\        .index => |i| b == .index and b.index == i,
+            \\        .rgb => |rgb| b == .rgb and rgb[0] == b.rgb[0] and rgb[1] == b.rgb[1] and rgb[2] == b.rgb[2],
+            \\    };
+            \\}
+            \\
+        ;
         const files = b.addWriteFiles();
         _ = files.add("Parser.zig", b.fmt("{s}{s}", .{ src, cursor_report }));
+        _ = files.add("Vaxis.zig", b.fmt("{s}{s}", .{ render_src, blank_ink }));
         _ = files.addCopyFile(vaxis_dep.path("src/widgets/terminal/Parser.zig"), "widgets/terminal/Parser.zig");
-        // Suffixes: this leaves out both Parser.zig files, written above.
-        _ = files.addCopyDirectory(vaxis_dep.path("src"), "", .{ .exclude_extensions = &.{"Parser.zig"} });
+        // Suffixes: this leaves out both Parser.zig files and Vaxis.zig,
+        // written above.
+        _ = files.addCopyDirectory(vaxis_dep.path("src"), "", .{ .exclude_extensions = &.{ "Parser.zig", "Vaxis.zig" } });
         vaxis_mod.root_source_file = files.getDirectory().path(b, "main.zig");
     }
 
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