This commit reduces the code surface that interacts with raw JSON data,
reducing code complexity and improving maintainability.
Files that needed to be changed drastically were additionally
cleaned up to remove any code cruft that has accrued over time.
In order to facility this the following changes were made:
* Move JSON handling from `CascadiaSettings` into `SettingsLoader`
This allows us to use STL containers for data model instances.
For instance profiles are now added to a hashmap for O(1) lookup.
* JSON parsing within `SettingsLoader` doesn't differentiate between user,
inbox and fragment JSON data, reducing code complexity and size.
It also centralizes common concerns, like profile deduplication and
ensuring that all profiles are assigned a GUID.
* Direct JSON modification, like the insertion of dynamic profiles into
settings.json were removed. This vastly reduces code complexity,
but unfortunately removes support for comments in JSON on first start.
* `ColorScheme`s cannot be layered. As such its `LayerJson` API was replaced
with `FromJson`, allowing us to remove JSON-based color scheme validation.
* `Profile`s used to test their wish to layer using `ShouldBeLayered`, which
was replaced with a GUID-based hashmap lookup on previously parsed profiles.
Further changes were made as improvements upon the previous changes:
* Compact the JSON files embedded binary, saving 28kB
* Prevent double-initialization of the color table in `ColorScheme`
* Making `til::color` getters `constexpr`, allow better optimizations
The result is a reduction of:
* 48kB binary size for the Settings.Model.dll
* 5-10% startup duration
* 26% code for the `CascadiaSettings` class
* 1% overall code in this project
Furthermore this results in the following breaking changes:
* The long deprecated "globals" settings object will not be detected and no
warning will be created during load.
* The initial creation of a new settings.json will not produce helpful comments.
Both cases are caused by the removal of manual JSON handling and the
move to representing the settings file with model objects instead
## PR Checklist
* [x] Closes#5276
* [x] Closes#7421
* [x] I work here
* [x] Tests added/passed
## Validation Steps Performed
* Out-of-box-experience is identical to before ✔️
(Except for the settings.json file lacking comments.)
* Existing user settings load correctly ✔️
* New WSL instances are added to user settings ✔️
* New fragments are added to user settings ✔️
* All profiles are assigned GUIDs ✔️
This pull request introduces Microsoft.Terminal.Core.Color as an
alternative to both Windows.UI.Color and uint32_t/COLORREF in the
TerminalCore, ...Control, ...SettingsModel and ...SettingsEditor layers.
M.T.C.Color is trivially convertible to/from til::color and therefore
to/from COLORREF, W.U.Color, and any other color representation we might
need².
I've replaced almost every use of W.U.Color and uint32_t-as-color in the
above layers, with minor exception¹.
The need for this work is twofold.
First: We cannot bear a dependency from TerminalCore (which should,
on paper, be Windows 7 compatible) on Windows.UI or any other WinRT
namespace.
This work removes one big dependency on Windows.UI, but it does not go
all the way.
Second: TerminalCore chose to communicate mostly in packed uint32s
(COLORREF), which was inherently lossy and dangerous.
¹ The UI layers (TerminalControl, TerminalApp) still use
Windows.UI.Color as they are intimately connected to the UWP XAML UI.
² In the future, we might even be able to *use* the alpha channel...
## PR Checklist
* [x] I ran into the need for this when I introduced cursor inversion
* [X] Fixes a longstanding itch
## Validation Steps Performed
Built and ran all tests for the impacted layers, even the local ones!
This parameter was added as a workaround for our fast trackpad
scrolling. Since that was fixed before 1.0 shipped, in #4554, it has
been largely vestigial. There is no reason for us to keep it around any
longer.
It was also the only "logic" in TerminalSettings, which is otherwise a
library that only transits data between two other libraries.
I have not removed it from the schema, as I do not want to mark folks'
settings files invalid to a strict schema parser.
While I was in the area, I added support for "scroll one screen at a
time" (which is represented by the API returning WHEEL_PAGESCROLL),
fixing #5610. We were also storing it in an int (whoops) instead of a
uint.
Fixes#5610
This pull request moves swaths of Cascadia to use `til::color` for color
interop. There are still some places where we use `COLORREF`, such as in
the ABI boundaries between WinRT components.
I've also added two more til::color helpers - `with_alpha`, which takes
an existing color and sets its alpha component, and a
`Windows::UI::Color` convertor pair.
Future direction might include a `TerminalSettings::Color` type at the
idl boundary so we can finally stop using UInt32s (!) for color.
## Validation Steps Performed
Tested certain fragile areas:
* [x] setting the background with OSC 11
* [x] setting the background when acrylic is in use (which requires
low-alpha)
It was brought to our attention that shipping a font with ligatures as our default
font could be an accessibility issue for the visually-impaired. Unfortunately, we
don't have a renderer setting to disable ligatures (#759). Fortunately however, we
DO already have a version of Cascadia that doesn't have ligatures.
If we ship that and set it as our default font, we'll at least let people _opt_ to
have ligatures enabled by switching from `Cascadia Mono` to `Cascadia Code`.
## PR Checklist
* [x] Closes internal discussion
* [x] CLA signed
* [ ] Tests added/passed
* [x] Requires documentation to be updated
* [x] I've discussed this with core contributors already.
## Summary of the Pull Request
Changes default font from Consolas to Cascadia Code.
## PR Checklist
* [x] Closes#4943
* [x] CLA signed. If not, go over [here](https://cla.opensource.microsoft.com/microsoft/Terminal) and sign the CLA
* [ ] Tests added/passed
* [ ] Requires documentation to be updated
* [x] I've discussed this with core contributors already. If not checked, I'm ready to accept this work might be rejected in favor of a different grand plan. Issue number where discussion took place: #xxx
## Validation Steps Performed
I deleted my profiles.json and built from source. All profiles appeared in Cascadia Code.
The terminal will use the system setting to determine the number of lines to scroll at a time.
This can be overridden by adding rowsToScroll to app global settings file.
terminal will use the system setting if the app setting is 0, or not specified. No restart is needed to reflect setting changes in system or the settings file.
The default was hardcoded to 4 in the code with a todo comment. 1 works better on precision touchpads, where 4 scrolls too fast.
Co-authored-by: Hannes Nel <hannesne@microsoft.com>
