docs(core.config): add documentation for config options (#1512)

* docs(core.config): add documentation for config options

* docs(core.config): remove wrong newline

* docs(core.config): remove trailing whitespace

* docs(core.config): add missing whitespace

* docs(core.config): add disclaimer for core.file_size_limit

* docs(core.config): fix wrong description of the pattern

* docs(core.config): fix wrong description

* docs(core.config): fix wrong description for transitions

* docs(core.config): guide user to drawwhitespace plugin

* docs(core.config): clarify libdecor usage

* docs(core.config): clarify various things

* docs(core.config): clarify more about libdecor support

* docs(core.config): fix missing enum separator

* docs(core.config): remove wayland-specific advice on config.borderless
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Takase 2023-08-26 23:32:39 +08:00 committed by George Sokianos
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@ -2,15 +2,71 @@ local common = require "core.common"
local config = {}
---The frame rate of Lite XL.
---Note that setting this value to the screen's refresh rate
---does not eliminate screen tearing.
---
---Defaults to 60.
---@type number
config.fps = 60
---Maximum number of log items that will be stored.
---When the number of log items exceed this value, old items will be discarded.
---
---Defaults to 800.
---@type number
config.max_log_items = 800
---The timeout, in seconds, before a message dissapears from StatusView.
---
---Defaults to 5.
---@type number
config.message_timeout = 5
---The number of pixels scrolled per-step.
---
---Defaults to 50 * SCALE.
---@type number
config.mouse_wheel_scroll = 50 * SCALE
---Enables/disables transitions when scrolling with the scrollbar.
---When enabled, the scrollbar will have inertia and slowly move towards the cursor.
---Otherwise, the scrollbar will immediately follow the cursor.
---
---Defaults to false.
---@type boolean
config.animate_drag_scroll = false
---Enables/disables scrolling past the end of a document.
---
---Defaults to true.
---@type boolean
config.scroll_past_end = true
---@type "expanded" | "contracted" | false @Force the scrollbar status of the DocView
---@alias config.scrollbartype
---| "expanded" # A thicker scrollbar is shown at all times.
---| "contracted" # A thinner scrollbar is shown at all times.
---| false # The scrollbar expands when the cursor hovers over it.
---Controls whether the DocView scrollbar is always shown or hidden.
---This option does not affect other View's scrollbars.
---
---Defaults to false.
---@type config.scrollbartype
config.force_scrollbar_status = false
---The file size limit, in megabytes.
---Files larger than this size will not be shown in the file picker.
---
---Defaults to 10.
---@type number
config.file_size_limit = 10
---A list of files and directories to ignore.
---Each element is a Lua pattern, where patterns ending with a forward slash
---are recognized as directories while patterns ending with an anchor ("$") are
---recognized as files.
---@type string[]
config.ignore_files = {
-- folders
"^%.svn/", "^%.git/", "^%.hg/", "^CVS/", "^%.Trash/", "^%.Trash%-.*/",
@ -21,46 +77,188 @@ config.ignore_files = {
"%.suo$", "%.pdb$", "%.idb$", "%.class$", "%.psd$", "%.db$",
"^desktop%.ini$", "^%.DS_Store$", "^%.directory$",
}
---Lua pattern used to find symbols when advanced syntax highlighting
---is not available.
---This pattern is also used for navigation, e.g. move to next word.
---
---The default pattern matches all letters, followed by any number
---of letters and digits.
---@type string
config.symbol_pattern = "[%a_][%w_]*"
---A list of characters that delimits a word.
---
---The default is ``" \t\n/\\()\"':,.;<>~!@#$%^&*|+=[]{}`?-"``
---@type string
config.non_word_chars = " \t\n/\\()\"':,.;<>~!@#$%^&*|+=[]{}`?-"
---The timeout, in seconds, before several consecutive actions
---are merged as a single undo step.
---
---The default is 0.3 seconds.
---@type number
config.undo_merge_timeout = 0.3
---The maximum number of undo steps per-document.
---
---The default is 10000.
---@type number
config.max_undos = 10000
---The maximum number of tabs shown at a time.
---
---The default is 8.
---@type number
config.max_tabs = 8
---Shows/hides the tab bar when there is only one tab open.
---
---The tab bar is always shown by default.
---@type boolean
config.always_show_tabs = true
-- Possible values: false, true, "no_selection"
---@alias config.highlightlinetype
---| true # Always highlight the current line.
---| false # Never highlight the current line.
---| "no_selection" # Highlight the current line if no text is selected.
---Highlights the current line.
---
---The default is true.
---@type config.highlightlinetype
config.highlight_current_line = true
---The spacing between each line of text.
---
---The default is 120% of the height of the text (1.2).
---@type number
config.line_height = 1.2
---The number of spaces each level of indentation represents.
---
---The default is 2.
---@type number
config.indent_size = 2
---The type of indentation.
---
---The default is "soft" (spaces).
---@type "soft" | "hard"
config.tab_type = "soft"
---Do not remove whitespaces when advancing to the next line.
---
---Defaults to false.
---@type boolean
config.keep_newline_whitespace = false
---Maximum number of characters per-line for the line guide.
---
---Defaults to 80.
---@type number
config.line_limit = 80
---Maximum number of project files to keep track of.
---If the number of files in the project exceeds this number,
---Lite XL will not be able to keep track of them.
---They will be not be searched when searching for files or text.
---
---Defaults to 2000.
---@type number
config.max_project_files = 2000
---Enables/disables all transitions.
---
---Defaults to true.
---@type boolean
config.transitions = true
---Enable/disable individual transitions.
---These values are overriden by `config.transitions`.
config.disabled_transitions = {
---Disables scrolling transitions.
scroll = false,
---Disables transitions for CommandView's suggestions list.
commandview = false,
---Disables transitions for showing/hiding the context menu.
contextmenu = false,
---Disables transitions when clicking on log items in LogView.
logview = false,
---Disables transitions for showing/hiding the Nagbar.
nagbar = false,
---Disables transitions when scrolling the tab bar.
tabs = false,
---Disables transitions when a tab is being dragged.
tab_drag = false,
---Disables transitions when a notification is shown.
statusbar = false,
}
---The rate of all transitions.
---
---Defaults to 1.
---@type number
config.animation_rate = 1.0
---The caret's blinking period, in seconds.
---
---Defaults to 0.8.
---@type number
config.blink_period = 0.8
---Disables caret blinking.
---
---Defaults to false.
---@type boolean
config.disable_blink = false
---Draws whitespaces as dots.
---This option is deprecated.
---Please use the drawwhitespace plugin instead.
---@deprecated
config.draw_whitespace = false
---Disables system-drawn window borders.
---
---When set to true, Lite XL draws its own window decorations,
---which can be useful for certain setups.
---
---Defaults to false.
---@type boolean
config.borderless = false
---Shows/hides the close buttons on tabs.
---When hidden, users can close tabs via keyboard shortcuts or commands.
---
---Defaults to true.
---@type boolean
config.tab_close_button = true
---Maximum number of clicks recognized by Lite XL.
---
---Defaults to 3.
---@type number
config.max_clicks = 3
-- set as true to be able to test non supported plugins
---Disables plugin version checking.
---Do not change this unless you know what you are doing.
---
---Defaults to false.
---@type boolean
config.skip_plugins_version = false
-- holds the plugins real config table
local plugins_config = {}
-- virtual representation of plugins config table
---A table containing configuration for all the plugins.
---
---This is a metatable that automaticaly creates a minimal
---configuration when a plugin is initially configured.
---Each plugins will then call `common.merge()` to get the finalized
---plugin config.
---Do not use raw operations on this table.
---@type table
config.plugins = {}
-- allows virtual access to the plugins config table