prevent commit keystroke being hijacked & inline placeholder &fix ter…

…minal non-inline

SquirrelInputController.m

@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ @implementation SquirrelInputController {
   NSString *_schemaId;
   BOOL _inlinePreedit;
   BOOL _inlineCandidate;
+  // app-specific bug fix
+  BOOL _inlinePlaceholder;
+  BOOL _panellessCommitFix;
   // for chord-typing
   int _chordKeyCodes[N_KEY_ROLL_OVER];
   int _chordModifiers[N_KEY_ROLL_OVER];
@@ -196,6 +199,13 @@ -(BOOL)processKey:(int)rime_keycode modifiers:(int)rime_modifiers
       rime_get_api()->set_option(_session, "ascii_mode", True);
       // NSLog(@"turned Chinese mode off in vim-like editor's command mode");
     }
+
+    if (_panellessCommitFix && (rime_keycode == XK_Delete ||
+        (rime_keycode >= XK_Home && rime_keycode <= XK_KP_Delete) ||
+        (rime_keycode >= XK_BackSpace && rime_keycode <= XK_Escape))) {
+      [self showPlaceholder:@""];
+      return NO;
+    }
   }
 
   // Simulate key-ups for every interesting key-down for chord-typing.
@@ -418,6 +428,14 @@ -(void)commitString:(NSString*)string
   [NSApp.squirrelAppDelegate.panel hide];
 }
 
+-(void)showPlaceholder:(NSString*)placeholder {
+  NSDictionary* attrs = [self markForStyle:kTSMHiliteSelectedRawText atRange:NSMakeRange(0, MAX(placeholder.length, 1UL))];
+  NSMutableAttributedString* attrString = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:placeholder ? : @"█" attributes:attrs];
+  [_currentClient setMarkedText:attrString
+                 selectionRange:NSMakeRange(attrString.length, 0)
+               replacementRange:NSMakeRange(NSNotFound, NSNotFound)];
+}
+
 -(void)showPreeditString:(NSString*)preedit
                 selRange:(NSRange)range
                 caretPos:(NSUInteger)pos
@@ -508,6 +526,8 @@ -(void)updateAppOptions
       NSLog(@"set app option: %@ = %d", key, value);
       rime_get_api()->set_option(_session, key.UTF8String, value);
     }
+    _panellessCommitFix = appOptions[@"panelless_commit_fix"].boolValue;
+    _inlinePlaceholder = appOptions[@"inline_placeholder"].boolValue;
   }
 }
 
@@ -526,7 +546,10 @@ -(void)rimeConsumeCommittedText
   RIME_STRUCT(RimeCommit, commit);
   if (rime_get_api()->get_commit(_session, &commit)) {
     NSString *commitText = @(commit.text);
-    [self commitString: commitText];
+    if (_panellessCommitFix && [_currentClient markedRange].length == 0) {
+      [self showPlaceholder:nil];
+    }
+    [self commitString:commitText];
     rime_get_api()->free_commit(&commit);
   }
 }
@@ -571,7 +594,9 @@ -(void)rimeUpdate
     NSUInteger end = substr(preedit, ctx.composition.sel_end).length;
     NSUInteger caretPos = substr(preedit, ctx.composition.cursor_pos).length;
     NSRange selRange = NSMakeRange(start, end - start);
-    if (_inlineCandidate) {
+    if (_panellessCommitFix && !preedit) {
+      [self showPlaceholder:nil];
+    } else if (_inlineCandidate) {
       const char *candidatePreview = ctx.commit_text_preview;
       NSString *candidatePreviewText = candidatePreview ? @(candidatePreview) : @"";
       if (_inlinePreedit) {
@@ -595,7 +620,8 @@ -(void)rimeUpdate
         // TRICKY: display a non-empty string to prevent iTerm2 from echoing each character in preedit.
         // note this is a full-shape space U+3000; using half shape characters like "..." will result in
         // an unstable baseline when composing Chinese characters.
-        [self showPreeditString:(preedit ? @"　" : @"") selRange:empty caretPos:0];
+        preedit && _inlinePlaceholder ? [self showPlaceholder: @"　"]
+                                      : [self showPreeditString:@"" selRange:empty caretPos:0];
       }
     }
     // update candidates

data/squirrel.yaml

@@ -341,6 +341,7 @@ app_options:
   com.apple.Terminal:
     ascii_mode: true
     no_inline: true
+    inline_placeholder: true
   com.googlecode.iterm2:
     ascii_mode: true
     no_inline: true
@@ -350,6 +351,7 @@ app_options:
     vim_mode: true    # 退出VIM插入模式自動切換輸入法狀態
   com.apple.dt.Xcode:
     ascii_mode: true
+    no_inline: true
   com.barebones.textwrangler:
     ascii_mode: true
   com.macromates.TextMate.preview:
@@ -367,9 +369,14 @@ app_options:
     no_inline: true
   co.zeit.hyper:
     ascii_mode: true
+  org.alacritty:
+    ascii_mode: true
+    vim_mode: true
+    panelless_commit_fix: true
   com.google.Chrome:
     # 規避 https://github.com/rime/squirrel/issues/435
     inline: true
+    inline_placeholder: true
   ru.keepcoder.Telegram:
     # 規避 https://github.com/rime/squirrel/issues/475
     inline: true