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Add a new lookup button

1. add type
   • src/commands/LookupCommand.ts

   export type LookupEffectType = "copyNoteLink" | "copyNoteRef" | "multiSelect" | "insertNote";
   

2. add button

export class InsertNoteLinkButton extends DendronBtn {
  static create(pressed?: boolean) {
    return new CopyNoteLinkButton({
      title: "Insert Note",
      iconOff: "diff-added",
      iconOn: "menu-selection",
      type: "insertNote" as LookupEffectType,
      pressed,
    });
  }

  async handle({ quickPick }: ButtonHandleOpts) {
    if (this.pressed) {
      let items: readonly DNodePropsQuickInputV2[];
      if (quickPick.canSelectMany) {
        items = quickPick.selectedItems;
      } else {
        items = quickPick.activeItems;
      }
      let links = items
        .filter((ent) => !PickerUtilsV2.isCreateNewNotePick(ent))
        .map((note) => NoteUtils.createWikiLink({ note }));
      if (_.isEmpty(links)) {
        vscode.window.showInformationMessage(`no items selected`);
      } else {
        await clipboard.writeText(links.join("\n"));
        vscode.window.showInformationMessage(`${links.length} links copied`);
      }
    }
  }
}

Add a new command that uses lookup

When creating a new command that utilizes the core lookup components, you will have to implement a subscriber that will listen to the events that the lookup provider publishes. The lookup provider will publish events in various stages of its lifecycle, which the consuming command will have to listen to and act upon.

Under the hood, this is all managed by the HistoryService. Take a look at how HistoryService is used between the lookup derivative commands and the lookup provider.

A utility method called NoteLookupProvierUtils.subscribe is used to easily subscribe to the events lookupProvider publishes, and add custom callbacks to the events.

optional callbacks onDone, onError, onChangeState, and onHide can be provided to the utility method to further customize the behavior. If any of the callbacks are not provided, the events will simply be logged and resolved (if applicable) as default.

Below is part of a fictional command that uses this utiliy method:

export class SomeCommand extends BasicCommand<...> {
  ...
  async gatherInputs(...) {
    // set up controller
    ...
    const lc = new LookupControllerV3 (...)
    // set up provider
    ...
    
    return Promise(resolve => {
      NoteLookupProviderUtils.subscribe({
        lc,
        ...
        onDone: (event: HistoryEvent) => {
          return resolve(event);
        },
        onError: (event: HistoryEvent) => {
          window.showErrorMessage(event.error.message);
          return;
        },
        ...
      });

      // NOTE: show after subscribing, afterwards, you might have race condition where user accepts an option 
      // before subscription has occured
      lc.show();

    });
  }
  ...

  async execute(...) {
    ...
  }
}

Adding a validator to lookup

• When creating lookup-derived commands, we sometimes have to limit the users from performing certain types of lookup.
  • e.g.) disallowing lookup on the currently active note during merge note
• When creating a lookup provider for the new command that uses lookup, you can pass in an array of preAcceptValidators, which will run sequentially when a lookup accept happens. If any of the passed in validator predicates return false, the lookup will not be accepted and the user has to change the selection.
• The note lookup provider class simply runs the predicates before accepting, so if you need to add warning prompts to notify that the predicate failed, you should do it within the predicate itself.
  • See an example in Merge Note Command

// in SomeLookupCommand.ts
...
  private createLookupProvider() {
    return this.extension.noteLookupProviderFactory.create(this.key, {
      ...
      preAcceptValidators: [
        // disallow note with id foo
        (selectedItems) => {
          const maybeFooItem = selectedItems.find((item) => {
            return item.id === "foo";
          });
          if (maybeFooItem) {
            vscode.window.showErrorMessage(
              "You cannot select notes with id `foo`"
            );
          }
          return !maybeFooItem;
        },
      ],
      ...
    });
  }
...

Tuning Lookup

• status: been a while since this was run, need to confirm whether this still works

• create proto.ts inside engine-server

import { DNodeUtils, NoteProps, NoteUtils } from "@dendronhq/common-all";
import { getDurationMilliseconds } from "@dendronhq/common-server";
import fs from "fs-extra";
import Fuse from "fuse.js";
import _ from "lodash";
import { DendronEngineClient } from "engineClient";

export async function main2() {
    const engine = DendronEngineClient.create({
        port: "3005",
        ws: "/Users/kevinlin/code/dendron/test-workspace",
        vaults: []
      });
       await engine.init();
    //   const notes = data?.notes!
      const notes: NoteProps[] = [NoteUtils.create({fname: "notes.dendron-improvements", vault: engine.vaults[0]})]

    const initList: any[] = [];
    const options = {
        shouldSort: true,
        threshold: 0.6,
        location: 0,
        distance: 50,
        maxPatternLength: 32,
        minMatchCharLength: 2,
        keys: ["fname"],
        useExtendedSearch: true,
        includeScore: true,
      };
      const fuse = new Fuse(initList, options);
      fuse.setCollection(
        _.map(notes, ({ fname, title, id, vault }, _key) => ({
          fname,
          id,
          title,
          vault,
        }))
      );
      const qs = "dendron.notes"
      const resp = fuse.search(qs)
      const numResults = _.size(notes);
      const numHits = _.size(resp);
      const stats = {numResults, numHits};
      console.log(stats);
}

export async function main() {
  let start = process.hrtime();
  const engine = DendronEngineClient.create({
    port: "3005",
    ws: "/Users/kevinlin/Dropbox/Apps/Noah",
    vaults: [],
  });
  let engineCreate = getDurationMilliseconds(start);
  const wsRoot = engine.wsRoot;

  start = process.hrtime();
  await engine.init();
  let engineInit = getDurationMilliseconds(start);

  start = process.hrtime();
  await engine.queryNotes({ qs: "*" });
  let engineStarQuery = getDurationMilliseconds(start);

  start = process.hrtime();
  let resp = await engine.queryNotes({ qs: "pr" });
  let engineDomainQuery = getDurationMilliseconds(start);
  let nodes = resp.data;

  start = process.hrtime();
  resp = await engine.queryNotes({ qs: "cli.git" });
  let engineDomainWithChildQuery = getDurationMilliseconds(start);
  nodes = resp.data;
  const numProps = nodes.length;

  start = process.hrtime();
  await Promise.all(
    nodes.map(async (ent) =>
      DNodeUtils.enhancePropForQuickInput({
        wsRoot,
        props: ent,
        schemas: engine.schemas,
        vaults: engine.vaults,
      })
    )
  );
  let enhancePropsWithPromise = getDurationMilliseconds(start);

  start = process.hrtime();
  await Promise.all(
    nodes.slice(0, 100).map(async (ent) =>
      DNodeUtils.enhancePropForQuickInput({
        wsRoot,
        props: ent,
        schemas: engine.schemas,
        vaults: engine.vaults,
      })
    )
  );
  let enhancePropsWithPromise100 = getDurationMilliseconds(start);

  start = process.hrtime();
  await Promise.all(
    nodes.slice(0, 50).map(async (ent) =>
      DNodeUtils.enhancePropForQuickInput({
        wsRoot,
        props: ent,
        schemas: engine.schemas,
        vaults: engine.vaults,
      })
    )
  );
  let enhancePropsWithPromise50 = getDurationMilliseconds(start);

  start = process.hrtime();
  nodes.slice(0, 50).map((ent) =>
    DNodeUtils.enhancePropForQuickInput({
      wsRoot,
      props: ent,
      schemas: engine.schemas,
      vaults: engine.vaults,
    })
  );
  let enhancePropsNoPromise50 = getDurationMilliseconds(start);

  const out = {
    engineCreate,
    engineInit,
    engineStarQuery,
    engineDomainQuery,
    engineDomainWithChildQuery,
    numProps,
    enhancePropsWithPromise,
    enhancePropsWithPromise100,
    enhancePropsWithPromise50,
    enhancePropsNoPromise50,
  };
  console.log(out);
  fs.writeJSONSync("/tmp/data.json", out, { spaces: 4 });
  return;
}
main2();

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