preview.nvim/lua
Barrett Ruth 62961c8541
feat: unified reload field for live-preview (SSE + long-running watch) (#19)
* feat(reload): add SSE live-reload server module

Problem: HTML output from pandoc has no live-reload; the browser must
be refreshed manually after each compile.

Solution: add lua/preview/reload.lua — a minimal SSE-only TCP server.
start() binds 127.0.0.1:5554 and keeps EventSource connections alive;
broadcast() pushes a reload event to all clients; inject() appends an
EventSource script before </body> (or at EOF) on every compile so
pandoc overwrites do not lose the tag.

* refactor(presets): add reload field, remove synctex field

Problem: the synctex field only handled PDF forward search and left
HTML live-preview and typst watch mode unsupported.

Solution: add reload = function(ctx) returning { 'typst', 'watch',
ctx.file } to typst (long-running watch mode), reload = true to
markdown and github (SSE push after each pandoc compile), and remove
synctex = true from latex (the -synctex=1 arg in latex.args remains
for .synctex.gz generation).

* refactor(init): replace synctex field and validation with reload

Problem: ProviderConfig still declared synctex and validated it, but
the field is being dropped in favour of the general-purpose reload.

Solution: replace the synctex annotation and vim.validate call with the
reload field, accepting boolean | string[] | function.

* feat(compiler): support long-running watch processes and SSE reload

Problem: compile() only supports one-shot invocations, requiring a
BufWritePost autocmd for watch mode and leaving HTML without live-
reload.

Solution: resolve_reload_cmd() maps provider.reload (function or table)
to a command; when present, compile() spawns it as a long-running
process instead of building a one-shot cmd from provider.cmd + args.
toggle() detects long-running providers and toggles the process
directly instead of registering a BufWritePost autocmd. When
reload = true and output is .html, the SSE server is invoked after
each successful compile. status() reports is_reload processes as
watching, not compiling. stop_all() also stops the SSE server.

* fix(compiler): format is_longrunning and annotate is_reload field

Problem: stylua required is_longrunning to be on one line; lua-ls
warned about undefined field is_reload on preview.Process.

Solution: inline the boolean expression and add is_reload? to the
preview.Process annotation.

* refactor: rename compile/toggle commands to build/watch

Problem: `compile` and `toggle` are accurate but unintuitive — `compile`
sounds academic and `toggle` says nothing about what it toggles.

Solution: rename the public API and `:Preview` subcommands to `build`
(one-shot) and `watch` (live preview). Internal compiler functions are
unchanged. No aliases for old names — clean break.
2026-03-03 16:41:47 -05:00
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preview feat: unified reload field for live-preview (SSE + long-running watch) (#19) 2026-03-03 16:41:47 -05:00