home/src/highlighters.cc

#include "highlighters.hh"

#include "assert.hh"
#include "buffer_utils.hh"
#include "color_registry.hh"
#include "context.hh"
#include "display_buffer.hh"
#include "line_modification.hh"
#include "option_types.hh"
#include "register_manager.hh"
#include "string.hh"
#include "utf8.hh"
#include "utf8_iterator.hh"

#include <sstream>
#include <locale>

namespace Kakoune
{

using namespace std::placeholders;

using RegexIterator = boost::regex_iterator<BufferIterator>;

template<typename T>
void highlight_range(DisplayBuffer& display_buffer,
                     ByteCoord begin, ByteCoord end,
                     bool skip_replaced, T func)
{
    if (begin == end or end <= display_buffer.range().first
                     or begin >= display_buffer.range().second)
        return;

    for (auto& line : display_buffer.lines())
    {
        auto& range = line.range();
        if (range.second <= begin or  end < range.first)
            continue;

        for (auto atom_it = line.begin(); atom_it != line.end(); ++atom_it)
        {
            bool is_replaced = atom_it->type() == DisplayAtom::ReplacedBufferRange;

            if (not atom_it->has_buffer_range() or
                (skip_replaced and is_replaced))
                continue;

            if (end <= atom_it->begin() or begin >= atom_it->end())
                continue;

            if (not is_replaced and begin > atom_it->begin())
                atom_it = ++line.split(atom_it, begin);

            if (not is_replaced and end < atom_it->end())
            {
                atom_it = line.split(atom_it, end);
                func(*atom_it);
                ++atom_it;
            }
            else
                func(*atom_it);
        }
    }
}

template<typename T>
void apply_highlighter(const Context& context,
                       HighlightFlags flags,
                       DisplayBuffer& display_buffer,
                       ByteCoord begin, ByteCoord end,
                       T&& highlighter)
{
    using LineIterator = DisplayBuffer::LineList::iterator;
    LineIterator first_line;
    std::vector<DisplayLine::iterator> insert_pos;
    auto line_end = display_buffer.lines().end();

    DisplayBuffer region_display;
    auto& region_lines = region_display.lines();
    for (auto line_it = display_buffer.lines().begin(); line_it != line_end; ++line_it)
    {
        auto& line = *line_it;
        auto& range = line.range();
        if (range.second <= begin or  end < range.first)
            continue;

        if (region_lines.empty())
            first_line = line_it;
        region_lines.emplace_back();
        insert_pos.emplace_back();

        if (range.first < begin or range.second > end)
        {
            size_t beg_idx = 0;
            size_t end_idx = line.atoms().size();

            for (auto atom_it = line.begin(); atom_it != line.end(); ++atom_it)
            {
                if (not atom_it->has_buffer_range() or end <= atom_it->begin() or begin >= atom_it->end())
                    continue;

                bool is_replaced = atom_it->type() == DisplayAtom::ReplacedBufferRange;
                if (atom_it->begin() <= begin)
                {
                    if (is_replaced or atom_it->begin() == begin)
                        beg_idx = atom_it - line.begin();
                    else
                    {
                        atom_it = ++line.split(atom_it, begin);
                        beg_idx = atom_it - line.begin();
                        ++end_idx;
                    }
                }

                if (atom_it->end() >= end)
                {
                    if (is_replaced or atom_it->end() == end)
                        beg_idx = atom_it - line.begin();
                    else
                    {
                        atom_it = ++line.split(atom_it, end);
                        end_idx = atom_it - line.begin();
                    }
                }
            }
            std::move(line.begin() + beg_idx, line.begin() + end_idx,
                      std::back_inserter(region_lines.back()));
            insert_pos.back() = line.erase(line.begin() + beg_idx, line.begin() + end_idx);
        }
        else
        {
            region_lines.back() = std::move(line);
            insert_pos.back() = line.begin();
        }
    }

    region_display.compute_range();
    highlighter(context, flags, region_display);

    for (size_t i = 0; i < region_lines.size(); ++i)
    {
        auto& line = *(first_line + i);
        auto pos = insert_pos[i];
        for (auto& atom : region_lines[i])
            pos = ++line.insert(pos, std::move(atom));
    }
    display_buffer.compute_range();
}

using ColorSpec = std::unordered_map<size_t, const ColorPair*>;

template<typename T>
struct BufferSideCache
{
    BufferSideCache() : m_id{ValueId::get_free_id()} {}

    T& get(const Buffer& buffer)
    {
        Value& cache_val = buffer.values()[m_id];
        if (not cache_val)
            cache_val = Value(T{});
        return cache_val.as<T>();
    }
private:
    ValueId m_id;
};

class RegexColorizer
{
public:
    RegexColorizer(Regex regex, ColorSpec colors)
        : m_regex{std::move(regex)}, m_colors{std::move(colors)}
    {
    }

    void operator()(const Context& context, HighlightFlags flags, DisplayBuffer& display_buffer)
    {
        if (flags != HighlightFlags::Highlight)
            return;
        auto& cache = update_cache_ifn(context.buffer(), display_buffer.range());
        for (auto& match : cache.m_matches)
        {
            for (size_t n = 0; n < match.size(); ++n)
            {
                auto col_it = m_colors.find(n);
                if (col_it == m_colors.end())
                    continue;

                highlight_range(display_buffer, match[n].first, match[n].second, true,
                                [&](DisplayAtom& atom) { atom.colors = *col_it->second; });
            }
        }
    }

private:
    struct Cache
    {
        std::pair<LineCount, LineCount> m_range;
        size_t m_timestamp = 0;
        std::vector<std::vector<std::pair<ByteCoord, ByteCoord>>> m_matches;
    };
    BufferSideCache<Cache> m_cache;

    Regex     m_regex;
    ColorSpec m_colors;

    Cache& update_cache_ifn(const Buffer& buffer, const BufferRange& range)
    {
        Cache& cache = m_cache.get(buffer);

        LineCount first_line = range.first.line;
        LineCount last_line = std::min(buffer.line_count()-1, range.second.line);

        if (buffer.timestamp() == cache.m_timestamp and
            first_line >= cache.m_range.first and
            last_line <= cache.m_range.second)
           return cache;

        cache.m_range.first  = std::max(0_line, first_line - 10);
        cache.m_range.second = std::min(buffer.line_count()-1, last_line+10);
        cache.m_timestamp = buffer.timestamp();

        cache.m_matches.clear();
        RegexIterator re_it{buffer.iterator_at(cache.m_range.first),
                            buffer.iterator_at(cache.m_range.second+1), m_regex};
        RegexIterator re_end;
        for (; re_it != re_end; ++re_it)
        {
            cache.m_matches.emplace_back();
            auto& match = cache.m_matches.back();
            for (auto& sub : *re_it)
                match.emplace_back(sub.first.coord(), sub.second.coord());
        }
        return cache;
    }
};

HighlighterAndId colorize_regex_factory(HighlighterParameters params)
{
    if (params.size() < 2)
        throw runtime_error("wrong parameter count");

    try
    {
        static Regex color_spec_ex(R"((\d+):(\w+(,\w+)?))");
        ColorSpec colors;
        for (auto it = params.begin() + 1;  it != params.end(); ++it)
        {
            boost::smatch res;
            if (not boost::regex_match(it->begin(), it->end(), res, color_spec_ex))
                throw runtime_error("wrong colorspec: '" + *it +
                                     "' expected <capture>:<fgcolor>[,<bgcolor>]");

            int capture = str_to_int(res[1].str());
            const ColorPair*& color = colors[capture];
            color = &get_color(res[2].str());
        }

        String id = "colre'" + params[0] + "'";

        Regex ex{params[0].begin(), params[0].end(), Regex::optimize};

        return HighlighterAndId(id, RegexColorizer(std::move(ex),
                                                   std::move(colors)));
    }
    catch (boost::regex_error& err)
    {
        throw runtime_error(String("regex error: ") + err.what());
    }
}

template<typename RegexGetter, typename ColorGetter>
class DynamicRegexHighlighter
{
public:
    DynamicRegexHighlighter(RegexGetter regex_getter, ColorGetter color_getter)
        : m_regex_getter(std::move(regex_getter)),
          m_color_getter(std::move(color_getter)),
          m_colorizer(Regex(), ColorSpec{}) {}

    void operator()(const Context& context, HighlightFlags flags, DisplayBuffer& display_buffer)
    {
        if (flags != HighlightFlags::Highlight)
            return;

        Regex regex = m_regex_getter(context);
        ColorSpec color = m_color_getter(context);
        if (regex != m_last_regex or color != m_last_color)
        {
            m_last_regex = regex;
            m_last_color = color;
            if (not m_last_regex.empty())
                m_colorizer = RegexColorizer{m_last_regex, color};
        }
        if (not m_last_regex.empty() and not m_last_color.empty())
            m_colorizer(context, flags, display_buffer);
    }

private:
    Regex          m_last_regex;
    RegexGetter    m_regex_getter;

    ColorSpec      m_last_color;
    ColorGetter    m_color_getter;

    RegexColorizer m_colorizer;
};

template<typename RegexGetter, typename ColorGetter>
DynamicRegexHighlighter<RegexGetter, ColorGetter>
make_dynamic_regex_highlighter(RegexGetter regex_getter, ColorGetter color_getter)
{
    return DynamicRegexHighlighter<RegexGetter, ColorGetter>(
        std::move(regex_getter), std::move(color_getter));
}


HighlighterAndId highlight_search_factory(HighlighterParameters params)
{
    if (params.size() != 0)
        throw runtime_error("wrong parameter count");
        auto get_color = [](const Context& context){
            return ColorSpec{ { 0, &Kakoune::get_color("Search") } };
        };
        auto get_regex = [](const Context&){
            auto s = RegisterManager::instance()['/'].values(Context{});
            try
            {
                return s.empty() ? Regex{} : Regex{s[0].begin(), s[0].end()};
            }
            catch (boost::regex_error& err)
            {
                return Regex{};
            }
        };
        return {"hlsearch", make_dynamic_regex_highlighter(get_regex, get_color)};
}

HighlighterAndId highlight_regex_option_factory(HighlighterParameters params)
{
    if (params.size() != 2)
        throw runtime_error("wrong parameter count");

    const ColorPair& color = get_color(params[1]);
    auto get_color = [&](const Context&){
        return ColorSpec{ { 0, &color } };
    };

    String option_name = params[0];
    // verify option type now
    GlobalOptions::instance()[option_name].get<Regex>();

    auto get_regex = [option_name](const Context& context){
        return context.options()[option_name].get<Regex>();
    };
    return {"hloption_" + option_name, make_dynamic_regex_highlighter(get_regex, get_color)};
}

void expand_tabulations(const Context& context, HighlightFlags flags, DisplayBuffer& display_buffer)
{
    const int tabstop = context.options()["tabstop"].get<int>();
    auto& buffer = context.buffer();
    for (auto& line : display_buffer.lines())
    {
        for (auto atom_it = line.begin(); atom_it != line.end(); ++atom_it)
        {
            if (atom_it->type() != DisplayAtom::BufferRange)
                continue;

            auto begin = buffer.iterator_at(atom_it->begin());
            auto end = buffer.iterator_at(atom_it->end());
            for (BufferIterator it = begin; it != end; ++it)
            {
                if (*it == '\t')
                {
                    if (it != begin)
                        atom_it = ++line.split(atom_it, it.coord());
                    if (it+1 != end)
                        atom_it = line.split(atom_it, (it+1).coord());

                    int column = (int)get_column(buffer, tabstop, it.coord());
                    int count = tabstop - (column % tabstop);
                    String padding;
                    for (int i = 0; i < count; ++i)
                        padding += ' ';
                    atom_it->replace(padding);
                    break;
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

void show_whitespaces(const Context& context, HighlightFlags flags, DisplayBuffer& display_buffer)
{
    const int tabstop = context.options()["tabstop"].get<int>();
    auto& buffer = context.buffer();
    for (auto& line : display_buffer.lines())
    {
        for (auto atom_it = line.begin(); atom_it != line.end(); ++atom_it)
        {
            if (atom_it->type() != DisplayAtom::BufferRange)
                continue;

            auto begin = buffer.iterator_at(atom_it->begin());
            auto end = buffer.iterator_at(atom_it->end());
            for (BufferIterator it = begin; it != end; ++it)
            {
                auto c = *it;
                if (c == '\t' or c == ' ' or c == '\n')
                {
                    if (it != begin)
                        atom_it = ++line.split(atom_it, it.coord());
                    if (it+1 != end)
                        atom_it = line.split(atom_it, (it+1).coord());

                    if (c == '\t')
                    {
                        int column = (int)get_column(buffer, tabstop, it.coord());
                        int count = tabstop - (column % tabstop);
                        String padding = "→";
                        for (int i = 0; i < count-1; ++i)
                            padding += ' ';
                        atom_it->replace(padding);
                    }
                    else if (c == ' ')
                        atom_it->replace("·");
                    else if (c == '\n')
                        atom_it->replace("¬");
                    break;
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

void show_line_numbers(const Context& context, HighlightFlags flags, DisplayBuffer& display_buffer)
{
    LineCount last_line = context.buffer().line_count();
    int digit_count = 0;
    for (LineCount c = last_line; c > 0; c /= 10)
        ++digit_count;

    char format[] = "%?d│";
    format[1] = '0' + digit_count;
    auto& colors = get_color("LineNumbers");
    for (auto& line : display_buffer.lines())
    {
        char buffer[10];
        snprintf(buffer, 10, format, (int)line.range().first.line + 1);
        DisplayAtom atom{buffer};
        atom.colors = colors;
        line.insert(line.begin(), std::move(atom));
    }
}

void show_matching_char(const Context& context, HighlightFlags flags, DisplayBuffer& display_buffer)
{
    auto& colors = get_color("MatchingChar");
    using CodepointPair = std::pair<Codepoint, Codepoint>;
    static const CodepointPair matching_chars[] = { { '(', ')' }, { '{', '}' }, { '[', ']' }, { '<', '>' } };
    const auto range = display_buffer.range();
    const auto& buffer = context.buffer();
    for (auto& sel : context.selections())
    {
        auto pos = sel.cursor();
        if (pos < range.first or pos >= range.second)
            continue;
        auto c = buffer.byte_at(pos);
        for (auto& pair : matching_chars)
        {
            int level = 1;
            if (c == pair.first)
            {
                auto it = buffer.iterator_at(pos)+1;
                auto end = buffer.iterator_at(range.second);
                skip_while(it, end, [&](char c) {
                    if (c == pair.first)
                        ++level;
                    else if (c == pair.second and --level == 0)
                        return false;
                    return true;
                });
                if (it != end)
                    highlight_range(display_buffer, it.coord(), (it+1).coord(), false,
                                    [&](DisplayAtom& atom) { atom.colors = colors; });
                break;
            }
            else if (c == pair.second)
            {
                auto it = buffer.iterator_at(pos)-1;
                auto end = buffer.iterator_at(range.first);
                skip_while_reverse(it, end, [&](char c) {
                    if (c == pair.second)
                        ++level;
                    else if (c == pair.first and --level == 0)
                        return false;
                    return true;
                });
                if (it != end or (*end == pair.first and level == 1))
                    highlight_range(display_buffer, it.coord(), (it+1).coord(), false,
                                    [&](DisplayAtom& atom) { atom.colors = colors; });
                break;
            }
        }
    }
}

void highlight_selections(const Context& context, HighlightFlags flags, DisplayBuffer& display_buffer)
{
    if (flags != HighlightFlags::Highlight)
        return;
    const auto& buffer = context.buffer();
    for (size_t i = 0; i < context.selections().size(); ++i)
    {
        auto& sel = context.selections()[i];
        const bool forward = sel.anchor() <= sel.cursor();
        ByteCoord begin = forward ? sel.anchor() : buffer.char_next(sel.cursor());
        ByteCoord end   = forward ? sel.cursor() : buffer.char_next(sel.anchor());

        const bool primary = (i == context.selections().main_index());
        ColorPair sel_colors = get_color(primary ? "PrimarySelection" : "SecondarySelection");
        highlight_range(display_buffer, begin, end, false,
                        [&](DisplayAtom& atom) { atom.colors = sel_colors; });
        ColorPair cur_colors = get_color(primary ? "PrimaryCursor" : "SecondaryCursor");
        highlight_range(display_buffer, sel.cursor(), buffer.char_next(sel.cursor()), false,
                        [&](DisplayAtom& atom) { atom.colors = cur_colors; });
    }
}

void expand_unprintable(const Context& context, HighlightFlags flags, DisplayBuffer& display_buffer)
{
    auto& buffer = context.buffer();
    for (auto& line : display_buffer.lines())
    {
        for (auto atom_it = line.begin(); atom_it != line.end(); ++atom_it)
        {
            if (atom_it->type() == DisplayAtom::BufferRange)
            {
                for (auto it  = buffer.iterator_at(atom_it->begin()),
                          end = buffer.iterator_at(atom_it->end()); it < end;)
                {
                    Codepoint cp = utf8::codepoint<utf8::InvalidBytePolicy::Pass>(it);
                    auto next = utf8::next(it);
                    if (cp != '\n' and not iswprint(cp))
                    {
                        std::ostringstream oss;
                        oss << "U+" << std::hex << cp;
                        String str = oss.str();
                        if (it.coord() != atom_it->begin())
                            atom_it = ++line.split(atom_it, it.coord());
                        if (next.coord() < atom_it->end())
                            atom_it = line.split(atom_it, next.coord());
                        atom_it->replace(str);
                        atom_it->colors = { Colors::Red, Colors::Black };
                        break;
                    }
                    it = next;
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

HighlighterAndId flag_lines_factory(HighlighterParameters params)
{
    if (params.size() != 2)
        throw runtime_error("wrong parameter count");

    const String& option_name = params[1];
    Color bg = str_to_color(params[0]);

    // throw if wrong option type
    GlobalOptions::instance()[option_name].get<std::vector<LineAndFlag>>();

    return {"hlflags_" + params[1],
            [=](const Context& context, HighlightFlags flags, DisplayBuffer& display_buffer)
            {
                auto& lines_opt = context.options()[option_name];
                auto& lines = lines_opt.get<std::vector<LineAndFlag>>();

                CharCount width = 0;
                for (auto& l : lines)
                     width = std::max(width, std::get<2>(l).char_length());
                const String empty{' ', width};
                for (auto& line : display_buffer.lines())
                {
                    int line_num = (int)line.range().first.line + 1;
                    auto it = find_if(lines,
                                      [&](const LineAndFlag& l)
                                      { return std::get<0>(l) == line_num; });
                    String content = it != lines.end() ? std::get<2>(*it) : empty;
                    content += String(' ', width - content.char_length());
                    DisplayAtom atom{std::move(content)};
                    atom.colors = { it != lines.end() ? std::get<1>(*it) : Colors::Default , bg };
                    line.insert(line.begin(), std::move(atom));
                }
            }};
}

template<void (*highlighter_func)(const Context&, HighlightFlags, DisplayBuffer&)>
class SimpleHighlighterFactory
{
public:
    SimpleHighlighterFactory(const String& id) : m_id(id) {}

    HighlighterAndId operator()(HighlighterParameters params) const
    {
        return HighlighterAndId(m_id, HighlighterFunc(highlighter_func));
    }
private:
    String m_id;
};

HighlighterAndId highlighter_group_factory(HighlighterParameters params)
{
    if (params.size() != 1)
        throw runtime_error("wrong parameter count");

    return HighlighterAndId(params[0], HighlighterGroup());
}

HighlighterAndId reference_factory(HighlighterParameters params)
{
    if (params.size() != 1)
        throw runtime_error("wrong parameter count");

    const String& name = params[0];

    // throw if not found
    DefinedHighlighters::instance().get_group(name, '/');

    return HighlighterAndId(name,
                            [name](const Context& context, HighlightFlags flags, DisplayBuffer& display_buffer)
                            { DefinedHighlighters::instance().get_group(name, '/')(context, flags, display_buffer); });
}

template<typename HighlightFunc>
struct RegionHighlighter
{
public:
    RegionHighlighter(Regex begin, Regex end, HighlightFunc func)
        : m_begin(std::move(begin)),
          m_end(std::move(end)),
          m_func(std::move(func))
    {}

    void operator()(const Context& context, HighlightFlags flags, DisplayBuffer& display_buffer)
    {
        if (flags != HighlightFlags::Highlight)
            return;
        auto range = display_buffer.range();
        const auto& buffer = context.buffer();
        auto& regions = update_cache_ifn(buffer);
        auto begin = std::lower_bound(regions.begin(), regions.end(), range.first,
                                      [](const Region& r, const ByteCoord& c) { return r.end < c; });
        auto end = std::lower_bound(begin, regions.end(), range.second,
                                    [](const Region& r, const ByteCoord& c) { return r.begin < c; });
        auto correct = [&](const ByteCoord& c) -> ByteCoord {
            if (buffer[c.line].length() == c.column)
                return {c.line+1, 0};
            return c;
        };
        for (; begin != end; ++begin)
            m_func(context, flags, display_buffer,
                   correct(begin->begin), correct(begin->end));
    }
private:
    Regex m_begin;
    Regex m_end;
    HighlightFunc m_func;

    struct Region
    {
        ByteCoord begin;
        ByteCoord end;
    };
    using RegionList = std::vector<Region>;

    struct Match
    {
        size_t timestamp;
        LineCount line;
        ByteCount begin;
        ByteCount end;
    };
    using MatchList = std::vector<Match>;

    static bool compare_matches_end(const Match& lhs, const Match& rhs)
    {
        return (lhs.line != rhs.line) ? lhs.line < rhs.line
                                      : lhs.end < rhs.end;
    }

    static bool compare_matches_begin(const Match& lhs, const Match& rhs)
    {
        return (lhs.line != rhs.line) ? lhs.line < rhs.line
                                      : lhs.begin < rhs.begin;
    }

    struct Cache
    {
        size_t timestamp = 0;
        MatchList begin_matches;
        MatchList end_matches;
        RegionList regions;
    };
    BufferSideCache<Cache> m_cache;

    const RegionList& update_cache_ifn(const Buffer& buffer)
    {
        Cache& cache = m_cache.get(buffer);
        const size_t buf_timestamp = buffer.timestamp();
        if (cache.timestamp == buf_timestamp)
            return cache.regions;

        if (cache.timestamp == 0)
        {
            find_matches(buffer, cache.begin_matches, m_begin);
            find_matches(buffer, cache.end_matches, m_end);
        }
        else
        {
            auto modifs = compute_line_modifications(buffer, cache.timestamp);
            update_matches(buffer, modifs, cache.begin_matches, m_begin);
            update_matches(buffer, modifs, cache.end_matches, m_end);
        }

        cache.regions.clear();
        for (auto beg_it = cache.begin_matches.begin(), end_it = cache.end_matches.begin();
             beg_it != cache.begin_matches.end(); )
        {
            end_it = std::upper_bound(end_it, cache.end_matches.end(),
                                      *beg_it, compare_matches_end);
            if (end_it == cache.end_matches.end())
            {
                cache.regions.push_back({ {beg_it->line, beg_it->begin},
                                          buffer.end_coord() });
                break;
            }
            cache.regions.push_back({ {beg_it->line, beg_it->begin},
                                      {end_it->line, end_it->end} });
            beg_it = std::upper_bound(beg_it, cache.begin_matches.end(),
                                      *end_it, compare_matches_end);
        }
        cache.timestamp = buf_timestamp;
        return cache.regions;
    }

    void find_matches(const Buffer& buffer, MatchList& matches, const Regex& regex)
    {
        const size_t buf_timestamp = buffer.timestamp();
        for (auto line = 0_line, end = buffer.line_count(); line < end; ++line)
        {
            auto& l = buffer[line];
            for (boost::regex_iterator<String::const_iterator> it{l.begin(), l.end(), regex}, end{}; it != end; ++it)
            {
                ByteCount b = (int)((*it)[0].first - l.begin());
                ByteCount e = (int)((*it)[0].second - l.begin());
                matches.push_back({ buf_timestamp, line, b, e });
            }
        }
    }

    void update_matches(const Buffer& buffer, memoryview<LineModification> modifs, MatchList& matches, const Regex& regex)
    {
        const size_t buf_timestamp = buffer.timestamp();
        // remove out of date matches and update line for others
        auto ins_pos = matches.begin();
        for (auto it = ins_pos; it != matches.end(); ++it)
        {
            auto modif_it = std::lower_bound(modifs.begin(), modifs.end(), it->line,
                                             [](const LineModification& c, const LineCount& l)
                                             { return c.old_line < l; });

            bool erase = (modif_it != modifs.end() and modif_it->old_line == it->line);
            if (not erase and modif_it != modifs.begin())
            {
                auto& prev = *(modif_it-1);
                erase = it->line <= prev.old_line + prev.num_removed;
                it->line += prev.diff();
            }
            erase = erase or (it->line >= buffer.line_count());

            if (not erase)
            {
                it->timestamp = buf_timestamp;
                kak_assert(buffer.is_valid({it->line, it->begin}) or
                           buffer[it->line].length() == it->begin);
                kak_assert(buffer.is_valid({it->line, it->end}) or
                           buffer[it->line].length() == it->end);

                if (ins_pos != it)
                    *ins_pos = std::move(*it);
                ++ins_pos;
            }
        }
        matches.erase(ins_pos, matches.end());
        size_t pivot = matches.size();

        // try to find new matches in each updated lines
        for (auto& modif : modifs)
        {
            for (auto line = modif.new_line;
                 line < modif.new_line + modif.num_added+1 and
                 line < buffer.line_count(); ++line)
            {
                auto& l = buffer[line];
                for (boost::regex_iterator<String::const_iterator> it{l.begin(), l.end(), regex}, end{}; it != end; ++it)
                {
                    ByteCount b = (int)((*it)[0].first - l.begin());
                    ByteCount e = (int)((*it)[0].second - l.begin());
                    matches.push_back({ buf_timestamp, line, b, e });
                }
            }
        }
        std::inplace_merge(matches.begin(), matches.begin() + pivot, matches.end(),
                           compare_matches_begin);
    }
};

template<typename HighlightFunc>
RegionHighlighter<HighlightFunc>
make_region_highlighter(Regex begin, Regex end, HighlightFunc func)
{
    return RegionHighlighter<HighlightFunc>(std::move(begin), std::move(end), std::move(func));
}

HighlighterAndId region_factory(HighlighterParameters params)
{
    try
    {
        if (params.size() != 3)
            throw runtime_error("wrong parameter count");

        Regex begin{params[0], Regex::nosubs | Regex::optimize };
        Regex end{params[1], Regex::nosubs | Regex::optimize };
        const ColorPair colors = get_color(params[2]);

        auto func = [colors](const Context&, HighlightFlags flags, DisplayBuffer& display_buffer,
                             ByteCoord begin, ByteCoord end)
        {
            highlight_range(display_buffer, begin, end, true,
                            [&colors](DisplayAtom& atom) { atom.colors = colors; });
        };

        return HighlighterAndId("region(" + params[0] + "," + params[1] + ")",
                                make_region_highlighter(std::move(begin), std::move(end), func));
    }
    catch (boost::regex_error& err)
    {
        throw runtime_error(String("regex error: ") + err.what());
    }
}

HighlighterAndId region_ref_factory(HighlighterParameters params)
{
    try
    {
        if (params.size() != 3 and params.size() != 4)
            throw runtime_error("wrong parameter count");

        Regex begin{params[0], Regex::nosubs | Regex::optimize };
        Regex end{params[1], Regex::nosubs | Regex::optimize };
        const String& name = params[2];

        auto func = [name](const Context& context, HighlightFlags flags, DisplayBuffer& display_buffer,
                          ByteCoord begin, ByteCoord end)
        {
            try
            {
                HighlighterGroup& ref = DefinedHighlighters::instance().get_group(name, '/');
                apply_highlighter(context, flags, display_buffer, begin, end, ref);
            }
            catch (group_not_found&) {}
        };

        return HighlighterAndId("regionref(" + params[0] + "," + params[1] + "," + name + ")",
                                make_region_highlighter(std::move(begin), std::move(end), func));
    }
    catch (boost::regex_error& err)
    {
        throw runtime_error(String("regex error: ") + err.what());
    }
}

void register_highlighters()
{
    HighlighterRegistry& registry = HighlighterRegistry::instance();

    registry.register_func("number_lines", SimpleHighlighterFactory<show_line_numbers>("number_lines"));
    registry.register_func("show_matching", SimpleHighlighterFactory<show_matching_char>("show_matching"));
    registry.register_func("show_whitespaces", SimpleHighlighterFactory<show_whitespaces>("show_whitespaces"));
    registry.register_func("regex", colorize_regex_factory);
    registry.register_func("regex_option", highlight_regex_option_factory);
    registry.register_func("search", highlight_search_factory);
    registry.register_func("group", highlighter_group_factory);
    registry.register_func("flag_lines", flag_lines_factory);
    registry.register_func("ref", reference_factory);
    registry.register_func("region", region_factory);
    registry.register_func("region_ref", region_ref_factory);
}

}