Add support for persistent undo/redo and local file history
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Description
Noted by @dzhou121 in https://github.com/lapce/lapce/issues/447#issuecomment-1128527893. Moved here into its own issue so the original can be closed.
While exploring the scratch buffer implementation it seems possible that we can "relatively easily" add support for persistent undo/redo, and "local file history" feature.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reading the scratch buffer implementation referenced in the issue and the discussion linked from issue #447. Determine the intended behavior and storage boundaries for persistent undo/redo and local file history, then identify the relevant tests or add coverage that demonstrates both features working across an editor restart.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- devtools
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100