nav.sikand bfb4d8bef8 feat: Git workflow, Vim mode, and preview→editor SyncTeX
Add three core VISION features on top of the barebones MVP:

Git workflow (backend + frontend):
- Backend: simple-git wrapper with per-project repo isolation, init
  (idempotent .gitignore reconciliation, handles empty repos), status,
  log, commit (per-commit identity via -c flags), remote, push, pull
- gitFor() now refuses to run without the project's own .git, preventing
  accidental parent-repo detection when projects/ lives inside the
  typst-leaf worktree
- Frontend: GitPanel (branch, ahead/behind, inline commit, push/pull,
  remote prompt, collapsible log), SettingsPanel (git identity in
  localStorage), Ctrl+Shift+S focuses commit input
- Status/log refresh driven by gitVersion bumps (no polling) with
  cancellation guards across project switches
- Auto-init on status failure for pre-existing projects

Vim mode:
- Off-by-default toggle persisted to localStorage
- Dynamic monaco-vim import, status bar div, StrictMode-safe lifecycle
  via editorReady reset on unmount

SyncTeX (preview → editor):
- Handle tinymist/preview/scrollSource notification and
  window/showDocument request
- Cross-platform path normalization (Windows drive letters, native
  backslash paths, URL-decoded paths)
- Editor jump effect with Monaco selection/reveal/focus, clears on
  completion

Robustness fixes across review cycles:
- Cancellation guards on git status/log effects to prevent stale writes
- bumpGitVersion after auto-init so log viewer updates
- jsonOrThrow extracts structured backend errors, handles empty bodies
- SettingsPanel/GitPanel validate localStorage identity shape
- GitPanel clears log state on project switch
- File path URI encoding preserves path separators (segment-wise encode)
- tsconfig lib bumped to ES2021 for String.replaceAll

AGENTS.md: removed stale execa/monaco-languageclient references

PLAN.md: implementation plan for this chunk
2026-07-02 00:35:32 +05:30

typst-leaf 🍂

A completely self-hostable, high-performance editor for Typst, built on the philosophy of "Git as the Database."

Features:

  • Instant Preview: Sub-50ms incremental compilation using tinymist.
  • Live diagnostics & autocomplete from the Typst language server.
  • Git Native: No hidden databases. Your projects are just folders.
  • Hybrid: Run it in a browser, or as a native desktop app via Tauri.

📂 Repository Structure

typst-leaf/
├── typst-leaf-backend/     # Node.js/TS server (spawns tinymist, REST + WS)
├── typst-leaf-frontend/    # React + Monaco frontend (includes Tauri)
├── VISION.md               # Project philosophy and architecture
└── AGENTS.md               # Guidelines for AI coding assistants

Prerequisites

  • Node.js 20+
  • pnpm (10+)
  • Rust (only required for the Tauri desktop wrapper)
  • tinymist on your PATH — the Typst language server & preview engine:
    cargo install --git https://github.com/Myriad-Dreamin/tinymist --bin tinymist --locked tinymist-cli
    

🚀 Quick Start (Development)

# 1. Install workspace dependencies
pnpm install

# 2. Start the backend (port 4000)
pnpm --filter typst-leaf-backend dev

# 3. Start the web frontend (port 1420 — mandated by Tauri)
pnpm --filter typst-leaf-frontend dev

# 4. (Optional) Launch the Tauri desktop wrapper
pnpm --filter typst-leaf-frontend tauri dev

Then open http://localhost:1420 in your browser. A hello project is auto-seeded on first run.

Environment variables

Var Default Description
PROJECTS_ROOT <repo>/projects Directory under which project folders live. The backend refuses to read or write outside this root.
TINYMIST_PREVIEW_HOST 127.0.0.1 Host the tinymist preview server binds to.
TINYMIST_PREVIEW_PORT 23635 Port the tinymist preview server binds to.
PORT (backend) 4000 Backend HTTP/WS port.
FRONTEND_ORIGIN (backend) http://localhost:1420 CORS origin allowed to call the REST API.

🏗️ Architecture

  • Editor: Monaco Editor
  • LSP: tinymist over a WebSocket thin proxy
  • Preview: Backend spawns tinymist preview <file> on demand; the frontend iframes its webview for live SVG updates.
  • Data plane:
    • ws://localhost:4000/lsptinymist lsp (single active connection, takeover on reconnect)
    • GET /api/projects, GET/PUT /api/projects/:p/file?path=…, POST /api/projects/:p/focus?path=…
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