Send cursors instantly

backend/sync_server/src/app_state/cursors.rs

@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ impl Cursors {
             device_id: device_id.to_string(),
             cursors: document_to_cursors,
         }));
+
+        drop(vault_to_cursors); // Explicitly drop the lock before broadcasting to avoid deadlock
+
+        self.broadcast_cursors().await;
     }
 
     pub async fn get_cursors(&self, vault_id: &VaultId) -> Vec<ClientCursors> {
@@ -73,7 +77,6 @@ impl Cursors {
     async fn run_backround_task(&self) {
         loop {
             self.remove_expired_cursors().await;
-            self.broadcast_cursors().await;
             tokio::time::sleep(self.config.cursor_broadcast_interval).await;
         }
     }

frontend/obsidian-plugin/src/obsidian-file-system.ts

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import type {
 } from "sync-client";
 import { lineAndColumnToPosition } from "./utils/line-and-column-to-position";
 import { positionToLineAndColumn } from "./utils/position-to-line-and-column";
-import { getCursorsFromEditor } from "./utils/get-cursors-from-editor";
+import { getCursorsFromEditor } from "./views/cursors/get-cursors-from-editor";
 
 export class ObsidianFileSystemOperations implements FileSystemOperations {
 	public constructor(

frontend/obsidian-plugin/src/vault-link-plugin.ts

@@ -1,27 +1,36 @@
 import type {
 	Editor,
+	EventRef,
 	MarkdownFileInfo,
-	MarkdownView,
 	TAbstractFile,
+	Workspace,
 	WorkspaceLeaf
 } from "obsidian";
+import { MarkdownView } from "obsidian";
 import { Platform, Plugin, TFile } from "obsidian";
 import "../manifest.json";
 import { HistoryView } from "./views/history/history-view";
 import { StatusBar } from "./views/status-bar/status-bar";
 import { LogsView } from "./views/logs/logs-view";
 import { StatusDescription } from "./views/status-description/status-description";
+import type { CursorSpan, RelativePath } from "sync-client";
 import { SyncClient, rateLimit, DEFAULT_SETTINGS } from "sync-client";
 import { ObsidianFileSystemOperations } from "./obsidian-file-system";
 import { SyncSettingsTab } from "./views/settings/settings-tab";
 import { registerConsoleForLogging } from "./utils/register-console-for-logging";
 import { updateEditorStatusDisplay } from "./views/editor-sync-line/editor-sync-line";
-import { remoteCursorsTheme } from "./views/remote-cursors/remote-cursor-theme";
+import { remoteCursorsTheme } from "./views/cursors/remote-cursor-theme";
-import { remoteCursorsPlugin } from "./views/remote-cursors/remote-cursors-plugin";
+import {
+	remoteCursorsPlugin,
+	setCursors
+} from "./views/cursors/remote-cursors-plugin";
+import { getCursorsFromEditor } from "./views/cursors/get-cursors-from-editor";
+import { LocalCursorUpdateListener } from "./views/cursors/local-cursor-update-listener";
 
 const MIN_WAIT_BETWEEN_UPDATES_IN_MS = 250;
 export default class VaultLinkPlugin extends Plugin {
 	private readonly disposables: (() => unknown)[] = [];
+
 	private settingsTab: SyncSettingsTab | undefined;
 	private client!: SyncClient;
 	private readonly rateLimitedUpdatesPerFile = new Map<
@@ -73,6 +82,17 @@ export default class VaultLinkPlugin extends Plugin {
 		);
 
 		this.registerEditorExtension([remoteCursorsTheme, remoteCursorsPlugin]);
+
+		this.client.addRemoteCursorsUpdateListener((cursors) => {
+			setCursors(cursors, this.app);
+		});
+
+		const cursorListener = new LocalCursorUpdateListener(
+			this.client,
+			this.app.workspace
+		);
+		this.disposables.push(() => cursorListener.dispose());
+
 		this.app.workspace.updateOptions();
 
 		this.addRibbonIcon(
@@ -175,9 +195,7 @@ export default class VaultLinkPlugin extends Plugin {
 					}
 				}
 			)
-		].forEach((event) => {
+		].forEach((event) => this.registerEvent(event));
-			this.registerEvent(event);
-		});
 	}
 
 	private async rateLimitedUpdate(path: string): Promise<void> {

frontend/obsidian-plugin/src/views/cursors/get-cursors-from-editor.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import type { Editor } from "obsidian";
-import { lineAndColumnToPosition } from "./line-and-column-to-position";
+import { lineAndColumnToPosition } from "../../utils/line-and-column-to-position";
 
 export interface Cursor {
 	id: number;

frontend/obsidian-plugin/src/views/cursors/local-cursor-update-listener.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import {
+	EventRef,
+	Workspace,
+	Editor,
+	MarkdownView,
+	MarkdownFileInfo
+} from "obsidian";
+import { SyncClient } from "sync-client";
+import { Cursor, getCursorsFromEditor } from "./get-cursors-from-editor";
+
+export class LocalCursorUpdateListener {
+	private static readonly UPDATE_INTERVAL_MS = 50;
+	private readonly eventHandle: NodeJS.Timeout;
+	private lastCursorState: Record<string, Cursor[]> = {};
+
+	public constructor(
+		private readonly client: SyncClient,
+		private readonly workspace: Workspace
+	) {
+		this.eventHandle = setInterval(
+			() => this.updateAllCursors(),
+			LocalCursorUpdateListener.UPDATE_INTERVAL_MS
+		);
+	}
+
+	private updateAllCursors(): void {
+		const currentCursors = this.getAllCursors();
+		if (
+			JSON.stringify(this.lastCursorState) ===
+			JSON.stringify(currentCursors)
+		) {
+			return;
+		}
+		this.lastCursorState = currentCursors;
+		this.client.updateLocalCursors(currentCursors);
+	}
+
+	private getAllCursors(): Record<string, Cursor[]> {
+		const cursors: Record<string, Cursor[]> = {};
+		this.workspace
+			.getLeavesOfType("markdown")
+			.map((leaf) => leaf.view)
+			.filter((view) => view instanceof MarkdownView)
+			.forEach((view) => {
+				const { file } = view;
+				if (!file) {
+					return;
+				}
+				cursors[file.path] = getCursorsFromEditor(view.editor);
+			});
+		return cursors;
+	}
+
+	public dispose(): void {
+		clearInterval(this.eventHandle);
+	}
+}