Implement optimized binary format for terminal buffer transmission

- Switch from JSON to binary format for buffer data transfer
- Optimize encoding with run-length encoding for empty rows
- Reduce data size with efficient cell encoding (1 byte for spaces, variable for complex cells)
- Support both palette and RGB colors with minimal overhead
- Pre-calculate exact buffer sizes to avoid allocations

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
This commit is contained in:
Mario Zechner 2025-06-20 03:56:00 +02:00
parent 35755d8376
commit deb3935172
3 changed files with 283 additions and 176 deletions

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@ -150,15 +150,15 @@ export class VibeTerminalBuffer extends LitElement {
// Fetch buffer data - request enough lines for display
const lines = Math.max(this.actualRows, stats.rows);
const response = await fetch(
`/api/sessions/${this.sessionId}/buffer?lines=${lines}&format=json`
);
const response = await fetch(`/api/sessions/${this.sessionId}/buffer?lines=${lines}`);
if (!response.ok) {
throw new Error(`Failed to fetch buffer: ${response.statusText}`);
}
this.buffer = await response.json();
// Decode binary buffer
const arrayBuffer = await response.arrayBuffer();
this.buffer = TerminalRenderer.decodeBinaryBuffer(arrayBuffer);
this.lastModified = stats.lastModified;
this.error = null;

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@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ export class TerminalRenderer {
}
const version = view.getUint8(offset++);
if (version !== 0x02) {
if (version !== 0x01) {
throw new Error(`Unsupported buffer version: ${version}`);
}
@ -316,50 +316,27 @@ export class TerminalRenderer {
const cells: BufferCell[][] = [];
const uint8 = new Uint8Array(buffer);
for (let row = 0; row < rows; row++) {
const rowCells: BufferCell[] = [];
// Optimized format
while (offset < uint8.length) {
const marker = uint8[offset++];
for (let col = 0; col < cols; ) {
if (offset >= uint8.length) break;
if (marker === 0xfe) {
// Empty row(s)
const count = uint8[offset++];
for (let i = 0; i < count; i++) {
cells.push([{ char: ' ', width: 1 }]);
}
} else if (marker === 0xfd) {
// Row with content
const cellCount = view.getUint16(offset, true);
offset += 2;
// Check for special markers
const firstByte = uint8[offset];
if (firstByte === 0xff) {
// Run-length encoding
offset++;
const count = uint8[offset++];
const cell = this.decodeCell(uint8, offset);
offset = cell.offset;
for (let i = 0; i < count; i++) {
rowCells.push(cell.cell);
col++;
}
} else if (firstByte === 0xfe) {
// Empty line marker
offset++;
const count = uint8[offset++];
for (let i = 0; i < count && row < rows; i++) {
const emptyRow: BufferCell[] = [];
for (let j = 0; j < cols; j++) {
emptyRow.push({ char: ' ', width: 1 });
}
cells.push(emptyRow);
row++;
}
row--; // Adjust for outer loop increment
break;
} else {
// Regular cell
const rowCells: BufferCell[] = [];
for (let i = 0; i < cellCount; i++) {
const result = this.decodeCell(uint8, offset);
offset = result.offset;
rowCells.push(result.cell);
col++;
}
}
if (rowCells.length > 0) {
cells.push(rowCells);
}
}
@ -371,60 +348,78 @@ export class TerminalRenderer {
uint8: Uint8Array,
offset: number
): { cell: BufferCell; offset: number } {
const firstByte = uint8[offset];
const typeByte = uint8[offset++];
if (firstByte & 0x80) {
// Extended cell
const header = uint8[offset++];
const attributes = uint8[offset++] & 0x7f; // Remove extended bit
const charLen = ((header >> 6) & 0x03) + 1;
const hasRgbFg = !!(header & 0x20);
const hasRgbBg = !!(header & 0x10);
// Type byte format:
// Bit 7: Has extended data (attrs/colors)
// Bit 6: Is Unicode (vs ASCII)
// Bit 5: Has foreground color
// Bit 4: Has background color
// Bit 3: Is RGB foreground (vs palette)
// Bit 2: Is RGB background (vs palette)
// Bits 1-0: Character type (00=space, 01=ASCII, 10=Unicode)
// Read character
const charBytes = uint8.slice(offset, offset + charLen);
const char = new TextDecoder().decode(charBytes);
offset += charLen;
// Read colors
let fg: number | undefined;
let bg: number | undefined;
if (hasRgbFg) {
fg = (uint8[offset] << 16) | (uint8[offset + 1] << 8) | uint8[offset + 2];
offset += 3;
} else {
fg = uint8[offset++];
}
if (hasRgbBg) {
bg = (uint8[offset] << 16) | (uint8[offset + 1] << 8) | uint8[offset + 2];
offset += 3;
} else {
bg = uint8[offset++];
}
const hasExtended = !!(typeByte & 0x80);
const isUnicode = !!(typeByte & 0x40);
const hasFg = !!(typeByte & 0x20);
const hasBg = !!(typeByte & 0x10);
const isRgbFg = !!(typeByte & 0x08);
const isRgbBg = !!(typeByte & 0x04);
const charType = typeByte & 0x03;
// Simple space
if (typeByte === 0x00) {
return {
cell: { char, width: 1, fg, bg, attributes },
offset,
};
} else {
// Basic cell
const char = String.fromCharCode(uint8[offset++]);
const attributes = uint8[offset++];
const fg = uint8[offset++];
const bg = uint8[offset++];
return {
cell: {
char,
width: 1,
fg: fg === 7 ? undefined : fg,
bg: bg === 0 ? undefined : bg,
attributes: attributes === 0 ? undefined : attributes,
},
cell: { char: ' ', width: 1 },
offset,
};
}
// Read character
let char: string;
if (charType === 0x00) {
char = ' ';
} else if (isUnicode) {
const charLen = uint8[offset++];
const charBytes = uint8.slice(offset, offset + charLen);
char = new TextDecoder().decode(charBytes);
offset += charLen;
} else {
char = String.fromCharCode(uint8[offset++]);
}
// Default cell
const cell: BufferCell = { char, width: 1 };
// Read extended data if present
if (hasExtended) {
// Attributes
const attributes = uint8[offset++];
if (attributes !== 0) {
cell.attributes = attributes;
}
// Foreground color
if (hasFg) {
if (isRgbFg) {
cell.fg = (uint8[offset] << 16) | (uint8[offset + 1] << 8) | uint8[offset + 2];
offset += 3;
} else {
cell.fg = uint8[offset++];
}
}
// Background color
if (hasBg) {
if (isRgbBg) {
cell.bg = (uint8[offset] << 16) | (uint8[offset + 1] << 8) | uint8[offset + 2];
offset += 3;
} else {
cell.bg = uint8[offset++];
}
}
}
return { cell, offset };
}
}

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@ -331,20 +331,44 @@ export class TerminalManager {
}
/**
* Encode buffer snapshot to binary format
* Encode buffer snapshot to binary format - optimized for minimal data transmission
*/
encodeSnapshot(snapshot: BufferSnapshot): Buffer {
const { cols, rows, viewportY, cursorX, cursorY, cells } = snapshot;
// Calculate buffer size (rough estimate)
const estimatedSize = 32 + rows * cols * 4; // Increased header size
const buffer = Buffer.allocUnsafe(estimatedSize);
// Pre-calculate actual data size for efficiency
let dataSize = 32; // Header size
// First pass: calculate exact size needed
for (let row = 0; row < cells.length; row++) {
const rowCells = cells[row];
if (
rowCells.length === 0 ||
(rowCells.length === 1 &&
rowCells[0].char === ' ' &&
!rowCells[0].fg &&
!rowCells[0].bg &&
!rowCells[0].attributes)
) {
// Empty row marker: 2 bytes
dataSize += 2;
} else {
// Row header: 3 bytes (marker + length)
dataSize += 3;
for (const cell of rowCells) {
dataSize += this.calculateCellSize(cell);
}
}
}
const buffer = Buffer.allocUnsafe(dataSize);
let offset = 0;
// Write header (32 bytes)
buffer.writeUInt16LE(0x5654, offset);
offset += 2; // Magic "VT"
buffer.writeUInt8(0x02, offset); // Version 2 with 32-bit values
buffer.writeUInt8(0x01, offset); // Version 1 - our only format
offset += 1; // Version
buffer.writeUInt8(0x00, offset);
offset += 1; // Flags
@ -361,95 +385,183 @@ export class TerminalManager {
buffer.writeUInt32LE(0, offset);
offset += 4; // Reserved
// Write cells with run-length encoding
let lastCell: BufferCell | null = null;
let runCount = 0;
// Write cells with new optimized format
for (let row = 0; row < cells.length; row++) {
const rowCells = cells[row];
const flushRun = () => {
if (lastCell && runCount > 0) {
if (runCount > 1) {
// Use RLE for repeated cells
buffer.writeUInt8(0xff, offset++);
buffer.writeUInt8(runCount, offset++);
}
// Check if this is an empty row
if (
rowCells.length === 0 ||
(rowCells.length === 1 &&
rowCells[0].char === ' ' &&
!rowCells[0].fg &&
!rowCells[0].bg &&
!rowCells[0].attributes)
) {
// Empty row marker
buffer.writeUInt8(0xfe, offset++); // Empty row marker
buffer.writeUInt8(1, offset++); // Count of empty rows (for now just 1)
} else {
// Row with content
buffer.writeUInt8(0xfd, offset++); // Row marker
buffer.writeUInt16LE(rowCells.length, offset); // Number of cells in row
offset += 2;
// Write cell
const charCode = lastCell.char.charCodeAt(0);
const isExtended =
charCode > 127 ||
(lastCell.fg !== undefined && lastCell.fg > 255) ||
(lastCell.bg !== undefined && lastCell.bg > 255);
if (!isExtended) {
// Basic cell (4 bytes)
buffer.writeUInt8(charCode, offset++);
buffer.writeUInt8(lastCell.attributes || 0, offset++);
buffer.writeUInt8(lastCell.fg ?? 7, offset++); // Default white on black
buffer.writeUInt8(lastCell.bg ?? 0, offset++);
} else {
// Extended cell
const charBytes = Buffer.from(lastCell.char, 'utf8');
const hasRgbFg = lastCell.fg !== undefined && lastCell.fg > 255;
const hasRgbBg = lastCell.bg !== undefined && lastCell.bg > 255;
// Header byte
const header =
((charBytes.length - 1) << 6) | (hasRgbFg ? 0x20 : 0) | (hasRgbBg ? 0x10 : 0) | 0x80; // Extended flag
buffer.writeUInt8(header, offset++);
buffer.writeUInt8((lastCell.attributes || 0) | 0x80, offset++);
// Character
charBytes.copy(buffer, offset);
offset += charBytes.length;
// Colors
if (hasRgbFg && lastCell.fg !== undefined) {
buffer.writeUInt8((lastCell.fg >> 16) & 0xff, offset++);
buffer.writeUInt8((lastCell.fg >> 8) & 0xff, offset++);
buffer.writeUInt8(lastCell.fg & 0xff, offset++);
} else {
buffer.writeUInt8(lastCell.fg ?? 7, offset++);
}
if (hasRgbBg && lastCell.bg !== undefined) {
buffer.writeUInt8((lastCell.bg >> 16) & 0xff, offset++);
buffer.writeUInt8((lastCell.bg >> 8) & 0xff, offset++);
buffer.writeUInt8(lastCell.bg & 0xff, offset++);
} else {
buffer.writeUInt8(lastCell.bg ?? 0, offset++);
}
}
}
};
// Process cells
for (const row of cells) {
for (const cell of row) {
if (
lastCell &&
cell.char === lastCell.char &&
cell.fg === lastCell.fg &&
cell.bg === lastCell.bg &&
cell.attributes === lastCell.attributes &&
runCount < 255
) {
runCount++;
} else {
flushRun();
lastCell = cell;
runCount = 1;
// Write each cell
for (const cell of rowCells) {
offset = this.encodeCell(buffer, offset, cell);
}
}
}
// Flush final run
flushRun();
// Return trimmed buffer
// Return exact size buffer
return buffer.subarray(0, offset);
}
/**
* Calculate the size needed to encode a cell
*/
private calculateCellSize(cell: BufferCell): number {
// Optimized encoding:
// - Simple space with default colors: 1 byte
// - ASCII char with default colors: 2 bytes
// - ASCII char with colors/attrs: 2-8 bytes
// - Unicode char: variable
const isSpace = cell.char === ' ';
const hasAttrs = cell.attributes && cell.attributes !== 0;
const hasFg = cell.fg !== undefined;
const hasBg = cell.bg !== undefined;
const isAscii = cell.char.charCodeAt(0) <= 127;
if (isSpace && !hasAttrs && !hasFg && !hasBg) {
return 1; // Just a space marker
}
let size = 1; // Type byte
if (isAscii) {
size += 1; // ASCII character
} else {
const charBytes = Buffer.byteLength(cell.char, 'utf8');
size += 1 + charBytes; // Length byte + UTF-8 bytes
}
// Attributes/colors byte
if (hasAttrs || hasFg || hasBg) {
size += 1; // Flags byte
if (hasFg && cell.fg !== undefined) {
size += cell.fg > 255 ? 3 : 1; // RGB or palette
}
if (hasBg && cell.bg !== undefined) {
size += cell.bg > 255 ? 3 : 1; // RGB or palette
}
}
return size;
}
/**
* Encode a single cell into the buffer
*/
private encodeCell(buffer: Buffer, offset: number, cell: BufferCell): number {
const isSpace = cell.char === ' ';
const hasAttrs = cell.attributes && cell.attributes !== 0;
const hasFg = cell.fg !== undefined;
const hasBg = cell.bg !== undefined;
const isAscii = cell.char.charCodeAt(0) <= 127;
// Type byte format:
// Bit 7: Has extended data (attrs/colors)
// Bit 6: Is Unicode (vs ASCII)
// Bit 5: Has foreground color
// Bit 4: Has background color
// Bit 3: Is RGB foreground (vs palette)
// Bit 2: Is RGB background (vs palette)
// Bits 1-0: Character type (00=space, 01=ASCII, 10=Unicode)
if (isSpace && !hasAttrs && !hasFg && !hasBg) {
// Simple space - 1 byte
buffer.writeUInt8(0x00, offset++); // Type: space, no extended data
return offset;
}
let typeByte = 0;
if (hasAttrs || hasFg || hasBg) {
typeByte |= 0x80; // Has extended data
}
if (!isAscii) {
typeByte |= 0x40; // Is Unicode
typeByte |= 0x02; // Character type: Unicode
} else if (!isSpace) {
typeByte |= 0x01; // Character type: ASCII
}
if (hasFg && cell.fg !== undefined) {
typeByte |= 0x20; // Has foreground
if (cell.fg > 255) typeByte |= 0x08; // Is RGB
}
if (hasBg && cell.bg !== undefined) {
typeByte |= 0x10; // Has background
if (cell.bg > 255) typeByte |= 0x04; // Is RGB
}
buffer.writeUInt8(typeByte, offset++);
// Write character
if (!isAscii) {
const charBytes = Buffer.from(cell.char, 'utf8');
buffer.writeUInt8(charBytes.length, offset++);
charBytes.copy(buffer, offset);
offset += charBytes.length;
} else if (!isSpace) {
buffer.writeUInt8(cell.char.charCodeAt(0), offset++);
}
// Write extended data if present
if (typeByte & 0x80) {
// Attributes byte (if any)
if (hasAttrs && cell.attributes !== undefined) {
buffer.writeUInt8(cell.attributes, offset++);
} else if (hasFg || hasBg) {
buffer.writeUInt8(0, offset++); // No attributes but need the byte
}
// Foreground color
if (hasFg && cell.fg !== undefined) {
if (cell.fg > 255) {
// RGB
buffer.writeUInt8((cell.fg >> 16) & 0xff, offset++);
buffer.writeUInt8((cell.fg >> 8) & 0xff, offset++);
buffer.writeUInt8(cell.fg & 0xff, offset++);
} else {
// Palette
buffer.writeUInt8(cell.fg, offset++);
}
}
// Background color
if (hasBg && cell.bg !== undefined) {
if (cell.bg > 255) {
// RGB
buffer.writeUInt8((cell.bg >> 16) & 0xff, offset++);
buffer.writeUInt8((cell.bg >> 8) & 0xff, offset++);
buffer.writeUInt8(cell.bg & 0xff, offset++);
} else {
// Palette
buffer.writeUInt8(cell.bg, offset++);
}
}
}
return offset;
}
/**
* Close a terminal session
*/