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-rw-r--r--lib/ui/interfaces.go3
-rw-r--r--lib/ui/ui.go8
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/ui/interfaces.go b/lib/ui/interfaces.go
index 7e117256..8a62ecf0 100644
--- a/lib/ui/interfaces.go
+++ b/lib/ui/interfaces.go
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ import (
"github.com/gdamore/tcell/v2"
)
+// AercMsg is used to communicate within aerc
+type AercMsg interface{}
+
// Drawable is a UI component that can draw. Unless specified, all methods must
// only be called from a single goroutine, the UI goroutine.
type Drawable interface {
diff --git a/lib/ui/ui.go b/lib/ui/ui.go
index 632d5f1d..d477242e 100644
--- a/lib/ui/ui.go
+++ b/lib/ui/ui.go
@@ -7,6 +7,14 @@ import (
"github.com/gdamore/tcell/v2"
)
+var MsgChannel = make(chan AercMsg, 50)
+
+// QueueRedraw sends a nil message into the MsgChannel. Nothing will handle this
+// message, but a redraw will occur if the UI is marked as invalid
+func QueueRedraw() {
+ MsgChannel <- nil
+}
+
type UI struct {
Content DrawableInteractive
exit atomic.Value // bool