Add optional full_window argument to TuiWindow.write

To prevent flickering when first calling erase, then write, this new
argument indicates that the passed string contains the full contents of
the window.  This fills every unused cell of the window with a space, so
it's not necessary to call erase beforehand.

gdb/ChangeLog:

2021-05-27  Hannes Domani  <ssbssa@yahoo.de>

	* python/py-tui.c (tui_py_window::output): Add full_window
	argument.
	(gdbpy_tui_write): Parse "full_window" argument.

gdb/doc/ChangeLog:

2021-05-27  Hannes Domani  <ssbssa@yahoo.de>

	* python.texi (TUI Windows In Python): Document "full_window"
	argument.

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/gdb/python/py-tui.c b/gdb/python/py-tui.c
index 22f4b0f..97e9de7 100644
--- a/gdb/python/py-tui.c
+++ b/gdb/python/py-tui.c
@@ -111,8 +111,9 @@ public:
       }
   }
 
-  /* Write STR to the window.  */
-  void output (const char *str);
+  /* Write STR to the window.  FULL_WINDOW is true to erase the window
+     contents beforehand.  */
+  void output (const char *str, bool full_window);
 
   /* A helper function to compute the viewport width.  */
   int viewport_width () const
@@ -229,12 +230,18 @@ tui_py_window::do_scroll_vertical (int num_to_scroll)
 }
 
 void
-tui_py_window::output (const char *text)
+tui_py_window::output (const char *text, bool full_window)
 {
   if (m_inner_window != nullptr)
     {
+      if (full_window)
+	werase (m_inner_window.get ());
+
       tui_puts (text, m_inner_window.get ());
-      tui_wrefresh (m_inner_window.get ());
+      if (full_window)
+	check_and_display_highlight_if_needed ();
+      else
+	tui_wrefresh (m_inner_window.get ());
     }
 }
 
@@ -405,13 +412,14 @@ gdbpy_tui_write (PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 {
   gdbpy_tui_window *win = (gdbpy_tui_window *) self;
   const char *text;
+  int full_window = 0;
 
-  if (!PyArg_ParseTuple (args, "s", &text))
+  if (!PyArg_ParseTuple (args, "s|i", &text, &full_window))
     return nullptr;
 
   REQUIRE_WINDOW (win);
 
-  win->window->output (text);
+  win->window->output (text, full_window);
 
   Py_RETURN_NONE;
 }