Synchronized Sync (Mode 2026) (#576)

* fix: use mode 2026 for sync updates

* progress

* add cava output to gitignore

* it works now!

* deprecate sync_updates

* fix

* end frame

* synchronized_sync config option

* fix: check for config properly

Author: ThatOneCalculator

.gitignore

@@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ missing
 version
 config_file.h
 .*
+cava

cava.c

@@ -1109,8 +1109,9 @@ as of 0.4.0 all options are specified in config file, see in '/home/username/.co
 // output: draw processed input
 #ifdef NDEBUG
                 if (p.sync_updates) {
-                    printf("\033P=1s\033\\");
+                    printf("\033[2026h\033\\");
                     fflush(stdout);
+                    printf("\033[2026l\033\\");
                 }
                 int rc;
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
@@ -1170,11 +1171,12 @@ as of 0.4.0 all options are specified in config file, see in '/home/username/.co
                 default:
                     exit(EXIT_FAILURE); // Can't happen.
                 }
+
                 if (p.sync_updates) {
-                    printf("\033P=2s\033\\");
+                    printf("\033[2026h\033\\");
                     fflush(stdout);
+                    printf("\033[2026l\033\\");
                 }
-
                 // terminal has been resized breaking to recalibrating values
                 if (rc == -1)
                     resizeTerminal = true;

config.c

@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ bool load_config(char configPath[PATH_MAX], struct config_params *p, bool colors
 
     p->waveform = iniparser_getint(ini, "output:waveform", 0);
 
-    p->sync_updates = iniparser_getint(ini, "output:alacritty_sync", 0);
+    p->sync_updates = iniparser_getint(ini, "output:synchronized_sync", 0);
 
     vertexShader = strdup(iniparser_getstring(ini, "output:vertex_shader", "pass_through.vert"));
     fragmentShader =
@@ -832,7 +832,7 @@ bool load_config(char configPath[PATH_MAX], struct config_params *p, bool colors
     p->sdl_x = GetPrivateProfileInt("output", "sdl_x", -1, configPath);
     p->sdl_y = GetPrivateProfileInt("output", "sdl_y", -1, configPath);
 
-    p->sync_updates = GetPrivateProfileInt("output", "alacritty_sync", 0, configPath);
+    p->sync_updates = GetPrivateProfileInt("output", "synchronized_sync", 0, configPath);
     p->show_idle_bar_heads = GetPrivateProfileInt("output", "show_idle_bar_heads", 1, configPath);
     p->waveform = GetPrivateProfileInt("output", "waveform", 0, configPath);
 

example_files/config

@@ -189,11 +189,11 @@
 # 'frequency' displays the lower cut off frequency of the bar above.
 # Only supported on ncurses and noncurses output.
 ; xaxis = none
-
-# enable alacritty synchronized updates. 1 = on, 0 = off
+ 
+# enable synchronized sync. 1 = on, 0 = off
 # removes flickering in alacritty terminal emulator.
 # defaults to off since the behaviour in other terminal emulators is unknown
-; alacritty_sync = 0
+; synchronized_sync = 0
 
 # Shaders for sdl_glsl, located in $HOME/.config/cava/shaders
 ; vertex_shader = pass_through.vert