Work on framerate-independent cursor animation

Has several different easing methods, but defaults to linear for now.
ease_out_quad was also pretty good, but which specific method we choose
will be more a personal preference than an objective thing

src/renderer/animation_utils.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+use skulpin::skia_safe::Point;
+
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+pub fn ease_linear(t: f32) -> f32 {
+    t
+}
+
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+pub fn ease_in_quad(t: f32) -> f32 {
+    t * t
+}
+
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+pub fn ease_out_quad(t: f32) -> f32 {
+    -t * (t - 2.0)
+}
+
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+pub fn ease_in_out_quad(t: f32) -> f32 {
+    if t < 0.5 {
+        2.0 * t * t
+    } else {
+        let n = t * 2.0 - 1.0;
+        -0.5 * (n * (n - 2.0) - 1.0)
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn lerp(start: f32, end: f32, t: f32) -> f32 {
+    start + (end - start) * t
+}
+
+pub fn ease(ease_func: fn(f32) -> f32, start: f32, end: f32, t: f32) -> f32 {
+    lerp(start, end, ease_func(t))
+}
+
+pub fn ease_point(ease_func: fn(f32) -> f32, start: Point, end: Point, t: f32) -> Point {
+    Point {
+        x: ease(ease_func, start.x, end.x, t),
+        y: ease(ease_func, start.y, end.y, t),
+    }
+}

src/renderer/cursor_renderer.rs

@@ -2,12 +2,16 @@ use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
 
 use skulpin::skia_safe::{Canvas, Paint, Path, Point};
 
+use crate::settings::SETTINGS;
+use crate::renderer::animation_utils::*;
 use crate::renderer::CachingShaper;
 use crate::editor::{EDITOR, Colors, Cursor, CursorShape};
 use crate::redraw_scheduler::REDRAW_SCHEDULER;
 
-const AVERAGE_MOTION_PERCENTAGE: f32 = 0.7;
+
-const MOTION_PERCENTAGE_SPREAD: f32 = 0.5;
+
+const BASE_ANIMATION_LENGTH_SECONDS: f32 = 0.06;
+const CURSOR_TRAIL_SIZE: f32 = 0.6;
 const COMMAND_LINE_DELAY_FRAMES: u64 = 5;
 const DEFAULT_CELL_PERCENTAGE: f32 = 1.0 / 8.0;
 
@@ -85,47 +89,67 @@ impl BlinkStatus {
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct Corner {
-    pub current_position: Point,
+    start_position: Point,
-    pub relative_position: Point,
+    current_position: Point,
+    relative_position: Point,
+    previous_destination: Point, 
+    t: f32,
 }
 
+
 impl Corner {
-    pub fn new(relative_position: Point) -> Corner {
+    pub fn new() -> Corner {
         Corner {
+            start_position: Point::new(0.0, 0.0),
             current_position: Point::new(0.0, 0.0),
-            relative_position
+            relative_position: Point::new(0.0, 0.0),
+            previous_destination: Point::new(-1000.0, -1000.0),
+            t: 0.0,
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn update(&mut self, font_dimensions: Point, destination: Point) -> bool {
+    pub fn update(&mut self, font_dimensions: Point, destination: Point, dt: f32) -> bool {
-        let relative_scaled_position: Point = 
+        if destination != self.previous_destination {
-            (self.relative_position.x * font_dimensions.x, self.relative_position.y * font_dimensions.y).into();
+            self.t = 0.0;
+            self.start_position = self.current_position;
+            self.previous_destination = destination;
+        }
+
+        let finished_animating = self.t >= 1.0; // Check first if animation's over, so we still render one frame at t == 1.0
+
+        if self.t <= 1.0 {
+            // Calculate window-space destination for corner
+            let relative_scaled_position: Point = (
+                self.relative_position.x * font_dimensions.x,
+                self.relative_position.y * font_dimensions.y,
+            )
+                .into();
+
             let corner_destination = destination + relative_scaled_position;
 
-        let delta = corner_destination - self.current_position;
+            // Calculate how much a corner will be lagging behind based on how much it's aligned
-
+            // with the direction of motion. Corners in front will move faster than corners in the
-        if delta.length() > 0.0 {
+            // back
-            // Project relative_scaled_position (actual possition of the corner relative to the
+            let corner_direction = {
-            // center of the cursor) onto the remaining distance vector. This gives us the relative
+                let mut d = destination - self.current_position;
-            // distance to the destination along the delta vector which we can then use to scale the
+                d.normalize();
-            // motion_percentage.
+                d
-            let motion_scale = delta.dot(relative_scaled_position) / delta.length() / font_dimensions.length();
+            };
-
+
-            // The motion_percentage is then equal to the motion_scale factor times the
+            let direction_alignment = corner_direction.dot(self.relative_position);
-            // MOTION_PERCENTAGE_SPREAD and added to the AVERAGE_MOTION_PERCENTAGE. This way all of
+
-            // the percentages are positive and spread out by the spread constant.
+            self.current_position = ease_point(
-            let motion_percentage = motion_scale * MOTION_PERCENTAGE_SPREAD + AVERAGE_MOTION_PERCENTAGE;
+                ease_linear,
-
+                self.start_position, 
-            // Then the current_position is animated by taking the delta vector, multiplying it by
+                corner_destination, 
-            // the motion_percentage and adding the resulting value to the current position causing
+                self.t);
-            // the cursor to "jump" toward the target destination. Since further away corners jump
+
-            // slower, the cursor appears to smear toward the destination in a satisfying and
+            let corner_dt = dt * lerp(1.0, 1.0 - CURSOR_TRAIL_SIZE, direction_alignment);
-            // visually trackable way.
+
-            let delta = corner_destination - self.current_position;
+            self.t = (self.t + corner_dt / BASE_ANIMATION_LENGTH_SECONDS).min(1.0)
-            self.current_position += delta * motion_percentage;
         }
 
-        delta.length() > 0.001
+        !finished_animating
     }
 }
 
@@ -139,7 +163,7 @@ pub struct CursorRenderer {
 impl CursorRenderer {
     pub fn new() -> CursorRenderer {
         let mut renderer = CursorRenderer {
-            corners: vec![Corner::new((0.0, 0.0).into()); 4],
+            corners: vec![Corner::new(); 4],
             previous_position: (0, 0),
             command_line_delay: 0,
             blink_status: BlinkStatus::new()
@@ -221,10 +245,12 @@ impl CursorRenderer {
 
         self.set_cursor_shape(&cursor.shape, cursor.cell_percentage.unwrap_or(DEFAULT_CELL_PERCENTAGE));
 
+        let dt = 1.0 / (SETTINGS.get("refresh_rate").read_u16() as f32);
+
         let mut animating = false;
         if !center_destination.is_zero() {
             for corner in self.corners.iter_mut() {
-                let corner_animating = corner.update(font_dimensions, center_destination);
+                let corner_animating = corner.update(font_dimensions, center_destination, dt);
                 animating = animating || corner_animating;
             }
         }

src/renderer/mod.rs

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use skulpin::skia_safe::{Canvas, Paint, Surface, Budgeted, Rect, colors, dash_pa
 use skulpin::skia_safe::gpu::SurfaceOrigin;
 use log::trace;
 
+mod animation_utils;
 mod caching_shaper;
 mod cursor_renderer;