From ba5cb360db4dd226d7fd48cafe2a4fef30ea43d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hermes Agent <hermes@gharbeia.net>
Date: Tue, 12 May 2026 17:03:15 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] literate: create org/dirty.org as proof of literate
 programming workflow
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org/dirty.org is now the source of truth for dirty.lisp and
dirty-tests.lisp. The process:
  Overview → Contract → Tests → Implement → Tangle → Test (GREEN)

Hand-written .lisp files were deleted and regenerated from org alone
to prove the pipeline works.
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+#+TITLE: Dirty Tracking
+#+STARTUP: content
+#+FILETAGS: :cl-tty:components:
+
+* Overview
+
+The dirty tracking module provides a mixin class and protocol for
+marking components as needing re-render. This is the foundation of
+the incremental rendering pipeline.
+
+Without dirty tracking, every frame would re-render every component.
+With it, only components that changed (and their ancestors, for layout
+recomputation) get re-processed. The makes the difference between a
+60fps terminal UI and a flickering mess.
+
+This module is intentionally minimal: a single mixin class and two
+generic functions. The complexity lives in the propagation logic
+(see ~render.lisp~), but the dirty state itself is trivial.
+
+* Contract
+
+** ~dirty-mixin~
+
+A class that adds a ~dirty~ slot. Components that need dirty tracking
+inherit from this.
+
+- ~(dirty-p component)~ — returns ~t~ if the component needs re-render,
+  ~nil~ if it's up-to-date. New instances start dirty (~t~).
+
+** ~mark-clean~
+
+- ~(mark-clean component)~ — sets dirty to ~nil~. Called after rendering.
+- Specialized on ~dirty-mixin~; default method is a no-op.
+
+** ~mark-dirty~
+
+- ~(mark-dirty component)~ — sets dirty to ~t~. Called when the component's
+  state changes (user typed a character, selection changed, etc.).
+- Specialized on ~dirty-mixin~; default method is a no-op.
+
+* Tests
+
+#+BEGIN_SRC lisp :tangle ../src/components/dirty-tests.lisp
+;; Dirty tracking tests are in box-tests.lisp (same test suite)
+(in-package :cl-tty-box-test)
+(in-suite box-suite)
+
+(test dirty-mixin-default-is-dirty
+  "A dirty-mixin starts as dirty"
+  (let ((c (make-instance 'dirty-mixin)))
+    (is-true (dirty-p c) "new component should be dirty")))
+
+(test mark-clean-clears-dirty
+  "mark-clean sets dirty to nil"
+  (let ((c (make-instance 'dirty-mixin)))
+    (mark-clean c)
+    (is-false (dirty-p c) "after mark-clean, should not be dirty")))
+
+(test mark-dirty-sets-dirty
+  "mark-dirty sets dirty to t"
+  (let ((c (make-instance 'dirty-mixin)))
+    (mark-clean c)
+    (mark-dirty c)
+    (is-true (dirty-p c) "after mark-dirty, should be dirty again")))
+#+END_SRC
+
+* Implementation
+
+The entire module is a class and two generic functions. The design
+choice: make this a separate mixin rather than part of the base
+~component~ class. This lets non-UI objects (layout nodes, render
+commands) opt into dirty tracking without inheriting from component.
+
+#+BEGIN_SRC lisp :tangle ../src/components/dirty.lisp
+(in-package :cl-tty.box)
+
+;; ── Dirty Tracking ─────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+(defclass dirty-mixin ()
+  ((dirty :initform t :accessor dirty-p)))
+#+END_SRC
+
+The ~initform t~ is critical: new components are dirty by default so
+the first render pass doesn't skip them. If this default were ~nil~,
+new components would be invisible until something explicitly marked
+them dirty.
+
+#+BEGIN_SRC lisp :tangle ../src/components/dirty.lisp
+(defgeneric mark-clean (component)
+  (:method ((c dirty-mixin))
+    (setf (dirty-p c) nil)))
+#+END_SRC
+
+~mark-clean~ is called at the end of a render cycle. The default
+method (for non-dirty-mixin components) is a no-op — they have no
+dirty state to clear.
+
+#+BEGIN_SRC lisp :tangle ../src/components/dirty.lisp
+(defgeneric mark-dirty (component)
+  (:method ((c dirty-mixin))
+    (setf (dirty-p c) t)))
+#+END_SRC
+
+~mark-dirty~ is called whenever the component's visual state changes.
+Together with ~propagate-dirty~ in the render pipeline, this ensures
+that when a text input gains a character, not just the input component
+but its containing box, tab, and screen all get re-rendered.
+
+These are generic functions (not plain functions) so other mixins or
+base classes can provide their own methods. The ~:method~ on
+~dirty-mixin~ provides the default implementation for anything that
+includes this mixin.