From be82b6bed9892f4e320badbfccd7a46039f156e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Paul Gauthier (aider)" <paul@aider.chat>
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2025 05:57:35 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] docs: add comments to explain MarkdownStream class and
 methods

---
 aider/mdstream.py | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/aider/mdstream.py b/aider/mdstream.py
index 947777651..d1c1051b9 100755
--- a/aider/mdstream.py
+++ b/aider/mdstream.py
@@ -41,72 +41,97 @@ The end.
 
 
 class MarkdownStream:
-    live = None
-    when = 0
-    min_delay = 0.050
-    live_window = 6
+    """Streaming markdown renderer that progressively displays content with a live updating window.
+    
+    Uses rich.console and rich.live to render markdown content with smooth scrolling and partial updates.
+    Maintains a sliding window of visible content while streaming in new markdown text.
+    """
+    
+    live = None  # Rich Live display instance
+    when = 0  # Timestamp of last update
+    min_delay = 0.050  # Minimum time between updates (20fps)
+    live_window = 6  # Number of lines to keep visible at bottom during streaming
 
     def __init__(self, mdargs=None):
-        self.printed = []
+        """Initialize the markdown stream.
+        
+        Args:
+            mdargs (dict, optional): Additional arguments to pass to rich Markdown renderer
+        """
+        self.printed = []  # Stores lines that have already been printed
 
         if mdargs:
             self.mdargs = mdargs
         else:
             self.mdargs = dict()
 
+        # Initialize rich Live display with empty text
         self.live = Live(Text(""), refresh_per_second=1.0 / self.min_delay)
         self.live.start()
 
     def __del__(self):
+        """Destructor to ensure Live display is properly cleaned up."""
         if self.live:
             try:
                 self.live.stop()
             except Exception:
-                pass
+                pass  # Ignore any errors during cleanup
 
     def update(self, text, final=False):
+        """Update the displayed markdown content.
+        
+        Args:
+            text (str): New markdown text to append
+            final (bool): If True, this is the final update and we should clean up
+        """
         now = time.time()
+        # Throttle updates to maintain smooth rendering
         if not final and now - self.when < self.min_delay:
             return
         self.when = now
 
+        # Render the markdown to a string buffer
         string_io = io.StringIO()
         console = Console(file=string_io, force_terminal=True)
-
         markdown = Markdown(text, **self.mdargs)
-
         console.print(markdown)
         output = string_io.getvalue()
 
+        # Split rendered output into lines
         lines = output.splitlines(keepends=True)
         num_lines = len(lines)
 
+        # During streaming, keep a window of lines at the bottom visible
         if not final:
             num_lines -= self.live_window
 
+        # If we have new content to display...
         if final or num_lines > 0:
             num_printed = len(self.printed)
-
             show = num_lines - num_printed
 
+            # Skip if no new lines to show
             if show <= 0:
                 return
 
+            # Get the new lines and display them
             show = lines[num_printed:num_lines]
             show = "".join(show)
             show = Text.from_ansi(show)
             self.live.console.print(show)
 
+            # Update our record of printed lines
             self.printed = lines[:num_lines]
 
+        # Handle final update cleanup
         if final:
             self.live.update(Text(""))
             self.live.stop()
             self.live = None
         else:
+            # Update the live window with remaining lines
             rest = lines[num_lines:]
             rest = "".join(rest)
-            # rest = '...\n' + rest
             rest = Text.from_ansi(rest)
             self.live.update(rest)