From d2ae1b0fb7cb66b997a82f9119e490f102ccea81 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christian Rocha <christian@rocha.is>
Date: Sun, 17 May 2020 19:28:12 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add command for listening for window resizes

---
 boba.go     |  2 +-
 commands.go | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/boba.go b/boba.go
index 8374672..2cb1faa 100644
--- a/boba.go
+++ b/boba.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ type Msg interface{}
 // Model contains the program's state.
 type Model interface{}
 
-// Cmd is an IO operation that runs once. If it's nil it's considered a no-op.
+// Cmd is an IO operation. If it's nil it's considered a no-op.
 type Cmd func() Msg
 
 // Batch peforms a bunch of commands concurrently with no ordering guarantees
diff --git a/commands.go b/commands.go
index 4e6cbe8..f6f7d7b 100644
--- a/commands.go
+++ b/commands.go
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 package boba
 
+// Convenience commands. Note part of the Boba runtime, but potentially handy.
+
 import (
 	"os"
+	"os/signal"
+	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
 	"golang.org/x/crypto/ssh/terminal"
@@ -58,3 +62,17 @@ func GetTerminalSize(newMsgFunc func(int, int, error) TerminalSizeMsg) Cmd {
 		return newMsgFunc(w, h, err)
 	}
 }
+
+// OnResize is used to listen for window resizes. Use GetTerminalSize to get
+// the windows dimensions. We don't fetch the window size with this command to
+// avoid a potential performance hit making the necessary system calls, since
+// this command could potentially run a lot. On that note, consider debouncing
+// this function.
+func OnResize(newMsgFunc func() Msg) Cmd {
+	return func() Msg {
+		sig := make(chan os.Signal)
+		signal.Notify(sig, syscall.SIGWINCH)
+		<-sig
+		return newMsgFunc()
+	}
+}