Starting async LaTeX rendering.

LogarithmPlotter/qml/eu/ad5001/LogarithmPlotter/ObjectLists/ObjectRow.qml

@@ -100,10 +100,10 @@ Item {
             anchors.left: parent.left
             visible: Modules.Latex.enabled
             property double depth: Screen.devicePixelRatio
-            property var ltxInfo: visible ? Latex.render(obj.getLatexString(), depth*(parent.font.pixelSize+2), parent.color).split(",") : ["","0","0"]
+            property var ltxInfo: visible ? Modules.Latex.renderSync(obj.getLatexString(), depth*(parent.font.pixelSize+2), parent.color) : { source: "", width: 0, height: 0 }
-            source: visible ? ltxInfo[0] : ""
+            source: visible ? ltxInfo.source : ""
-            width: parseInt(ltxInfo[1])/depth
+            width: ltxInfo.width/depth
-            height: parseInt(ltxInfo[2])/depth
+            height: ltxInfo.height/depth
         }
         
         MouseArea {

LogarithmPlotter/qml/eu/ad5001/LogarithmPlotter/js/canvas.mjs

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import { Module } from "./modules.mjs"
 import { textsup } from "./utils.mjs"
 import { Expression } from "./mathlib.mjs"
+import Latex from "./math/latex.mjs"
 
 
 class CanvasAPI extends Module {
@@ -168,6 +169,8 @@ class CanvasAPI extends Module {
                         obj.draw(this)
                     } catch(e) {
                         // Drawing throws an error. Generally, it's due to a new modification (or the opening of a file)
+                        console.error(e)
+                        console.log(e.stack)
                         this._drawingErrorDialog.showDialog(objType, obj.name, e.message)
                         Modules.History.undo()
                     }
@@ -452,24 +455,25 @@ class CanvasAPI extends Module {
      * Renders latex markup ltxText to an image and loads it. Returns a dictionary with three values: source, width and height.
      * @param {string} ltxText
      * @param {string} color
-     * @param {function({width: number, height: number, source: string})} callback
+     * @param {function(LatexRenderResult|{width: number, height: number, source: string})} callback
      */
     renderLatexImage(ltxText, color, callback) {
-        let [ltxSrc, ltxWidth, ltxHeight] = Latex.render(ltxText, this.textsize, color).split(",")
+        const onRendered = (imgData) => {
-        let imgData = {
+            if(!this._canvas.isImageLoaded(imgData.source) && !this._canvas.isImageLoading(imgData.source)){
-            "source": ltxSrc,
-            "width": parseFloat(ltxWidth),
-            "height": parseFloat(ltxHeight)
-        };
-        if(!this._canvas.isImageLoaded(ltxSrc) && !this._canvas.isImageLoading(ltxSrc)){
                 // Wait until the image is loaded to callback.
-            this._canvas.loadImage(ltxSrc)
+                this._canvas.loadImage(imgData.source)
-            this._canvas.imageLoaders[ltxSrc] = [callback, imgData]
+                this._canvas.imageLoaders[imgData.source] = [callback, imgData]
             } else {
                 // Callback directly
                 callback(imgData)
             }
         }
+        const prerendered = Latex.findPrerendered(ltxText, this.textsize, color)
+        if(prerendered !== null)
+            onRendered(prerendered)
+        else
+            Latex.requestAsyncRender(ltxText, this.textsize, color).then(onRendered)
+    }
 
     //
     // Context methods

LogarithmPlotter/qml/eu/ad5001/LogarithmPlotter/js/history/common.mjs

@@ -115,12 +115,12 @@ export class Action {
         if(!Latex.enabled)
             throw new Error("Cannot render an item as LaTeX when LaTeX is disabled.")
         let imgDepth = Modules.History.imageDepth
-        let [src, width, height] = Latex.render(
+        let { source, width, height } = Latex.renderSync(
             latexString,
             imgDepth * (Modules.History.fontSize + 2),
             Modules.History.themeTextColor
-        ).split(",")
+        )
-        return `<img src="${src}" width="${parseInt(width)/imgDepth}" height="${parseInt(height)/imgDepth}" style="vertical-align: middle"/>`
+        return `<img src="${source}" width="${width/imgDepth}" height="${height/imgDepth}" style="vertical-align: middle"/>`
     }
     
     /**

LogarithmPlotter/qml/eu/ad5001/LogarithmPlotter/js/math/latex.mjs

@@ -39,6 +39,20 @@ const equivalchars = ["\\alpha","\\beta","\\gamma","\\delta","\\epsilon","\\zeta
     "{}_{4}","{}_{5}","{}_{6}","{}_{7}","{}_{8}","{}_{9}","{}_{0}",
     "\\pi", "\\infty"]
 
+/**
+ * Class containing the result of a LaTeX render.
+ * 
+ * @property {string} source - Exported PNG file
+ * @property {number} width 
+ * @property {number} height 
+ */
+class LatexRenderResult {
+    constructor(source, width, height) {
+        this.source = source
+        this.width = parseFloat(width)
+        this.height = parseFloat(height)
+    }
+}
 
 class LatexAPI extends Module {
     constructor() {
@@ -50,11 +64,50 @@ class LatexAPI extends Module {
          * true if latex has been enabled by the user, false otherwise.
          */
         this.enabled = Helper.getSettingBool("enable_latex")
+    }
+    
     /**
-         * Mirror method for Python object.
+     * Prepares and renders a latex string into a png file.
-         * @type {function(string, number, string): string}.
+     * 
+     * @param {string} markup - LaTeX markup to render.
+     * @param {number} fontSize - Font size (in pt) to render.
+     * @param {color} color - Color of the text to render.
+     * @returns {LatexRenderResult}
      */
-        this.render = Latex.render
+    renderSync(markup, fontSize, color) {
+        let args = Latex.render(markup, fontSize, color).split(",")
+        return new LatexRenderResult(...args)
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Checks if the given markup (with given font size and color) has already been
+     * rendered, and if so, returns its data. Otherwise, returns null.
+     * 
+     * @param {string} markup - LaTeX markup to render.
+     * @param {number} fontSize - Font size (in pt) to render.
+     * @param {color} color - Color of the text to render.
+     * @returns {LatexRenderResult|null}
+     */
+    findPrerendered(markup, fontSize, color) {
+        const data = Latex.findPrerendered(markup, fontSize, color)
+        let ret = null
+        if(data !== "")
+            ret = new LatexRenderResult(...data.split(","))
+        return ret
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Prepares and renders a latex string into a png file asynchronously.
+     * 
+     * @param {string} markup - LaTeX markup to render.
+     * @param {number} fontSize - Font size (in pt) to render.
+     * @param {color} color - Color of the text to render.
+     * @returns {Promize<LatexRenderResult>}
+     */
+    requestAsyncRender(markup, fontSize, color) {
+        return new Promise(resolve => {
+            resolve(this.renderSync(markup, fontSize, color))
+        })
     }
 
     /**

LogarithmPlotter/util/latex.py

@@ -93,14 +93,12 @@ class Latex(QObject):
                 valid_install = False # Should have sent an error message if failed to render
         return valid_install
 
-
     @Slot(str, float, QColor, result=str)
     def render(self, latex_markup: str, font_size: float, color: QColor) -> str:
         """
         Prepares and renders a latex string into a png file.
         """
-        markup_hash = "render" + str(hash(latex_markup))
+        markup_hash, export_path = self.create_export_path(latex_markup, font_size, color)
-        export_path = path.join(self.tempdir.name, f'{markup_hash}_{int(font_size)}_{color.rgb()}')
         if self.latexSupported and not path.exists(export_path + ".png"):
             print("Rendering", latex_markup, export_path)
             # Generating file
@@ -122,6 +120,28 @@ class Latex(QObject):
         # Small hack, not very optimized since we load the image twice, but you can't pass a QImage to QML and expect it to be loaded
         return f'{export_path}.png,{img.width()},{img.height()}'
     
+    @Slot(str, float, QColor, result=str)
+    def findPrerendered(self, latex_markup: str, font_size: float, color: QColor):
+        """
+        Finds a prerendered image and returns its data if possible, and an empty string if not.
+        """
+        markup_hash, export_path = self.create_export_path(latex_markup, font_size, color)
+        data = ""
+        if path.exists(export_path + ".png"):
+            img = QImage(export_path)
+            data = f'{export_path}.png,{img.width()},{img.height()}'
+        return data
+        
+        
+    def create_export_path(self, latex_markup: str, font_size: float, color: QColor):
+        """
+        Standardizes export path for renders.
+        """
+        markup_hash = "render" + str(hash(latex_markup))
+        export_path = path.join(self.tempdir.name, f'{markup_hash}_{int(font_size)}_{color.rgb()}')
+        return markup_hash, export_path
+    
+
     def create_latex_doc(self, export_path: str, latex_markup: str):
         """
         Creates a temporary latex document with base file_hash as file name and a given expression markup latex_markup.