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Fix popup buffer selection and remaining newline geometry mismatches - #707

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Problem

Follow-up to merged #703, addressing the maintainer's post-merge newline extent, popup reader, and replacement/replay geometry findings.

Reproduction

  • While the popup key reader waits, a timer displays another buffer inside save-current-buffer, then queues a locally bound key. The old reader returned the old buffer's command.
  • Insert "AAA\n\nBBB\n" and replace positions 5–6 with (propertize "\n" 'face '(:height 0.1 :inverse-video t :extend t)): the old native executable retained a 14-pixel row instead of a short newline.
  • A :height 2.0 overlay newline also retained a 14-pixel row. The simple tall buffer-newline control already grew correctly; it is retained as a control, not presented as a reproduced buffer bug.
  • With a short buffer newline and line-spacing 5, move only point onto the newline after retaining rows: the old native replay cursor was 1 pixel high in a 6-pixel row; pinned GNU used 6 pixels.
  • Broad verification exposed an existing logical-extent bug: raising/lowering text reduced its opposite extent. Native raised/lowered probes returned 18/14-pixel rows respectively, versus GNU's 21-pixel rows.

GNU Emacs reference

Inspected and built GNU Emacs 31.1, commit a360712c9d272d950d8d8255ef74570f7e90b7d9:

  • src/keyboard.c, read_menu_command (1691–1710), first-event selected-buffer reconciliation (11365–11381), and the separate Lisp reader call path. Popup/menu reading requests fix_current_buffer; Lisp readers do not.
  • src/xdisp.c empty-newline metrics (24238–24316), primary newline font metrics (33755–33849), and independent ascent/descent maxima (34356–34357).
  • get_phys_cursor_geometry (2707–2750): default/visible-height minimum and the full-row height bound, including spacing.
  • take_vertical_position_into_account (32363–32375): raising increases ascent without reducing descent; lowering increases descent without reducing ascent.
  • src/term.c fixed-cell metrics (1768–1769); terminal rows must not inherit GUI font shrinking.

Root causes and solution

  • Opt the existing popup reader into SelectedWindow, keeping its other options and rooting/unwind behavior. Lisp-facing readers retain CurrentBuffer.
  • Resolve any differing newline ascent/descent, retaining the unchanged-default fast path.
  • Realize and measure string newline faces before replacement-policy interception. Pass the same primary-font measurement to both intercepted and ordinary newline finalizers, avoiding a second query. Apply authoritative replacement-row extents only for concrete-font geometry; preserve terminal cells and mixed-content maxima.
  • Choose retained point-glyph metrics, or an explicit no-glyph fallback, then always use the canonical full-row cursor resolver. Do not blindly add spacing to every cursor.
  • Correct the logical content-extents helper so raised/lowered glyphs retain their opposite extent during newline resolution. The new broader newline predicate exposed this preexisting incompatibility.
  • The independent worker reconstruction fixture previously omitted its already-measured primary newline extents. Supply them from its own measurer, as buffer rendering and the worker already do. The complete row and source-slot equality assertions remain intact; this is not a relaxed expected-height assertion.

Regression tests

  • Deterministic popup asynchronous-switch regression failed before the correction; existing Lisp-current-buffer controls remain intact.
  • New tall newline, replacement newline, and cursor replay regressions all failed before correction. Coverage includes GUI/terminal controls, extension on/off, mixed text, cursor-only reuse, unchanged row geometry, zero/nonzero spacing, normal/tall/short fonts, boxed faces, hidden text, and EOB.
  • A direct shifted-glyph metric test failed with (13, 13) versus expected (16, 13) before the directional-extent correction; it covers raising, lowering, and zero offset.
  • Added native replacement, tall-overlay, cursor-replay, raised-text, and lowered-text probes, executable against both Neomacs and the pinned GNU reference. The first three failed on the pre-fix executable; the latter two failed on the intermediate executable before the directional correction.

Initial verification (before review follow-up)

Executed on Apple Silicon macOS:

  • cargo nextest run -p neovm-core -E 'test(input_wait::) | test(read_key_sequence) | test(popup_key_reader_follows_selected_buffer_after_async_display)': 77 passed. Broader keyboard/input/menu selection: 263 passed.
  • Five focused layout tests (the three new geometry regressions, directional logical extents, and independent worker reconstruction): 5 passed.
  • cargo nextest run -p neomacs-layout-engine --no-fail-fast --test-threads 16: 3,343 run; 3,311 passed; 32 failed. Every failure name exactly matches the previous baseline, whose production source tree is identical to upstream 8d327f6f32190eb4c1948cf9af20c93de000de2e; no new failures. The suite is not fully green.
  • Subsequently added and executed shifted_text_does_not_resize_terminal_cells: 1 passed, covering both raise directions with content-only line height. No production code changed after the full-suite run; the now-3,344-test target was not redundantly rerun in full.
  • Headerpad-enabled cargo build -p neomacs --features webview --release, then cargo xtask fresh-build --release --skip-build: passed. Only the preceding Cargo compilation was reused; Lisp byte compilation and dump regeneration were not skipped.
  • cargo nextest run -p neomacs-gui-tests --test gui -E 'test(commit_editing::)' --test-threads 1 --no-fail-fast: 11/11 passed on the final Neomacs executable and 11/11 passed with NEOMACS_GUI_TEST_BINARY pointing to the locally built pinned GNU reference. Each run contains nine native GUI probes and two pure backend-selection tests.
  • cargo clippy -p neomacs-layout-engine -p neovm-core --lib: passed with existing warnings.
  • Targeted Rust formatting checks, git diff --check, and pinned-GNU Lisp check-parens: passed.

Limitations

Native execution was on Apple Silicon macOS. Linux/X11/Wayland and Windows runtime execution was not performed. GNU's interrupted-terminal/buffer-sentinel replay machinery has no corresponding existing Neomacs path; this patch does not invent that architecture or claim those separate cases are implemented. This task does not replace or repackage the user's installed or dist/ app.

Review follow-up: fresh and retained cursor geometry

Implemented in a48137e1f7e0abd33258b90fc032096ff21b025c.

Addresses review comments 4501618522, 4501618525, and the native replay-coverage nit.

Verified contract and correction

The newline mismatch was real, but retaining only the newline face's descent would fix the wrong side. In the pinned GNU Emacs 31.1 reference, append_space_for_newline (src/xdisp.c:24318–24319) assigns the synthetic newline glyph the accumulated row ascent/descent. Spacing has already enlarged those extents. get_phys_cursor_geometry (2707–2756) uses point-glyph descent and the full-row bound.

Native GNU probes with taller text before a normal or small newline returned 28-pixel cursors without spacing and 33 pixels with spacing, for both cold and retained layout. The old Neomacs cold cursor used 25/22 pixels and its retained cursor omitted spacing.

  • Distinguish synthetic-newline, active-face, and explicitly captured glyph/display-box geometry. Resolve synthetic newlines from finalized row extents, including spacing; do not apply this rule indiscriminately to EOB or hidden text.
  • Use actual covering-glyph height/ascent for cursor-only and scroll replay, through the same canonical vertical resolver. Preserve width, stretch, coordinate, and cursor-role handling.
  • Ordinary fresh capture previously retained primary-face metrics even when shaping chose another font. Resolve measured active-face captures against the finalized point glyph. Explicit image/stretch/string captures keep their own contracts. This also restores equality of the existing Arabic and CJK worker/fresh traces without weakening their assertions.
  • If a concrete-font point glyph is unmeasured, decline reuse and restore the retry checkpoint instead of guessing its descent. A new missing-measurement/stretch regression reproduced a 30-pixel retained cursor versus 33.2 pixels after fresh capture before this correction. Logical-cell behavior is preserved.
  • Native probes mark the exact telemetry byte interval around the point-only redisplay. The Rust harness requires cursor_only > 0, reused > 0, and relaid_body == 0; a full rebuild cannot satisfy the proof. GNU runs check geometry only. A pure parser regression rejects missing reuse, full-layout-only telemetry, and rebuilt body rows.

Follow-up verification

Executed on Apple Silicon macOS:

  • Original mixed-height newline and scroll regressions: both failed before correction. Focused convergence checks: 6 passed, including the two existing worker parity tests and the new unmeasured-point fallback control.
  • cargo nextest run -p neomacs-layout-engine --no-fail-fast --test-threads 12: 3,347 run; 3,315 passed; 32 failed. The failure names exactly match the previous baseline; no new failures. The suite is not fully green.
  • Headerpad-enabled cargo build -p neomacs --features webview --release, followed by cargo xtask fresh-build --release --skip-build: passed. Only the preceding Cargo compilation was reused; byte compilation and dump regeneration were not skipped.
  • cargo nextest run -p neomacs-gui-tests --test gui -E 'test(commit_editing::)' --test-threads 1 --no-fail-fast: 13/13 passed on the final Neomacs executable. This includes ten native-GUI tests (the mixed-newline test runs four cases) and three pure controls. Native cursor probes verified actual cursor-only row reuse using telemetry. The same target also passed 13/13 with NEOMACS_GUI_TEST_BINARY pointing to the locally built pinned GNU Emacs 31.1 reference; GNU checks geometry only.
  • cargo clippy -p neomacs-layout-engine -p neomacs-display-protocol --lib: passed with warnings.
  • Targeted Rust formatting, git diff --check, and pinned-GNU Lisp check-parens: passed.

Linux/X11/Wayland and Windows execution was not performed. This follow-up does not replace or repackage either the installed app or dist/neomacs.app. The Org whitespace report is a separate investigation, not part of this PR.

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The changes update newline height resolution, vertical extents, and cursor replay. They add layout and GUI regression tests for newline geometry. Popup menu key-sequence reading now uses the selected window’s buffer, with a regression test for an asynchronous buffer switch.

Changes: Newline geometry

Layer / File(s) Summary
Resolve newline font metrics
crates/neomacs-layout-engine/src/display_row/{metrics.rs,mod.rs,render_policy.rs,replacement.rs}, crates/neomacs-layout-engine/src/row_layout/tests/program_test.rs
The renderer measures eligible row-break faces before policy evaluation and passes the metrics through replacement handling to row finalization. Newline height resolution now applies when either height or descent differs from the default.
Resolve cursor vertical metrics
crates/neomacs-layout-engine/src/display_cursor.rs, crates/neomacs-layout-engine/src/buffer_source/{render_plan.rs,row_lifecycle.rs}, crates/neomacs-display-protocol/src/glyph_matrix.rs, crates/neomacs-layout-engine/src/{display_row/source_append/tests/source_append_test.rs,engine/tests/engine_test.rs}
Captured cursor information identifies its vertical-metric source. Cursor publication and replay use point-glyph or row metrics according to that source. Replay declines when required metrics are unavailable.
Validate newline geometry and replay
crates/neomacs-layout-engine/src/display_row/finalizer.rs, crates/neomacs-layout-engine/src/display_row/finalizer/tests/finalizer_test.rs, crates/neomacs-layout-engine/src/tests/engine_line_spacing_test.rs, crates/neomacs-gui-tests/fixtures/newline-geometry.el, crates/neomacs-gui-tests/tests/commit_editing.rs
Vertical offsets adjust ascent or descent according to their sign. Layout tests and GUI probes cover newline heights, raised or lowered text, cursor geometry, and replay telemetry.

Popup key reading

Layer / File(s) Summary
Read popup keys with the selected window buffer
crates/neovm-core/src/emacs_core/display/display/mod.rs, crates/neovm-core/src/emacs_core/display/display/tests/display_test.rs
Popup key-sequence reading selects the current window’s buffer while retaining other default options. A regression test covers a timer switching buffers while keys are read.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Possibly related PRs

  • eval-exec/neomacs#703: This PR follows up on #703 with popup key-reader behavior and newline height resolution and cursor replay changes.
Merge Risk: Low · up to a4813

The cursor geometry replay fix looks sound. One minor inefficiency remains: some cursor replays fall back to a full relayout when they could reuse the retained cursor. This is safe and can be followed up on.

Pre-merge checks: Passed 4 · Inconclusive 1

Failed Failed checks: 1 inconclusive

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Docstring Coverage Inconclusive Docstring coverage is 78.26% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documenta… Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Description check Passed The description covers the popup reader, newline and cursor geometry, glyph extents, and regression tests in the changeset.
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Status: No Issues Found | Recommendation: Merge

Files Reviewed (9 files)
  • crates/neomacs-display-protocol/src/glyph_matrix.rs
  • crates/neomacs-gui-tests/fixtures/newline-geometry.el
  • crates/neomacs-gui-tests/tests/commit_editing.rs
  • crates/neomacs-layout-engine/src/buffer_source/render_plan.rs
  • crates/neomacs-layout-engine/src/buffer_source/row_lifecycle.rs
  • crates/neomacs-layout-engine/src/display_cursor.rs
  • crates/neomacs-layout-engine/src/display_row/source_append/tests/source_append_test.rs
  • crates/neomacs-layout-engine/src/engine/tests/engine_test.rs
  • crates/neomacs-layout-engine/src/tests/engine_line_spacing_test.rs
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Status: No Issues Found | Recommendation: Merge

Files Reviewed (13 files)
  • crates/neomacs-gui-tests/fixtures/newline-geometry.el
  • crates/neomacs-gui-tests/tests/commit_editing.rs
  • crates/neomacs-layout-engine/src/buffer_source/render_plan.rs
  • crates/neomacs-layout-engine/src/display_row/finalizer.rs
  • crates/neomacs-layout-engine/src/display_row/finalizer/tests/finalizer_test.rs
  • crates/neomacs-layout-engine/src/display_row/metrics.rs
  • crates/neomacs-layout-engine/src/display_row/mod.rs
  • crates/neomacs-layout-engine/src/display_row/render_policy.rs
  • crates/neomacs-layout-engine/src/display_row/replacement.rs
  • crates/neomacs-layout-engine/src/row_layout/tests/program_test.rs
  • crates/neomacs-layout-engine/src/tests/engine_line_spacing_test.rs
  • crates/neovm-core/src/emacs_core/display/display/mod.rs
  • crates/neovm-core/src/emacs_core/display/display/tests/display_test.rs

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[Medium impact] The PR appears safe to merge, with a non-blocking cursor-height issue in mixed-size, right-to-left replacement strings.

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  1. P2 Cursor uses another character's height ▶
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### Issue 1
crates/neomacs-layout-engine/src/display_cursor.rs:1463-1469
`publish_captured_cursor` takes height and ascent from the first visible glyph covering point. A right-to-left replacement string can have several glyphs covering the same buffer position, with different font sizes. After reordering, the first visible glyph need not have the smallest string index, which is the glyph `resolve_slot` selects for the cursor.

The cursor can therefore use one character's position and another character's height. Select both from the same glyph.

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For each issue above, determine whether it is valid and should be fixed. If so, fix it directly.

Summary

This PR fixes popup key selection and newline row sizing.

  • Newline rows now use the newline font even when it is taller.
  • Cursors on newlines now match the full row during redraw.
  • Popup keys now follow the buffer shown in the selected window.
  • Raised and lowered text keeps the glyph's opposite row extent.

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crates/neomacs-gui-tests/fixtures/newline-geometry.el: 1

75-78: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Assert cursor-only replay in the GUI probe.

Full layout can pass the geometry check without exercising cursor reconstruction. For the Neomacs run, capture layout statistics around the point move and assert cursor-only replay with reused rows for that redisplay. Keep the GNU reference run geometry-only.

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Update the NEOMACS_COMMIT_PROBE short-newline-cursor path around goto-char and
redisplay to capture the existing layout statistics before and after the point
move, then assert that this redisplay used cursor-only replay with rows reused.
Keep the GNU reference run’s check geometry-only, and use the project’s
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- Around line 956-965: Update the scroll-replay cursor metrics resolution in
decorate_window_cursor to use the point glyph’s face height and ascent rather
than the whole mixed-font row metrics. Preserve the existing cursor position and
row geometry handling.
- Around line 950-955: Update cursor replay around point_face_metrics so newline
positions retain the newline face’s own height and ascent instead of falling
back to row-level metrics that may include taller text. Preserve the existing
spacing-bounded cursor behavior and ensure replay matches a fresh rebuild.

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Review comments at @crates/neomacs-gui-tests/fixtures/newline-geometry.el:
- Around line 75-78: Update the NEOMACS_COMMIT_PROBE short-newline-cursor path
around goto-char and redisplay to capture the existing layout statistics before
and after the point move, then assert that this redisplay used cursor-only
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🔵 Needs a closer look

The changes affect compatibility-sensitive input handling and newline/row/cursor geometry across multiple rendering paths (including popup/replacement-string interception), so they warrant maintainer review and runtime verification on non-macOS backends (e.g., X11/Wayland/Windows/TTY) to confirm GNU-parity and cross-platform behavior.

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What changed in this PR

This pull request follows up on #703 to fix popup/menu key reading buffer selection and to resolve remaining newline-driven row/cursor geometry mismatches so behavior aligns more closely with GNU Emacs across normal rendering, replacement/interception paths, and retained-row replay.

Changes:

  • Make popup/menu key reading resolve commands using the selected window’s displayed buffer (rather than the caller’s current buffer) in async buffer-switch scenarios.
  • Unify newline font metric handling so short/tall newline faces correctly drive GUI row extents, including display-property replacement strings, while preserving terminal cell behavior.
  • Fix cursor replay vertical bounds to use canonical full-row geometry (including spacing) and correct raise/lower extent accounting so shifting doesn’t shrink the opposite extent; add targeted regressions (Rust + GUI fixture).
File Summary
crates/​neovm-core/​src/​emacs_core/​display/​display/​tests/​display_test.rs Adds a regression test for popup key reader buffer selection after an async display/buffer switch.
crates/​neovm-core/​src/​emacs_core/​display/​display/​mod.rs Switches popup/menu key reading to follow the selected window’s buffer-selection policy while preserving existing reader semantics.
crates/​neomacs-layout-engine/​src/​tests/​engine_line_spacing_test.rs Adds regression coverage for newline height effects, terminal raise/lower invariants, and cursor replay geometry.
crates/​neomacs-layout-engine/​src/​row_layout/​tests/​program_test.rs Ensures independent worker reconstruction supplies primary newline font metrics so finalized metrics match captured measurements.
crates/​neomacs-layout-engine/​src/​display_row/​replacement.rs Measures and propagates newline font metrics for intercepted replacement-string newlines and applies consistent height resolution.
crates/​neomacs-layout-engine/​src/​display_row/​render_policy.rs Extends the render-policy interception hook to accept optional measured newline font metrics.
crates/​neomacs-layout-engine/​src/​display_row/​mod.rs Measures primary newline font metrics once and threads them through interception and row-break finalization.
crates/​neomacs-layout-engine/​src/​display_row/​metrics.rs Broadens the predicate for when newline height resolution is required (including taller/changed newline metrics).
crates/​neomacs-layout-engine/​src/​display_row/​finalizer/​tests/​finalizer_test.rs Adds a targeted test ensuring raised/lowered glyphs preserve the opposite logical extent.
crates/​neomacs-layout-engine/​src/​display_row/​finalizer.rs Fixes logical ascent/descent accumulation for raise/lower so only the displaced side grows while the opposite extent is preserved.
crates/​neomacs-layout-engine/​src/​buffer_source/​render_plan.rs Updates cursor replay to pick point glyph metrics (or a no-glyph fallback) and always apply canonical full-row cursor resolution.
crates/​neomacs-gui-tests/​tests/​commit_editing.rs Generalizes fixture running and adds GUI probe tests covering newline/replay/raise-lower regressions.
crates/​neomacs-gui-tests/​fixtures/​newline-geometry.el Adds a GUI fixture probing replacement/tall newline geometry, cursor replay bounds, and shifted-text extents.

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Pushed a48137e addressing both cursor findings and the native-test coverage nit. The native harness now checks the exact telemetry interval for cursor_only > 0, reused > 0, and relaid_body == 0; GNU runs check geometry only. Final native target: 13/13 passed on Neomacs and 13/13 on pinned GNU 31.1. Full layout target: 3,347 run, 3,315 passed, the same 32 baseline failures and no new failures. Release/fresh-build, library Clippy, formatting, and Lisp checks passed. The PR body includes the GNU source contract, reproductions, regression results, and platform limits.

Comment on lines +1463 to +1469
if let Some(glyph) = row.glyphs[GlyphArea::Text.index()].iter().find(|glyph| {
glyph.pixel_height > 0.0
&& row
.glyph_covers_buffer_charpos(glyph, self.point_charpos.max(0) as usize)
}) {
cursor.face_h = glyph.pixel_height;
cursor.face_ascent = glyph.pixel_ascent;

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P2 Cursor uses another character's height

publish_captured_cursor takes height and ascent from the first visible glyph covering point. A right-to-left replacement string can have several glyphs covering the same buffer position, with different font sizes. After reordering, the first visible glyph need not have the smallest string index, which is the glyph resolve_slot selects for the cursor.

The cursor can therefore use one character's position and another character's height. Select both from the same glyph.

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**Cursor uses another character's height**

`publish_captured_cursor` takes height and ascent from the first visible glyph covering point. A right-to-left replacement string can have several glyphs covering the same buffer position, with different font sizes. After reordering, the first visible glyph need not have the smallest string index, which is the glyph `resolve_slot` selects for the cursor.

The cursor can therefore use one character's position and another character's height. Select both from the same glyph.

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For each issue above, determine whether it is valid and should be fixed. If so, fix it directly.

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Fixed in follow-up #708 (a6eab3a), since #707 was merged while I was working on this. The semantic slot resolver now carries the selected text-glyph index with its column; fresh and replay paths use that same selection for metrics, replacement width, and paint. Selection precedes the measurement check, so an unmeasured logical-first glyph cannot be silently replaced by a different measured visual candidate. The new differently sized RTL replacement regression failed before correction (height/ascent 22/19 versus 24/19); an expanded differently colored case also exposed the replay paint mismatch. It now checks selected width/color and whole-cursor equality after actual cursor-only replay. A new native probe failed on the previous Neomacs executable and passed on pinned GNU 31.1, then passed on the corrected Neomacs with telemetry proving row reuse. Final GUI/control targets: 14/14 on both executables. Full layout target: 3,349 run, 3,317 passed, the same 32 baseline failures and no new failures. The follow-up also addresses CodeRabbit’s unchanged-point retained-cursor nit with a red/green regression.

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crates/neomacs-layout-engine/src/buffer_source/render_plan.rs: 1

971-982: Trivial · Performance & Scalability · Quick win

Compute retained point metrics only when the cursor is rebuilt.

When point is unchanged, replay can retain the existing cursor. If the point glyph has zero height, such as a glyphless glyph, concrete-font replay instead triggers a full relayout. The retained cursor does not use the calculated metrics.

♻️ Suggested fix

-                    let buffer_newline = buf_access
-                        .byte_at(buf_access.charpos_to_bytepos(replay.new_point))
-                        == Some(b'\n');
-                    let Some((face_height, face_ascent)) = retained_point_cursor_metrics(
-                        row,
-                        replay.new_point as usize,
-                        buffer_newline,
-                        default_face.measurement_policy(),
-                    ) else {
-                        output.restore_retry_checkpoint(retry_checkpoint);
-                        return BufferSourceRenderAttemptOutcome::ReplayMispredicted;
-                    };
-                    let (y, height, ascent) =
-                        crate::display_cursor::resolve_cursor_vertical_metrics(
-                            cursor_row_pixel_y,
-                            face_height,
-                            face_ascent,
-                            row.height_px,
-                            row.ascent_px,
-                            geometry.char_height,
-                            row.ends_at_zv,
-                        );
-                    cursor_row_pixel_y = y;
-                    cursor_height = height;
-                    cursor_ascent = ascent;
+                    if replay.retained_cursor.is_none() {
+                        let buffer_newline = buf_access
+                            .byte_at(buf_access.charpos_to_bytepos(replay.new_point))
+                            == Some(b'\n');
+                        let Some((face_height, face_ascent)) = retained_point_cursor_metrics(
+                            row,
+                            replay.new_point as usize,
+                            buffer_newline,
+                            default_face.measurement_policy(),
+                        ) else {
+                            output.restore_retry_checkpoint(retry_checkpoint);
+                            return BufferSourceRenderAttemptOutcome::ReplayMispredicted;
+                        };
+                        let (y, height, ascent) =
+                            crate::display_cursor::resolve_cursor_vertical_metrics(
+                                cursor_row_pixel_y,
+                                face_height,
+                                face_ascent,
+                                row.height_px,
+                                row.ascent_px,
+                                geometry.char_height,
+                                row.ends_at_zv,
+                            );
+                        cursor_row_pixel_y = y;
+                        cursor_height = height;
+                        cursor_ascent = ascent;
+                    }
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Review comment at @crates/neomacs-layout-engine/src/buffer_source/render_plan.rs
around lines 971 - 982:
In the replay path, compute retained point cursor metrics only when the cursor
is being rebuilt. Guard the `retained_point_cursor_metrics` call and the
associated `resolve_cursor_vertical_metrics` updates with
`replay.retained_cursor.is_none()`; preserve the existing retry-checkpoint
restoration and `ReplayMispredicted` outcome when metric calculation fails.

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Review comments at
@crates/neomacs-layout-engine/src/buffer_source/render_plan.rs:
- Around line 971-982: In the replay path, compute retained point cursor metrics
only when the cursor is being rebuilt. Guard the `retained_point_cursor_metrics`
call and the associated `resolve_cursor_vertical_metrics` updates with
`replay.retained_cursor.is_none()`; preserve the existing retry-checkpoint
restoration and `ReplayMispredicted` outcome when metric calculation fails.

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Follow-up #708 addresses the new RTL glyph-selection comment and CodeRabbit’s unchanged-point retained-cursor nit. Since #707 is already merged, the fixes are on a separate branch based on its upstream merge. Both new engine regressions failed before the correction. Final GUI/control targets passed 14/14 on Neomacs and pinned GNU 31.1; the full layout target ran 3,349 tests with 3,317 passed and the same 32 baseline failures (no new failures). Release/fresh-build, library Clippy, formatting, and Lisp checks passed. Existing app bundles were not replaced.

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