Merge pull request #18375 from bfredl/tui_rework

feat(ui): refactor TUI from thread to separate process

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/test/functional/helpers.lua b/test/functional/helpers.lua
index ca59eb3182..a14bedbbbd 100644
--- a/test/functional/helpers.lua
+++ b/test/functional/helpers.lua
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ function module.run_session(lsession, request_cb, notification_cb, setup_cb, tim
   end
 
   loop_running = true
-  session:run(on_request, on_notification, on_setup, timeout)
+  lsession:run(on_request, on_notification, on_setup, timeout)
   loop_running = false
   if last_error then
     local err = last_error
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ function module.run_session(lsession, request_cb, notification_cb, setup_cb, tim
     error(err)
   end
 
-  return session.eof_err
+  return lsession.eof_err
 end
 
 function module.run(request_cb, notification_cb, setup_cb, timeout)
@@ -465,8 +465,14 @@ end
 --    clear('-e')
 --    clear{args={'-e'}, args_rm={'-i'}, env={TERM=term}}
 function module.clear(...)
+  module.set_session(module.spawn_argv(false, ...))
+end
+
+-- same params as clear, but does returns the session instead
+-- of replacing the default session
+function module.spawn_argv(keep, ...)
   local argv, env, io_extra = module.new_argv(...)
-  module.set_session(module.spawn(argv, nil, env, nil, io_extra))
+  return module.spawn(argv, nil, env, keep, io_extra)
 end
 
 -- Builds an argument list for use in clear().