Virtual text isn't cleared 'on demand'

[igorlfs]

Hey!

Thanks for the nice plugin :)

I'm having trouble hiding the virtual text. There is some discussion about this issue in another thread:

          Even `:DapVirualTextDisable` doesn't clear the virt text for me: no new text is produced, but the old text does not hide.

Originally posted by @crhf in #14 (comment)

From what I understand, reading the original discussion, is that the logic to hide the virtual text is coupled with nvim-dap's event system. Nonetheless, it would be nice if commands like :DapVirtualTextDisable and :DapVirtualTextToggle could actually hide the text.

[nishantpillai5]

+1

[TheLeoP]

You can add a command to do this:

vim.api.nvim_create_user_command(
  "DapVirtualTextClear",
  function() require("nvim-dap-virtual-text.virtual_text").clear_virtual_text() end,
  {
    desc = "Clear all the virtual text displayed by nvim-dap-virtual-text",
  }
)

[igorlfs]

Hey, @TheLeoP, thanks for the suggestion!

I decided to take a deeper look and noticed that reverting commit 57f1dbd fixes the issue. This commit should reduce flickering, but with my (very) limited testing, I haven't noticed any flickering.