add ability to register/deregister character joiner

src/renderer/Types.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * @license MIT
  */
 
-import { ITerminal } from '../Types';
+import { ITerminal, CharacterJoinerHandler } from '../Types';
 import { IEventEmitter, ITheme } from 'xterm';
 import { IColorSet } from '../shared/Types';
 
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ export interface IRenderer extends IEventEmitter {
   onOptionsChanged(): void;
   clear(): void;
   refreshRows(start: number, end: number): void;
+  registerCharacterJoiner(handler: CharacterJoinerHandler): number;
+  deregisterCharacterJoiner(joinerId: number): boolean;
 }
 
 export interface IColorManager {
@@ -96,6 +98,16 @@ export interface IRenderLayer {
    */
   onSelectionChanged(terminal: ITerminal, start: [number, number], end: [number, number]): void;
 
+  /**
+   * Registers a handler to join characters to render as a group
+   */
+  registerCharacterJoiner?(joiner: ICharacterJoiner): void;
+
+  /**
+   * Deregisters the specified character joiner handler
+   */
+  deregisterCharacterJoiner?(joinerId: number): void;
+
   /**
    * Resize the render layer.
    */
@@ -106,3 +118,8 @@ export interface IRenderLayer {
    */
   reset(terminal: ITerminal): void;
 }
+
+export interface ICharacterJoiner {
+  id: number;
+  handler: CharacterJoinerHandler;
+}