Fix hyperlinks not present when fetching text from the history buffer

Fixes #5427

docs/changelog.rst

@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@ Detailed list of changes
 
 - Allow ignoring failure to close windows/tabs via rc commands (:disc:`5406`)
 
+- Fix hyperlinks not present when fetching text from the history buffer
+  (:iss:`5427`)
+
 
 0.25.2 [2022-06-07]
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

kitty/fast_data_types.pyi

@@ -990,9 +990,6 @@ def create_test_font_group(sz: float, dpix: float,
 
 class HistoryBuf:
 
-    def as_text(self, callback: Callable[[str], None], as_ansi: bool, insert_wrap_markers: bool) -> None:
-        pass
-
     def pagerhist_as_text(self, upto_output_start: bool = False) -> str:
         pass
 
@@ -1143,6 +1140,7 @@ class Screen:
         pass
     as_text_non_visual = as_text
     as_text_alternate = as_text
+    as_text_for_history_buf = as_text
 
     def cmd_output(self, which: int, callback: Callable[[str], None], as_ansi: bool, insert_wrap_markers: bool) -> bool:
         pass

kitty/history.c

@@ -480,13 +480,11 @@ get_line_wrapper(void *x, int y) {
     return &glw->line;
 }
 
-static PyObject*
+PyObject*
-as_text(HistoryBuf *self, PyObject *args) {
+as_text_history_buf(HistoryBuf *self, PyObject *args, ANSIBuf *output) {
     GetLineWrapper glw = {.self=self};
     glw.line.xnum = self->xnum;
-    ANSIBuf output = {0};
+    PyObject *ans = as_text_generic(args, &glw, get_line_wrapper, self->count, output);
-    PyObject *ans = as_text_generic(args, &glw, get_line_wrapper, self->count, &output);
-    free(output.buf);
     return ans;
 }
 
@@ -523,7 +521,6 @@ static PyMethodDef methods[] = {
     METHODB(pagerhist_rewrap, METH_O),
     METHODB(pagerhist_as_text, METH_VARARGS),
     METHODB(pagerhist_as_bytes, METH_VARARGS),
-    METHODB(as_text, METH_VARARGS),
     METHOD(dirty_lines, METH_NOARGS)
     METHOD(push, METH_VARARGS)
     METHOD(rewrap, METH_VARARGS)

kitty/screen.c

@@ -2744,6 +2744,11 @@ as_text_non_visual(Screen *self, PyObject *args) {
     return as_text_generic(args, self, get_range_line, self->lines, &self->as_ansi_buf);
 }
 
+static PyObject*
+as_text_for_history_buf(Screen *self, PyObject *args) {
+    return as_text_history_buf(self->historybuf, args, &self->as_ansi_buf);
+}
+
 static PyObject*
 as_text_generic_wrapper(Screen *self, PyObject *args, get_line_func get_line) {
     return as_text_generic(args, self, get_line, self->lines, &self->as_ansi_buf);
@@ -3975,6 +3980,7 @@ static PyMethodDef methods[] = {
     MND(set_pending_timeout, METH_O)
     MND(as_text, METH_VARARGS)
     MND(as_text_non_visual, METH_VARARGS)
+    MND(as_text_for_history_buf, METH_VARARGS)
     MND(as_text_alternate, METH_VARARGS)
     MND(cmd_output, METH_VARARGS)
     MND(tab, METH_NOARGS)

kitty/screen.h

@@ -241,6 +241,7 @@ typedef struct SelectionUpdate {
 } SelectionUpdate;
 void screen_update_selection(Screen *self, index_type x, index_type y, bool in_left_half, SelectionUpdate upd);
 bool screen_history_scroll(Screen *self, int amt, bool upwards);
+PyObject* as_text_history_buf(HistoryBuf *self, PyObject *args, ANSIBuf *output);
 Line* screen_visual_line(Screen *self, index_type y);
 unsigned long screen_current_char_width(Screen *self);
 void screen_mark_url(Screen *self, index_type start_x, index_type start_y, index_type end_x, index_type end_y);

kitty/window.py

@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ def as_text(
     if add_history:
         pht = pagerhist(screen, as_ansi, add_wrap_markers)
         h: List[str] = [pht] if pht else []
-        screen.historybuf.as_text(h.append, as_ansi, add_wrap_markers)
+        screen.as_text_for_history_buf(h.append, as_ansi, add_wrap_markers)
         if h:
             if not screen.linebuf.is_continued(0):
                 h[-1] += '\n'