As reported in
https://github.com/mawww/kakoune/issues/4685#issuecomment-1200530001
ledger.kak defines a region end that matches every character of
the buffer. This causes performance issues for large buffers.
Since the affected regions are only ever filled with a single color,
just use a regex highlighter instead of a region highlighter.
This improves performance when loading the file for the first time.
Speedup on [example.journal.txt](https://github.com/mawww/kakoune/issues/4685#issuecomment-1193243588)
$ HOME=$PWD hyperfine -w 1 'git checkout HEAD'{~,}' -- :/rc/filetype/ledger.kak && ./kak.opt example.journal.txt -e "modeline-parse; hook global NormalIdle .* quit" -ui dummy'
Benchmark 1: git checkout HEAD~ -- :/rc/filetype/ledger.kak && ./kak.opt example.journal.txt -e "modeline-parse; hook global NormalIdle .* quit" -ui dummy
Time (mean ± σ): 362.1 ms ± 5.1 ms [User: 336.6 ms, System: 30.2 ms]
Range (min … max): 352.6 ms … 369.1 ms 10 runs
Benchmark 2: git checkout HEAD -- :/rc/filetype/ledger.kak && ./kak.opt example.journal.txt -e "modeline-parse; hook global NormalIdle .* quit" -ui dummy
Time (mean ± σ): 271.2 ms ± 16.7 ms [User: 252.8 ms, System: 24.0 ms]
Range (min … max): 253.9 ms … 305.0 ms 10 runs
Summary
'git checkout HEAD -- :/rc/filetype/ledger.kak && ./kak.opt example.journal.txt -e "modeline-parse; hook global NormalIdle .* quit" -ui dummy' ran
1.33 ± 0.08 times faster than 'git checkout HEAD~ -- :/rc/filetype/ledger.kak && ./kak.opt example.journal.txt -e "modeline-parse; hook global NormalIdle .* quit" -ui dummy'
`x` is often criticized as hard to predict due to its slightly complex
behaviour of selecting next line if the current one is fully selected.
Change `x` to use the previous `<a-x>` behaviour, and change `<a-x>` to
trim to fully selected lines as `<a-X>` did.
Adapt existing indentation script to the new behaviour
This commit allows using the <semicolon> expansion in commands, instead
of `\;`.
It makes commands look more elegant, and prevents new-comers from
falling into the trap of using <a-;> without escaping the semicolon.
