Add font width measuring

For precise display in Brief mode

Author: vdavid

docs/adr/010-migrate-to-bincode2.md

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+# Migration from bincode v1 to bincode2 v2
+
+**Date**: 2025-12-31
+
+## Context
+
+The original `bincode` crate became unmaintained in late 2024/early 2025 due to a doxxing and harassment incident. The maintainer ceased all development and published v3.0.0 as a "tombstone" release that intentionally fails to compile.
+
+## Decision
+
+Migrated to `bincode2` v2, a maintained fork by Pravega, which provides:
+- Drop-in replacement with minimal code changes
+- Ongoing maintenance and security updates
+- Compatible API with bincode v1
+- Active development
+
+## Alternatives considered
+
+1. **Stay on bincode v1**: No work needed, but no security updates or bug fixes
+2. **postcard**: Different API, would require more code changes
+3. **rkyv**: Zero-copy deserialization, but more complex API and higher migration effort
+4. **bincode v2.0.1**: Original but unmaintained version
+
+## Changes made
+
+1. **Cargo.toml**: Changed `bincode = "1"` to `bincode2 = "2"`
+2. **src-tauri/src/font_metrics/mod.rs**: Updated two function calls:
+   - `bincode::deserialize()` → `bincode2::deserialize()`
+   - `bincode::serialize()` → `bincode2::serialize()`
+3. **docs/features/font-metrics.md**: Updated documentation to mention bincode2
+
+## Impact
+
+- **Breaking change for cached data**: Existing font metrics cache files may need to be regenerated
+- **Location**: `~/Library/Application Support/com.rusty-commander.app/font-metrics/`
+- **Mitigation**: The app will automatically regenerate metrics if deserialization fails
+
+## Testing
+
+- ✅ All Rust tests pass (26/26)
+- ✅ Build succeeds
+- ✅ All checks pass (rustfmt, clippy, cargo-audit, cargo-deny, cargo-udeps)
+
+## References
+
+- bincode2 crate: https://crates.io/crates/bincode2
+- Original bincode situation: https://crates.io/crates/bincode

docs/features/font-metrics.md

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+# Font metrics for accurate column widths
+
+## Overview
+
+The file explorer uses a font metrics system to calculate accurate character widths for optimal column sizing in Brief
+mode. This ensures filenames are never truncated unnecessarily while avoiding excessive column widths.
+
+## How it works
+
+### Measurement phase (first app run)
+
+1. **Frontend measurement**: On first app start, the system measures ~67,000 characters using the Canvas API
+    - Coverage: Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP) + common emoji
+    - Includes CJK, Cyrillic, Arabic, Indic scripts, Latin Extended
+    - Takes ~100-300ms, runs in background using `requestIdleCallback`
+
+2. **Binary storage**: Measurements are serialized using bincode2 and saved to disk
+    - Location: `~/Library/Application Support/com.veszelovszki.rusty-commander/font-metrics/system-400-12.bin`
+    - Size: ~426KB (500KB theoretical max)
+    - Load time: ~5ms
+
+### Width calculation (every directory load)
+
+1. **Rust calculates max width**: During `list_directory_start()`, Rust:
+    - Iterates through all filenames
+    - Sums character widths using cached metrics
+    - Returns the maximum width alongside `listingId` and `totalCount`
+
+2. **Frontend uses width**: BriefList receives `maxFilenameWidth` and:
+    - Uses it for column width when available
+    - Falls back to estimation (`containerWidth / 3`) if metrics unavailable
+    - Automatically adapts columns to actual content
+
+## Performance
+
+- **Measurement**: ~100-300ms (one-time, on first run)
+- **Load from disk**: ~5ms (on subsequent runs)
+- **Width calculation**: ~1-10ms per directory (depends on file count)
+- **Total impact**: Negligible for directories under 100k files
+
+## Code organization
+
+```
+src-tauri/src/
+  └── font_metrics/
+      └── mod.rs              # Core metrics storage and calculation
+
+src/lib/
+  └── font-metrics/
+      ├── index.ts            # Public API
+      └── measure.ts          # Canvas measurement
+```
+
+## Font configuration
+
+Currently hardcoded to match CSS:
+
+- **Font family**: system font stack (`-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', system-ui, sans-serif`)
+- **Font weight**: 400 (normal)
+- **Font size**: 12px (`--font-size-sm`)
+- **Font ID**: `system-400-12`
+
+When font settings become user-configurable, the frontend will automatically re-measure and the cache key will be
+updated.
+
+## Example
+
+For a directory with files:
+
+- `README.md` (9 chars × 7.2px avg = 65px)
+- `package.json` (12 chars × 7.2px avg = 86px)
+- `中文文件.txt` (7 chars × 12px avg = 84px)
+
+The system calculates the max width as 86px, ensuring all filenames fit without truncation while keeping columns
+compact.
+
+## Limitations
+
+- Only supports a single font configuration at a time
+- Unmeasured characters (rare Unicode) fall back to average width
+- Column width is fixed for the entire directory (not per-column)

src-tauri/Cargo.lock

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ rayon = "1.11.0"
 uuid = { version = "1.19.0", features = ["v4"] }
 tauri-plugin-clipboard-manager = "2"
 notify-debouncer-full = "0.6.0"
+bincode2 = "2"
 
 [target.'cfg(not(any(target_os = "android", target_os = "ios")))'.dependencies]
 tauri-plugin-window-state = "2"

src-tauri/Cargo.toml

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+//! Tauri commands for font metrics operations.
+
+use crate::font_metrics;
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+
+/// Stores font metrics received from the frontend.
+///
+/// # Arguments
+/// * `app` - Tauri app handle for accessing app data directory
+/// * `font_id` - Font identifier (e.g., "system-400-12")
+/// * `widths` - Map of code point → width in pixels
+#[tauri::command]
+pub fn store_font_metrics<R: tauri::Runtime>(
+    app: tauri::AppHandle<R>,
+    font_id: String,
+    widths: HashMap<u32, f32>,
+) -> Result<(), String> {
+    // Store in memory
+    font_metrics::store_metrics(font_id.clone(), widths.clone())?;
+
+    // Save to disk
+    font_metrics::save_to_disk(&app, &font_id, &widths)?;
+
+    eprintln!("[FONT_METRICS] Stored metrics for font: {}", font_id);
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// Checks if font metrics are available for a font ID.
+///
+/// # Arguments
+/// * `font_id` - Font identifier to check
+#[tauri::command]
+pub fn has_font_metrics(font_id: String) -> bool {
+    font_metrics::has_metrics(&font_id)
+}

src-tauri/src/commands/font_metrics.rs

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 //! Tauri commands module.
 
 pub mod file_system;
+pub mod font_metrics;
 pub mod icons;
 #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
 pub mod sync_status;

src-tauri/src/commands/mod.rs

@@ -275,6 +275,9 @@ pub struct ListingStartResult {
     pub listing_id: String,
     /// Total number of entries in the directory
     pub total_count: usize,
+    /// Maximum filename width in pixels (for Brief mode columns)
+    /// None if font metrics are not available
+    pub max_filename_width: Option<f32>,
 }
 
 /// Starts a new directory listing.
@@ -319,15 +322,23 @@ pub fn list_directory_start(path: &Path, include_hidden: bool) -> Result<Listing
             listing_id.clone(),
             CachedListing {
                 path: path.to_path_buf(),
-                entries: all_entries,
+                entries: all_entries.clone(), // Clone to allow reuse below
             },
         );
     }
 
+    // Calculate max filename width if font metrics are available
+    let max_filename_width = {
+        let font_id = "system-400-12"; // Default font for now
+        let filenames: Vec<&str> = all_entries.iter().map(|e| e.name.as_str()).collect();
+        crate::font_metrics::calculate_max_width(&filenames, font_id)
+    };
+
     benchmark::log_event("list_directory_start RETURNING");
     Ok(ListingStartResult {
         listing_id,
         total_count,
+        max_filename_width,
     })
 }