Listen to editor events instead of polling

src/main/code_view/client_idea/actions/ToggleShowingCodeAction.kt

@@ -67,9 +67,11 @@ class ToggleShowingCodeAction : AnAction() {
     override fun actionPerformed(e: AnActionEvent) {
         context(e) {
             if (it.sync.syncing) {
+                it.listener.stop()
                 it.sync.stop()
             } else {
                 if (it.sync.start()) {
+                    it.listener.listen()
                     showSyncingNotification(it.sync.project, it.sync.session)
                 } else {
                     showErrorNotification(it.sync.project)

src/main/code_view/client_idea/services/SyncService.kt

@@ -2,32 +2,31 @@ package code_view.client_idea.services
 
 import code_view.client_idea.Client
 import code_view.client_idea.Session
-import code_view.client_idea.utils.SyncLoopThread
 import code_view.client_idea.settings.url
 import code_view.client_idea.utils.context
+import com.intellij.openapi.application.ApplicationManager
 import com.intellij.openapi.components.ServiceManager
 import com.intellij.openapi.editor.Caret
 import com.intellij.openapi.editor.Editor
 import com.intellij.openapi.fileEditor.FileEditorManager
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiFile
 import com.intellij.psi.util.PsiUtilBase
+import java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingQueue
 
 
 class SyncService {
     lateinit var project: Project
     lateinit var client: Client
     lateinit var session: Session
-    var previousSession: Session? = null
+    val queue = LinkedBlockingQueue<Session>()
     var syncing = false
 
     init {
-        SyncLoopThread {
-            if (syncing && project is Project) {
-                onDispatchThread {
-                    session = updateSession(session)
-                }
-
+        ApplicationManager.getApplication().executeOnPooledThread {
+            var previousSession: Session? = null
+            while (true) {
+                val session = queue.take()
                 if (session != previousSession && session.fileName != null) {
                     client.updateSession(session)
                     previousSession = session
@@ -74,6 +73,15 @@ class SyncService {
         return this
     }
 
+    fun sync() {
+        session = updateSession(session)
+        if (!queue.isEmpty()) {
+            queue.clear()
+        }
+
+        queue.offer(session)
+    }
+
     companion object {
         fun getInstance(project: Project) = ServiceManager
                 .getService(project, SyncService::class.java)

src/main/code_view/client_idea/utils/EditorListener.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+package code_view.client_idea.utils
+
+import com.intellij.openapi.editor.EditorFactory
+import com.intellij.openapi.editor.event.*
+
+
+class EditorListener(val ctx: Context) : CaretListener, DocumentListener, SelectionListener, VisibleAreaListener {
+    val editorManager: EditorEventMulticaster = EditorFactory.getInstance().eventMulticaster
+
+    fun listen() {
+        editorManager.addDocumentListener(this)
+        editorManager.addSelectionListener(this)
+        editorManager.addCaretListener(this)
+        editorManager.addVisibleAreaListener(this)
+    }
+
+    fun stop() {
+        editorManager.removeSelectionListener(this)
+        editorManager.removeDocumentListener(this)
+        editorManager.removeCaretListener(this)
+        editorManager.removeVisibleAreaListener(this)
+    }
+
+    override fun documentChanged(event: DocumentEvent) {
+        ctx.sync.sync()
+    }
+
+    override fun caretAdded(caretEvent: CaretEvent) {
+        ctx.sync.sync()
+    }
+
+    override fun caretRemoved(caretEvent: CaretEvent) {
+        ctx.sync.sync()
+    }
+
+    override fun beforeDocumentChange(event: DocumentEvent) {
+        ctx.sync.sync()
+    }
+
+    override fun caretPositionChanged(event: CaretEvent) {
+        ctx.sync.sync()
+    }
+
+    override fun visibleAreaChanged(event: VisibleAreaEvent) {
+        ctx.sync.sync()
+    }
+
+    override fun selectionChanged(event: SelectionEvent) {
+        ctx.sync.sync()
+    }
+}

src/main/code_view/client_idea/utils/context.kt

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project
 class Context(val project: Project) {
     val sync by lazy { SyncService.getInstance(project) }
     val settings by lazy { PropertiesComponent.getInstance(project)!! }
+    val listener by lazy { EditorListener(this) }
 }
 
 fun <T> context(project: Project, run: (context: Context) -> T) =