From 791be81914bfde7ced846c5942f0f1d0e45c71b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jules <jules@example.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:37:01 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] feat: expand AST detection for in-place EEG edits and inject
 plotting syncs

---
 src/eegprep/functions/adminfunc/console.py | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 55 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/eegprep/functions/adminfunc/console.py b/src/eegprep/functions/adminfunc/console.py
index 032d3b04..9eac85f6 100644
--- a/src/eegprep/functions/adminfunc/console.py
+++ b/src/eegprep/functions/adminfunc/console.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 _EEG_CORE_FIELDS = ("nbchan", "srate", "pnts", "trials")
 _ACTIVE_TERMINAL_BUFFER = contextvars.ContextVar("_ACTIVE_TERMINAL_BUFFER", default=None)
 _MATLAB_MULTI_ASSIGN_PATTERN = re.compile(r"^\s*\[([A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*(?:\s+[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*)+)\]\s*=")
+_MUTATING_METHODS = {"pop", "update", "clear", "setdefault", "insert", "remove", "append", "extend", "fill"}
 _TUPLE_ASSIGNMENT_TARGET_PATTERN = re.compile(
     r"(^|;\s*)\(([A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*(?:,\s*[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*)+)\)\s*="
 )
@@ -339,6 +340,14 @@ def close(self) -> None:
         self.session.remove_gui_action_listener(self._gui_action_event)
         self._finish_gui_action_output()
 
+    def sync_state(self) -> None:
+        """Force the workspace to push its state to the session and refresh the GUI."""
+        eeg = self.namespace.get("EEG")
+        if _is_eeg_selection(eeg):
+            self._store_eeg(eeg, "")
+        self.pull_from_session()
+        self._refresh()
+
     def pull_from_session(self) -> None:
         """Mirror session state into the console namespace."""
         self.namespace["eegprep"] = self._eegprep_proxy
@@ -350,6 +359,7 @@ def pull_from_session(self) -> None:
         self.namespace["LASTCOM"] = self.session.LASTCOM
         self.namespace["STUDY"] = self.session.STUDY
         self.namespace["CURRENTSTUDY"] = self.session.CURRENTSTUDY
+        self.namespace["refresh"] = self.sync_state
 
     def after_execute(self, source: str, *, success: bool = True) -> None:
         """Push console-side workspace edits back into the session."""
@@ -661,6 +671,8 @@ def post_run_cell(result: Any) -> None:
             _safe_after_execute(self.workspace, raw_cell, success=success, write=sys.stderr.write)
 
         self.shell.events.register("post_run_cell", post_run_cell)
+        if hasattr(self.shell, "ast_transformers"):
+            self.shell.ast_transformers.append(_PlotSyncInjector())
         try:
             self.shell()
         finally:
@@ -937,6 +949,43 @@ def _normalise_tuple_assignment_targets(text: str) -> str:
     return _TUPLE_ASSIGNMENT_TARGET_PATTERN.sub(lambda match: f"{match.group(1)}{match.group(2)} =", text)
 
 
+class _PlotSyncInjector(ast.NodeTransformer):
+    def visit_Expr(self, node: ast.Expr) -> Any:
+        self.generic_visit(node)
+        return self._inject_if_needed(node)
+
+    def visit_Assign(self, node: ast.Assign) -> Any:
+        self.generic_visit(node)
+        return self._inject_if_needed(node)
+
+    def visit_AnnAssign(self, node: ast.AnnAssign) -> Any:
+        self.generic_visit(node)
+        return self._inject_if_needed(node)
+
+    def visit_AugAssign(self, node: ast.AugAssign) -> Any:
+        self.generic_visit(node)
+        return self._inject_if_needed(node)
+
+    def _inject_if_needed(self, node: ast.stmt) -> list[ast.stmt] | ast.stmt:
+        has_ui_call = False
+        for child in ast.walk(node):
+            if isinstance(child, ast.Call) and isinstance(child.func, ast.Name):
+                if child.func.id.startswith("pop_") or child.func.id in {"eegplot", "eeg_browser", "eegbrowser"}:
+                    has_ui_call = True
+                    break
+        if has_ui_call:
+            refresh_call = ast.Expr(
+                value=ast.Call(
+                    func=ast.Name(id="refresh", ctx=ast.Load()),
+                    args=[],
+                    keywords=[],
+                )
+            )
+            ast.copy_location(refresh_call, node)
+            return [refresh_call, node]
+        return node
+
+
 class _ConsoleCommandArgumentConverter(ast.NodeTransformer):
     def __init__(self) -> None:
         self.changed = False
@@ -1415,6 +1464,12 @@ def _workspace_assignment_targets(source: str) -> set[str]:
             raw_targets = node.targets if isinstance(node, ast.Assign) else [node.target]
             for target in raw_targets:
                 targets.update(root for root in _target_root_names(target) if root in WORKSPACE_NAMES)
+        elif isinstance(node, ast.Delete):
+            for target in node.targets:
+                targets.update(root for root in _target_root_names(target) if root in WORKSPACE_NAMES)
+        elif isinstance(node, ast.Call):
+            if isinstance(node.func, ast.Attribute) and node.func.attr in _MUTATING_METHODS:
+                targets.update(root for root in _target_root_names(node.func.value) if root in WORKSPACE_NAMES)
     return targets