Editor only renders lines when it is attached to the DOM

spec/app/editor-spec.coffee

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ describe "Editor", ->
   describe "construction", ->
     it "assigns an empty buffer and correctly handles text input (regression coverage)", ->
       editor = new Editor
+      editor.attachToDom()
       expect(editor.buffer.getPath()).toBeUndefined()
       expect(editor.lines.find('.line').length).toBe 1
       editor.insertText('x')
@@ -61,6 +62,9 @@ describe "Editor", ->
       expect(openHandler).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
 
   describe "text rendering", ->
+    beforeEach ->
+      editor.attachToDom()
+
     it "creates a line element for each line in the buffer with the html-escaped text of the line", ->
       expect(editor.lines.find('.line').length).toEqual(buffer.numLines())
       expect(buffer.lineForRow(2)).toContain('<')
@@ -97,16 +101,8 @@ describe "Editor", ->
 
     describe "when soft-wrap is enabled", ->
       beforeEach ->
-        otherEditor = new Editor
-        otherEditor.setBuffer editor.buffer
-        otherEditor.attachToDom()
-        charWidth = otherEditor.charWidth
-        linesPositionLeft = otherEditor.lines.position().left
-        otherEditor.remove()
-        editor.width(charWidth * 50 + linesPositionLeft)
+        setEditorWidthInChars(editor, 50)
         editor.setSoftWrap(true)
-        editor.attachToDom()
-
         expect(editor.renderer.maxLineLength).toBe 50
 
       it "wraps lines that are too long to fit within the editor's width, adjusting cursor positioning accordingly", ->
@@ -176,6 +172,16 @@ describe "Editor", ->
         editor.moveCursorRight()
         expect(editor.getCursorScreenPosition()).toEqual [11, 0]
 
+      it "calls .setMaxLineLength() when the editor is attached because now its dimensions are available to calculate it", ->
+        otherEditor = new Editor()
+        spyOn(otherEditor, 'setMaxLineLength')
+
+        otherEditor.setSoftWrap(true)
+        expect(otherEditor.setMaxLineLength).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+
+        otherEditor.simulateDomAttachment()
+        expect(otherEditor.setMaxLineLength).toHaveBeenCalled()
+
   describe "gutter rendering", ->
     it "creates a line number element for each line in the buffer", ->
       expect(editor.gutter.find('.line-number').length).toEqual(buffer.numLines())
@@ -1531,6 +1537,9 @@ describe "Editor", ->
         expect(selections[0].getBufferRange()).toEqual [[4,7], [5,27]]
 
   describe "buffer manipulation", ->
+    beforeEach ->
+      editor.attachToDom()
+
     describe "when text input events are triggered on the hidden input element", ->
       describe "when there is no selection", ->
         it "inserts the typed character at the cursor position, both in the buffer and the pre element", ->
@@ -1995,6 +2004,9 @@ describe "Editor", ->
           expect(buffer.lineForRow(1)).toBe "  var first = function(items) {"
 
   describe "folding", ->
+    beforeEach ->
+      editor.attachToDom()
+
     describe "when a fold-selection event is triggered", ->
       it "folds the selected text and moves the cursor to just after the placeholder, then treats the placeholder as a single character", ->
         editor.getSelection().setBufferRange(new Range([4, 29], [7, 4]))
@@ -2087,6 +2099,7 @@ describe "Editor", ->
     elements = null
 
     beforeEach ->
+      editor.attachToDom()
       elements = $$ ->
         @div "A", class: 'line'
         @div "B", class: 'line'

src/app/editor.coffee

@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ class Editor extends View
     @attached = true
     @subscribeToFontSize()
     @calculateDimensions()
+    @renderLines()
     @hiddenInput.width(@charWidth)
     @setMaxLineLength() if @softWrap
     @focus() if @isFocused
@@ -258,7 +259,7 @@ class Editor extends View
     @buffer.on "path-change.editor#{@id}", => @trigger 'editor-path-change'
 
     @renderer = new Renderer(@buffer, { maxLineLength: @calcMaxLineLength(), tabText: @tabText })
-    @renderLines()
+    @renderLines() if @attached
     @gutter.renderLineNumbers()
 
     @loadEditSessionForBuffer(@buffer)
@@ -316,8 +317,9 @@ class Editor extends View
 
     @compositeCursor.updateBufferPosition() unless e.bufferChanged
 
-    lineElements = @buildLineElements(newRange.start.row, newRange.end.row)
-    @replaceLineElements(oldRange.start.row, oldRange.end.row, lineElements)
+    if @attached
+      lineElements = @buildLineElements(newRange.start.row, newRange.end.row)
+      @replaceLineElements(oldRange.start.row, oldRange.end.row, lineElements)
 
   buildLineElements: (startRow, endRow) ->
     charWidth = @charWidth
@@ -380,7 +382,7 @@ class Editor extends View
     @renderer.createFold(range)
 
   setSoftWrap: (@softWrap, maxLineLength=undefined) ->
-    @setMaxLineLength(maxLineLength)
+    @setMaxLineLength(maxLineLength) if @attached
     if @softWrap
       @addClass 'soft-wrap'
       @_setMaxLineLength = => @setMaxLineLength()