Remove getNullCell

Replace with fetching cell (0,0) and using that as the initial null cell. We
can reconsider adding this back if it's needed

addons/xterm-addon-serialize/src/SerializeAddon.ts

@@ -16,9 +16,7 @@ abstract class BaseSerializeHandler {
   constructor(private _buffer: IBuffer) { }
 
   serialize(startRow: number, endRow: number): string {
-    // we need two of them to flip between old and new cell
-    const cell1 = this._buffer.getNullCell();
-    const cell2 = this._buffer.getNullCell();
+    const { cell1, cell2 } = this._getWorkCells();
     let oldCell = cell1;
 
     this._beforeSerialize(endRow - startRow);
@@ -44,6 +42,22 @@ abstract class BaseSerializeHandler {
     return this._serializeString();
   }
 
+  private _getWorkCells(): { cell1: IBufferCell, cell2: IBufferCell } {
+    const line = this._buffer.getLine(0);
+    if (!line) {
+      throw new Error('Could not fetch first line for serialization');
+    }
+    const cell1 = line.getCell(0);
+    if (!cell1) {
+      throw new Error('Could not fetch first cell for serialization');
+    }
+    const cell2 = line.getCell(0);
+    if (!cell2) {
+      throw new Error('Could not fetch first cell for serialization');
+    }
+    return { cell1, cell2 };
+  }
+
   protected _nextCell(cell: IBufferCell, oldCell: IBufferCell, row: number, col: number): void { }
   protected _rowEnd(row: number): void { }
   protected _beforeSerialize(rows: number): void { }

src/public/Terminal.ts

@@ -204,7 +204,6 @@ class BufferApiView implements IBufferApi {
     }
     return new BufferLineApiView(line);
   }
-  public getNullCell(): IBufferCellApi { return new CellData(); }
 }
 
 class BufferLineApiView implements IBufferLineApi {

typings/xterm.d.ts

@@ -955,13 +955,6 @@ declare module 'xterm' {
      * @param y The line index to get.
      */
     getLine(y: number): IBufferLine | undefined;
-
-    /**
-     * Creates an empty cell object suitable as a cell reference in
-     * `line.getCell(x, cell)`. Use this to avoid costly recreation of
-     * cell objects when dealing with tons of cells.
-     */
-    getNullCell(): IBufferCell;
   }
 
   /**