feat: added homescreen for the editor, and made it the fallback input…

… file if no file was passed as argument

Makefile

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ SHARED_DIR:=${HOME}/.local/share/${BINARY_NAME}-${VERSION}
 AUTHOR:="Massiles Ghernaout"
 
 info: 
+	bash ./scripts/update_version_using_git_tags.sh
+	$(eval VERSION=$(shell cat ./VERSION))
+
 	@echo "Project: ${BINARY_NAME}@${VERSION}"
 	@echo "Author: ${AUTHOR}"
 
@@ -16,6 +19,10 @@ bin:
 
 binstatic:
 	rm -rf bin/*
+
+	bash ./scripts/update_version_using_git_tags.sh
+	$(eval VERSION=$(shell cat ./VERSION))
+
 	@echo "Building a static executable..."
 	CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -a -tags netgo,osusergo -ldflags "-X main.version=${VERSION} -X main.binary_name=${BINARY_NAME} -extldflags '-static -s -w'" -o bin/${BINARY_NAME} cmd/main.go
 
@@ -26,6 +33,10 @@ runsrc:
 	ENV=dev DEBUG=true go run ./cmd/main.go
 
 make_bin_shared: 
+	bash ./scripts/update_version_using_git_tags.sh
+	$(eval VERSION=$(shell cat ./VERSION))
+	$(eval SHARED_DIR=${HOME}/.local/share/${BINARY_NAME}-${VERSION})
+
 	cp $(shell pwd)/bin/${BINARY_NAME} ${SHARED_DIR}/${BINARY_NAME};
 	@echo "The ${BINARY_NAME} binary file can be found in ${SHARED_DIR}";
 	@echo ""
@@ -37,11 +48,6 @@ setup:
 	@echo ""
 	@echo "Setting up the config and local shared directories, and the appropriate files."
 
-	bash ./scripts/update_version_using_git_tags.sh
-	$(eval VERSION=$(shell cat ./VERSION))
-	$(eval CONFIG_DIR=${HOME}/.config/${BINARY_NAME}-${VERSION})
-	$(eval SHARED_DIR=${HOME}/.local/share/${BINARY_NAME}-${VERSION})
-
 	bash ./scripts/setup_config_dir.sh 
 	bash ./scripts/setup_shared_dir.sh 
 
@@ -50,8 +56,17 @@ setup:
 install: setup make_bin_shared  
 
 rm_local_bin: 
+	bash ./scripts/update_version_using_git_tags.sh
+	$(eval VERSION=$(shell cat ./VERSION))
+	$(eval SHARED_DIR=${HOME}/.local/share/${BINARY_NAME}-${VERSION})
+
 	rm -rf ${SHARED_DIR}/${BINARY_NAME}
 
 uninstall: rm_local_bin 
+	bash ./scripts/update_version_using_git_tags.sh
+	$(eval VERSION=$(shell cat ./VERSION))
+	$(eval CONFIG_DIR=${HOME}/.config/${BINARY_NAME}-${VERSION})
+	$(eval SHARED_DIR=${HOME}/.local/share/${BINARY_NAME}-${VERSION})
+
 	rm -rf ${CONFIG_DIR}
 	rm -rf ${SHARED_DIR}

cmd/main.go

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ const (
 // constants
 var QUIT bool = false
 var WRAP bool = true //TODO: add this to a config file
-var WRAP_AFTER int = 60
+var WRAP_AFTER int = 80
 var ROWS, COLS int
 var SAVE_TO_FILE_MAX_ERROR_COUNT int = 3
 var UNKOWN_SOURCE_FILENAME string = "nofile"
@@ -715,9 +715,17 @@ func run_editor() {
 		source_file = os.Args[1]
 		read_file(source_file)
 	} else {
-		source_file = UNKOWN_SOURCE_FILENAME
-		info_message = "Input file messing."
-		textBuffer = append(textBuffer, []rune{})
+		about_file_path := fmt.Sprintf("%s/.config/%s-%s/about", os.Getenv("HOME"), binary_name, version)
+
+		// check for about file existance
+		if _, err := os.Stat(about_file_path); err == nil {
+			source_file = about_file_path
+			read_file(source_file)
+		} else {
+			source_file = UNKOWN_SOURCE_FILENAME
+			info_message = "Input file messing."
+			textBuffer = append(textBuffer, []rune{})
+		}
 	}
 	currentCol = LINE_NUMBER_COL_WIDTH
 	currentRow = 0

scripts/setup_about_file.sh

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 if [ ! -f  $HOME/.config/$(cat ./BINARY_NAME)-$(cat ./VERSION)/targets ]; then
     echo "Creating $HOME/.config/$(cat ./BINARY_NAME)-$(cat ./VERSION)/about file";
 
-    figlet -W "eddy" > $HOME/.config/$(cat ./BINARY_NAME)-$(cat ./VERSION)/about;
+    figlet -W "         eddy" > $HOME/.config/$(cat ./BINARY_NAME)-$(cat ./VERSION)/about;
     echo "
 
         Eddy is a vim like editor, meaning that we have multiple motions and 
@@ -52,5 +52,5 @@ if [ ! -f  $HOME/.config/$(cat ./BINARY_NAME)-$(cat ./VERSION)/targets ]; then
         ALL             PgUp        page up     goto top of file.
         ALL             PgDown      page down   goto end of file.
     
-    ">$HOME/.config/$(cat ./BINARY_NAME)-$(cat ./VERSION)/about;
+    ">>$HOME/.config/$(cat ./BINARY_NAME)-$(cat ./VERSION)/about;
 fi

todo.txt

@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # Basic
 - Add a prompt like feature where we can get user input.
-- Add a homescreen to the editor showing all the shortcuts.
-- Maybe set fallback file to stdin if no filename is passed.
 
 #  Advanced
 - Add undo/redo capabilities.