From d264b95ac080a725031a722ef5cd6b1030503d31 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pingu <nor@acorneroftheweb.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2026 16:49:51 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] wip

---
 app/Main.hs | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
 flake.nix   |  2 --
 mide.cabal  |  2 ++
 3 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/Main.hs b/app/Main.hs
index 4d73b7e..53c1ada 100644
--- a/app/Main.hs
+++ b/app/Main.hs
@@ -14,11 +14,20 @@ import WithCli
 import Control.Monad.Reader
 import Data.Yaml
 import Data.Functor
-import Data.Maybe
 import System.Environment.XDG.BaseDir
 import Data.HashMap.Lazy (HashMap, insert, alter, toList)
 import System.Environment.XDG.DesktopEntry
 import System.Process
+import Data.Text (Text)
+import qualified Data.Text as T
+import qualified Data.Text.IO as T
+import           Brick
+import qualified Brick.Widgets.Edit as BE
+import qualified Brick.Widgets.List as BL
+import Data.List
+
+(|>) :: (a -> b) -> (b -> c) -> a -> c
+(|>) = flip (.)
 
 data Options = Options {
      config :: Maybe FilePath,
@@ -41,20 +50,20 @@ class Config a where
   cachePath :: a -> IO FilePath
 
 instance Config TConfig where
-  cachePath = (\case
+  cachePath = (.cachePath) |> \case
     Nothing -> defaultCachePath
-    Just f -> pure f) . (.cachePath)
+    Just f -> pure f
 
-type Cache = HashMap String Int
+type Cache = HashMap Text Int
 
-data CacheItem = CacheItem { name :: String
+data CacheItem = CacheItem { name :: Text
                            , uses :: Int
                            }
   deriving (Show, Generic, FromJSON, ToJSON)
 
 data Item where
   AppItem :: DesktopEntry -> Item
-  DMenuItem :: String -> Item
+  DMenuItem :: Text -> Item
   deriving Show
 
 type State = (TConfig, Cache)
@@ -71,15 +80,16 @@ main = withCliModified [ AddShortOption "config" 'c',
 run :: Options -> IO ()
 run opts =
   maybe defaultConfigPath pure opts.config >>= \configPath ->
-   decodeFileEither configPath >>= either (const $ Config . pure <$> defaultCachePath) pure >>= \config ->
-  (cachePath config >>= decodeFileEither <&> either mempty ((foldr (\p -> insert p.name p.uses) mempty) :: [CacheItem] -> HashMap String Int)) >>= \cache ->
-  runReaderT ( updateCache =<< execItem =<< presentOptions =<< if opts.dmenu then dmenu else normal) (config,cache)
+  decodeFileEither configPath >>= either (const $ Config . pure <$> defaultCachePath) pure >>=
+  (\Config{..} -> pure Config{cachePath = maybe cachePath pure opts.cache, ..}) >>= \config ->
+  (cachePath config >>= decodeFileEither <&> either mempty (foldr (\p -> insert p.name p.uses) mempty :: [CacheItem] -> HashMap Text Int)) >>= \cache ->
+  flip runReaderT (config,cache) (updateCache =<< execItem =<< presentOptions =<< if opts.dmenu then dmenu else normal)
 
 normal :: (MonadIO m, MonadReader State m) => m [Item]
 normal = liftIO getDirectoryEntriesDefault <&> (AppItem <$>)
 
 dmenu :: (MonadIO m, MonadReader State m) => m [Item]
-dmenu = liftIO getContents <&> (DMenuItem <$>) . lines
+dmenu = liftIO T.getContents <&> (DMenuItem <$>) . T.lines
 
 presentOptions :: (MonadIO m, MonadReader State m) => [Item] -> m Item
 presentOptions ls = mapM_ (liftIO . print) ls >> pure (head ls)
@@ -87,13 +97,19 @@ presentOptions ls = mapM_ (liftIO . print) ls >> pure (head ls)
 execItem :: (MonadIO m, MonadReader State m) => Item -> m Item
 execItem i = (case i of
   AppItem de -> liftIO (maybe undefined (void . spawnCommand) (deCommand de))
-  DMenuItem s -> liftIO (putStrLn s)) >> pure i
+  DMenuItem s -> liftIO (T.putStrLn s)) >> pure i
 
 updateCache :: (MonadIO m, MonadReader State m) => Item -> m ()
 updateCache i =
   let name = case i of
-        AppItem d -> deName [] d
+        AppItem d -> T.pack $ deName [] d
         DMenuItem s -> s in
   ask >>= \(conf, hmap) ->
   liftIO (cachePath conf >>= \path -> encodeFile path . map (uncurry CacheItem) . toList $
         alter (\case Nothing -> pure 1; Just x -> pure (x+1)) name hmap)
+
+data Controls = TextSearch | ListResults
+
+data AppS = AppS { appEditText :: BE.Editor Text Controls
+                 , appItems :: [Item]
+                 }
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index a2fc991..0a3b7c4 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -78,8 +78,6 @@
             #
             # don't check version bounds
             # constraints = hlib.doJailbreak hprev.constraints;
-            # ghc-prim = hlib.doJailbreak hprev.ghc-prim;
-            # text = hlib.doJailbreak hprev.text;
         });
       };
     };
diff --git a/mide.cabal b/mide.cabal
index 1bd27be..4a9e560 100644
--- a/mide.cabal
+++ b/mide.cabal
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ executable mide
                   , bytestring
                   , process
                   , aeson
+                  , text
+                  , brick
 
     -- Directories containing source files.
     hs-source-dirs:   app