added better dmenu cmd generation

base.nim

@@ -14,8 +14,19 @@ type
     color*: string
     html_text*: string
     short_text*: string
-
-type 
+  Dmenu = object
+    command: string
+    bottom: string
+    grab_kb: string
+    i_case: string
+    lines_shown: string
+    monitor: string
+    prompt: string
+    font: string
+    norm_bg: string
+    norm_fg: string
+    sel_bg: string
+    sel_fg: string
   i3BarInput* = object
     button*: int
     x*: int
@@ -43,6 +54,7 @@ const darkgrey* = "#444"
 const primary* = yellow
 const secondary* = red
 const alert* = "#bd2c40"
+const MAX_LINES = 20
 var loop* = false
 var stoploop* = true
 var dmenu* = true
@@ -60,6 +72,33 @@ proc newInfo*(title: string = "Info"): Info =
     background: black,
     color: foreground,
     )
+
+proc newDmenuConfig(): Dmenu =
+  var dmenu = Dmenu()
+  dmenu.command = "dmenu"
+  dmenu.bottom = "-b"
+  dmenu.grabkb = "-f"
+  dmenu.i_case = "-i"
+  dmenu.lines_shown = "-l"
+  dmenu.monitor = "-m"
+  dmenu.prompt = "-p"
+  dmenu.font = "-fn"
+  dmenu.norm_bg = "-nb"
+  dmenu.norm_fg = "-nf"
+  dmenu.sel_bg = "-sb"
+  dmenu.sel_fg = "-sf"
+  return dmenu
+
+proc newRofiConfig(): Dmenu =
+  var rofi = newDmenuConfig()
+  rofi.command = "rofi -dmenu"
+  return rofi
+
+proc newDmenu(): Dmenu =
+  if rofi:
+    return newRofiConfig()
+  return newDmenuConfig()
+
 proc debugLog*(str: string) =
   let f = open("/tmp/debug.txt",fmAppend)
   defer: f.close()
@@ -86,29 +125,48 @@ proc clearInput*(count: int = 1) =
 proc getArguments*(): seq[string] =
   let args = commandLineParams()
   return args
+proc stripQuotes*(str: string): string =
+  return replace(str,"\"",""")
+
+proc quote*(str: string): string =
+  var text = str
+  # May need to put some further work to escape some special chars here
+  text = stripQuotes(text)
+  
+  # Put leading and ending quote marks in
+  return " \"" & text & "\" "
+  #       ^  Add a spaces  ^ so the previous flag isn't touching
+
+proc getLines(num: int): int =
+  if num > MAX_LINES:
+    return MAX_LINES
+  return num + 1
+
 
 proc runDMenu*(data: Info, opts: varargs[string], rofi: bool = false): string =
   # Build dmenu/rofi command
-  var cmd = "echo -e \""
+  var cmd = ""
   # if the text is empty, we don't want to create a menu item of it
-  if $data.full_text != "":
-    cmd &= $data.full_text & "\n"
+  if data.full_text != "":
+    cmd &= data.full_text & "\n"
   for opt in opts:
     cmd = cmd & opt & "\n"
   cmd.removeSuffix("\n")
-  if not rofi:
-    cmd = cmd & "\" | dmenu"
-  else:
-    # run rofi in dmenu mode
-    cmd = cmd & "\" | rofi -dmenu"
-  cmd = cmd & " -l " & $(len(opts) + 1)
-  cmd = cmd & " -p \"" & $data.title & "\""
-  cmd = cmd & " -nb \"" & $data.unselected_bg & "\""
-  cmd = cmd & " -nf \"" & $data.unselected_fg & "\""
-  cmd = cmd & " -sb \"" & $data.selected_bg & "\""
-  cmd = cmd & " -sf \"" & $data.selected_fg & "\""
-  cmd = cmd & " -fn " & font
-  #echo "Dmenu :", cmd
+
+  cmd = "echo -e" & quote(cmd) & " | "
+
+  var dmenu = newDmenu()
+  cmd = cmd & dmenu.command & " "
+  cmd = cmd & dmenu.lines_shown & " " & $20 & " "
+  cmd = cmd & dmenu.prompt & quote(data.title)
+  cmd = cmd & dmenu.norm_bg & quote(data.unselected_bg)
+  cmd = cmd & dmenu.norm_fg & quote(data.unselected_fg)
+  cmd = cmd & dmenu.sel_bg & quote(data.selected_bg)
+  cmd = cmd & dmenu.sel_fg & quote(data.selected_fg)
+  cmd = cmd & dmenu.font & quote(font)
+
+  #echo cmd
+  #
   # Run command and get output
   let output = execCmdEx(cmd)
   let option:string = strip(output[0])

notes.nim

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ proc readNotes(): seq[Note] =
         try:
           var note = Note()
           note.id = note_file[1]
-          note.text = readFile(note_file[1])
+          note.text = stripQuotes(readFile(note_file[1]))
           notes.add(note)
         except:
           echo "Unable to read note : ", note_file, " : ", getCurrentExceptionMsg()
@@ -50,13 +50,16 @@ proc writeNote(note: Note, is_new: bool = false) =
   if note.text == "":
     return
   try:
-    writeFile(note.id, note.text)
+
+    writeFile(note.id, stripQuotes(note.text))
     if is_new:
+      var new_note = note
+      new_note.text = stripQuotes(new_note.text)
       notes.add(note)
     else:
       for idx, a_note in notes:
         if a_note.id == note.id:
-          notes[idx].text = note.text
+          notes[idx].text = stripQuotes(note.text)
   except:
     echo "write_note, Unable to write note : ", note.id, " : ", getCurrentExceptionMsg()