feat: button return to note selection from journal entry selection

src/main.c

@@ -695,24 +695,32 @@ backup_config_end:
 
                     int *journalWasUpdated = malloc(sizeof(int));
                     *journalWasUpdated = 0;
+
+                    // used to go back to note selection
+                    int *returnNoteSelection = malloc(sizeof(int));
+                    *returnNoteSelection = 0;
+
                     if (!regexReturn) { // if the regex matches -> it's a journal
                         debug("%s is a journal. Updating it...", noteSelected);
-                        fullPath = updateJournal(fullPath, noteSelected, timeFormat, journalWasUpdated,
+                        fullPath = updateJournal(fullPath, noteSelected, timeFormat, journalWasUpdated, returnNoteSelection,
                                                  shouldDebug); // we return the path. As if it is a divided journal we
                                                                // must point to the correct entry
                     }
-                    if (newLineOnOpening) {
-                        if (*journalWasUpdated) {
-                            appendToFile(fullPath, " \n",
-                                         shouldDebug); // when updating the journal it adds a \n char at the
-                                                       // end. So appendToFile(\n) does not work. We append a
-                                                       // (special and rare) whitespace character + \n to
-                                                       // bypass this issue.
+                    if (!*returnNoteSelection) { // if we don't need to return to the note selection
+                        if (newLineOnOpening) {
+                            if (*journalWasUpdated) {
+                                appendToFile(fullPath, " \n",
+                                             shouldDebug); // when updating the journal it adds a \n char at the
+                                                           // end. So appendToFile(\n) does not work. We append a
+                                                           // (special and rare) whitespace character + \n to
+                                                           // bypass this issue.
+                            }
+                            appendToFile(fullPath, "\n", shouldDebug);
                         }
-                        appendToFile(fullPath, "\n", shouldDebug);
+                        openEditor(fullPath, editorToOpen, shouldRender, shouldJumpToEnd, shouldDebug);
+                        free(fullPath);
                     }
-                    openEditor(fullPath, editorToOpen, shouldRender, shouldJumpToEnd, shouldDebug);
-                    free(fullPath);
+                    free(returnNoteSelection);
                 } else if (strcmp(noteSelected, "Create new note") == 0) {
                 note_creation:
                     noteSelected = createNewNote(notesDirectoryString, vaultSelected, bypassSelectionNote, bypassSelectionNoteValue, journalRegex, shouldDebug);

src/notes.c

@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ char **getVaultsFromDirectories(char **directoryStringArray, int directoryNumber
     return vaultsArray;
 }
 
-char *updateJournal(char *path, char *journal, char *timeFormat, int *journalWasUpdated, int shouldDebug) {
+char *updateJournal(char *path, char *journal, char *timeFormat, int *journalWasUpdated, int *returnNoteSelection, int shouldDebug) {
     path[PATH_MAX] = '\0'; // it assures it is a string (Most cases this does nothing). But rewriting at least
                            // one bytes make the compile happy. He doesn't want to return an unchanged input.
     debug("Handling the journal %s", path);
@@ -221,13 +221,14 @@ char *updateJournal(char *path, char *journal, char *timeFormat, int *journalWas
         that the Create new entry in journal is on top entryArray = realloc(entryArray,
         sizeof(char*));*/
         // simpler to just malloc 2 and later realloc
-        const int extraOptions = 3;
+        const int extraOptions = 4;
         char **entryArray = malloc(extraOptions * sizeof(char *));
         char *createEntryMessage = malloc(PATH_MAX);
         snprintf(createEntryMessage, PATH_MAX, "Create new entry for the journal %s", journal);
         entryArray[0] = createEntryMessage;
         entryArray[1] = "Open random entry";
         entryArray[2] = "Search inside entries";
+        entryArray[3] = "Return to the note selection";
         int entryCount = extraOptions; // we need to count how many dirs there is to always readjust
                                        // how many memory we alloc
         // Refer https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/7990989775/xsh/readdir.html
@@ -301,6 +302,8 @@ char *updateJournal(char *path, char *journal, char *timeFormat, int *journalWas
             snprintf(selectedOption, PATH_MAX, "%s/%s", path, temp);
             path = strdup(selectedOption);
             free(selectedOption);
+        } else if (strcmp(selectedOption, "Return to the note selection") == 0) {
+            *returnNoteSelection = 1;
         } else { // we just recreate the path to the selected entry
             // snprintf does not like to have the same variable as input and output so we use a
             // buffer

src/notes.h

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ char **getVaultsFromDirectories(char **directoryStringArray, int directoryNumber
 // handles both type of journal (divided and unified).
 // creates new entry with date.
 // for divided select if we want to acces to a new entry or a old one.
+// returnNoteSelection tells us if the user wants to go back to the note selection.
 // returns the path to the file that needs to be opened.
-char *updateJournal(char *path, char *journal, char *timeFormat, int *journalWasUpdated, int shouldDebug);
+char *updateJournal(char *path, char *journal, char *timeFormat, int *journalWasUpdated, int *returnNoteSelection, int shouldDebug);
 #endif