feat: button return to note selection from journal entry selection

feat: fzf search inside vaults

src/main.c

@@ -644,12 +644,13 @@ backup_config_end:
                     altDebug("└------------------------------\n");
                 }
                 // adds options
-                int extraNotesOptions = 4;
+                int extraNotesOptions = 5;
                 filesArray = realloc(filesArray, (filesCount + extraNotesOptions) * sizeof(char *)); // resize filesArray to fit the extra options
                 filesArray[filesCount] = "Create new note";
-                filesArray[filesCount + 1] = "Back to vault selection";
+                filesArray[filesCount + 1] = "Search inside the vault";
-                filesArray[filesCount + 2] = "Delete vault";
+                filesArray[filesCount + 2] = "Back to vault selection";
-                filesArray[filesCount + 3] = "Quit (Ctrl+C)";
+                filesArray[filesCount + 3] = "Delete vault";
+                filesArray[filesCount + 4] = "Quit (Ctrl+C)";
                 char *noteSelected;
                 // if we set to bypass the note selector
                 if (bypassSelectionNote) {
@@ -680,7 +681,7 @@ backup_config_end:
                 free(filesArray);
                 debug("Selected note: %s", noteSelected);
                 if (strcmp(noteSelected, "Create new note") != 0 && strcmp(noteSelected, "Back to vault selection") != 0 && strcmp(noteSelected, "Delete vault") != 0 &&
-                    strcmp(noteSelected, "Quit (Ctrl+C)") != 0) {
+                    strcmp(noteSelected, "Quit (Ctrl+C)") != 0 && strcmp(noteSelected, "Search inside the vault") != 0) {
                 open_note:
                     bypassSelectionNote = 0; // we must reset bypassSelectionNote to avoid getting into an infinite
                                              // loop of bypassing the note selection
@@ -694,29 +695,44 @@ 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 (!*returnNoteSelection) { // if we don't need to return to the note selection
-                        if (*journalWasUpdated) {
+                        if (newLineOnOpening) {
-                            appendToFile(fullPath, " \n",
+                            if (*journalWasUpdated) {
-                                         shouldDebug); // when updating the journal it adds a \n char at the
+                                appendToFile(fullPath, " \n",
-                                                       // end. So appendToFile(\n) does not work. We append a
+                                             shouldDebug); // when updating the journal it adds a \n char at the
-                                                       // (special and rare) whitespace character + \n to
+                                                           // end. So appendToFile(\n) does not work. We append a
-                                                       // bypass this issue.
+                                                           // (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(returnNoteSelection);
-                    free(fullPath);
                 } else if (strcmp(noteSelected, "Create new note") == 0) {
                 note_creation:
                     noteSelected = createNewNote(notesDirectoryString, vaultSelected, bypassSelectionNote, bypassSelectionNoteValue, journalRegex, shouldDebug);
                     // we can just go back to open_note
                     goto open_note;
+                } else if (strcmp(noteSelected, "Search inside the vault") == 0) {
+                    char *vaultPath = malloc(PATH_MAX);
+                    snprintf(vaultPath, PATH_MAX, "%s/%s/", notesDirectoryString, vaultSelected);
+                    char *result = fzfSelect(vaultPath, "Input text to be searched", shouldDebug);
+                    bypassSelectionNote = 1;
+                    bypassSelectionNoteValue = result;
+                    free(vaultPath);
                 } else if (strcmp(noteSelected, "Back to vault selection") == 0) {
                     shouldChangeVault = 1;
                 } else if (strcmp(noteSelected, "Delete vault") == 0) {

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

src/ui.c

@@ -179,13 +179,7 @@ char *fzfSelect(char *pathToFiles, char *selectText, int shouldDebug) {
     error(fd == -1, "program", "mkstemp failed");
     close(fd);
 
-    /*
-     * STEP 1:
-     * Build index once into temp file
-     * format: file:line:content
-     */
     snprintf(command, sizeof(command), "rg --line-number --no-heading --color=never . \"%s\" > %s", pathToFiles, indexFile);
-
     debug("INDEX CMD: %s", command);
 
     if (system(command) != 0) {
@@ -193,45 +187,6 @@ char *fzfSelect(char *pathToFiles, char *selectText, int shouldDebug) {
         error(1, "program", "rg indexing failed");
     }
 
-    /*
-     * STEP 2:
-     * Use fzf on the index file (NO rg anymore)
-     */
-    /*
-      EXPLANATION:
-
-      cat %s
-        → feeds prebuilt index file (format: file:line:content) into fzf
-
-      fzf --delimiter ':'
-        → splits each line into fields:
-           {1} = file path
-           {2} = line number
-           {3} = content
-
-      --prompt
-        → UI prompt text shown in fzf
-
-      --preview
-        → runs a shell command for selected item:
-           file={1}  → current file
-           line={2}  → line number of match
-
-      nl -ba "$file"
-        → prints file with line numbers
-
-      sed -n "$((line-5)),$((line+5))p"
-        → extracts a window of 5 lines above and below match
-
-      sed "... -> ..."
-        → highlights the matched line (middle of window) with red arrow
-
-      --preview-window=right:60%:hidden
-        → preview appears on right, 60% width, initially hidden
-
-      --bind 'change:show-preview'
-        → preview only appears after first selection change (not at startup)
-    */
     snprintf(command, sizeof(command),
              "cat %s | fzf --delimiter ':' --prompt='%s' "
              "--preview 'file={1}; line={2}; nl -ba \"$file\" | sed -n \"$((line-5)),$((line+5))p\" | "
@@ -254,16 +209,25 @@ char *fzfSelect(char *pathToFiles, char *selectText, int shouldDebug) {
         buffer[strcspn(buffer, "\n")] = '\0';
         result = strdup(buffer);
     }
+    debug("Buffer: %s", buffer);
+    debug("result: %s", result);
 
     // cut at first ':'
     result = strtok(result, ":");
-    // cut at / (because we need the full paths before and we only need to return the journal entry)
+    // we need to cut out the whole pathToFiles
-    char *token = strtok(result, "/");
+    int pathToFilesLen = strlen(pathToFiles);
-    result = NULL;
+    int cutOut = 0;
-    while (token != NULL) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < pathToFilesLen; i++) {
-        result = token;
+        if (pathToFiles[i] == result[i]) {
-        token = strtok(NULL, "/"); // Passing NULL means “don’t start a new string, resume
+            cutOut = i;
+        }
     }
+    result += cutOut + 1; // the + 1 cuts the first /
+
+    // in case we select a journal, we won't open the entry just yet. We only need to return the journal name (everything before [now the first] /
+    result = strtok(result, "/");
+
+    debug("Cleaned note: %s", result);
 
     // clean up
     pclose(fzfPipe);