#!/usr/bin/env retro

I've written numerous block editors over the years. This is a new one that I'm planning to eventually use with Retro/Native.

This presents a visual, (briefly) modal interface.

    0-----#---1---------2---------3---------4---------5---------6---   | This is the new block editor!                                    |   #                                                                  |   |                                                                  |   |                                                                  |   |                                                                  |   |                                                                  |   |                                                                  |   |                                                                  |   |                                                                  |   |                                                                  |   |                                                                  |   |                                                                  |   |                                                                  |   |                                                                  |   |                                                                  |   |                                                                  |     0---------1---------2---------3---------4---------5---------6---   | Output is shown here                                             |   |                                                                  |   |                                                                  |   |                                                                  |     0---------1---------2---------3---------4---------5---------6--- Block 2 | 1:0 | Stack:

The horizontal rulers have column indicators, there are cursor position indicators (and the actual cursor location shows at the intersection). The bottom line has the current block number, line number, and column number.

Key Bindings

| Key |  Action                        | | --- | ------------------------------ | |  H  | Save and select previous block | |  S  | Save and select next block     | |  h  | Move cursor left               | |  t  | Move cursor down               | |  n  | Move cursor up                 | |  s  | Move cursor right              | |  i  | Save the current block         | |  y  | Reload the current block       | |  a  | Edit text                      | |  c  | Move cursor to prior word      | |  r  | Move cursor to next word       | |  1  | Evaluate the current block     | |  x  | Erase the current block        | |  q  | Save the Blocks and Quit       | |  `  | Clear output buffer            | |  7  | Share block                    | |  b  | Copy line                      | |  m  | Paste line                     | |  B  | Copy block                     | |  M  | Paste block                    | |  z  | Delete line                    |

The key bindings are oriented around the Dvorak keyboard layout which I use. The key map leverages an approach I stole from Samuel Falvo II's VIBE editor: the key handlers are words in the dictionary with a format like:

editor:key<*>

With the * being the key.

This will create an empty retro.blocks file if one is not found. I have a sample included, but it is compressed. To use the sample run gunzip retro.blocks and keep a copy or a symlink to it in your CWD.

Configuration

I define the number of blocks and the file to use. On the non hosted Retro systems the block file will be replaced by a block storage device.

~~~#128          'BLOCKS       const 'retro.blocks 'BLOCK-FILE s:const ~~~

Variables

I am keeping some data in variables. This will include the current block number, the current line, and the current row.

~~~'CurrentBlock var 'CurrentLine  var 'CurrentCol   var ~~~

Buffers

I have one memory region for the current block and a second one for the entire set of blocks. I keep the blocks in RAM for performance.

There is also one half block set aside for the output display. This is the TOB (Text Output Buffer).

~~~'Block d:create #1025 allot   'Blocks d:create   BLOCKS #1024 * allot   'TOB   d:create #513  allot ~~~

This should be replaced with the block storage device once that is added to Nga.

~~~:blocks:initialize (-)   &Blocks #1024 BLOCKS * [ #32 over store n:inc ] times drop ;   :block:write (-)   &Blocks BLOCK-FILE file:open-for-writing   BLOCKS #1024 * [ over fetch over file:write &n:inc dip ] times   file:close drop ;   :block:read (-)   BLOCK-FILE file:exists? [ block:write ] -if   &Blocks BLOCK-FILE file:open-for-reading swap   [ dup-pair file:read swap store &n:inc dip ] times   file:close drop ; ~~~

These are used to load a block into the active buffer and copy it back to the full set.

~~~{{   :current-block @CurrentBlock #1024 * &Blocks + ;   :next          [ n:inc ] bi@ ;   :copy          dup-pair fetch swap store ; ---reveal---   :block:select (n-)     !CurrentBlock     [ &Block buffer:set       current-block #1024       [ fetch-next buffer:add ] times drop ] buffer:preserve ;     :block:update (-)     current-block &Block #1024 [ copy next ] times drop-pair ; }} ~~~

This is fairly long, but mostly due to my desire to have a more complex display with column and cursor indicators. It should be pretty straightforward though.

~~~:tty:clear (-) #27 c:put '[2J s:put #27 c:put '[0;0H s:put ;   {{   :cursor (cl-)    ASCII:ESC '%c[%n;%nH s:format s:put ;   :indicate:column @CurrentCol #4 + #0 cursor $# c:put ;   :indicate:row    #2 @CurrentLine #2 + cursor $# c:put ;   :indicators      indicate:row indicate:column ;   :ruler       '___0---------1---------2---------      s:put        '3---------4---------5---------6---  s:put nl ;   :|          '_|_ s:put ;   :block#     @CurrentBlock 'Block_%n s:format s:put ;   :pos        @CurrentCol @CurrentLine '%n,%n s:format s:put ;   :status     #0 #24 cursor block#               | pos | 'Stack:_ s:put dump-stack ;   :format     | call | nl ;   :line       [ #64 [ fetch-next c:put ] times ] format ;   :code       &Block #16 [ line ] indexed-times drop ;   :tob        &TOB #4 [ line ] times drop ; ---reveal---   :block:display (-) hook     tty:clear ruler code ruler tob ruler indicators status ; }} ~~~

~~~{{   'TNext var     :scroll? (-f)     @TNext #256 gt? ;   :scroll-up (-)     &TOB #64 + &TOB #193 copy #193 !TNext     &TOB #193 + #64 [ #32 over store n:inc ] times drop ; ---reveal---   :c:put<TOB> (c-)     dup #10 eq? [ drop @TNext #64 + dup #64 mod - !TNext ]                 [ @TNext &TOB + store &TNext v:inc ] choose     scroll? [ scroll-up ] if ;     :with-tob (q-)     &c:put<TOB> &c:put set-hook call &c:put unhook ;     :tob:initialize (-)     &TOB #512 [ #32 over store n:inc ] times drop #0 !TNext ; }} ~~~

~~~{{   :cursor     ASCII:ESC c:put     $[ c:put @CurrentLine #2 + n:put     $; c:put @CurrentCol #4 + n:put $H c:put ;     :handler     c:get     'editor:key<_> [ #11 + store ] sip d:lookup       dup n:-zero? [ d:xt fetch call ] [ drop ] choose ;   ---reveal---     :edit     tob:initialize blocks:initialize block:read #0 block:select     'stty_cbreak unix:system tty:clear     repeat block:display cursor handler again ; }} ~~~

All of the actual work is done by the words that make up the key handlers.

The 1 key is used to evaluate a block. To avoid wasting space, a block of memory is allocated to use as a temporary Heap. The actual Heap is saved and restored during the tokenization.

~~~{{   'Tokens d:create  #4097 allot   :prepare  &Tokens #4096 [ #0 over store n:inc ] times drop ;   :generate &Tokens !Heap &Block #32 s:tokenize ;   :item     dup s:length n:zero? [ drop ] [ interpret ] choose ;   :process  [ item ] a:for-each ; ---reveal---   :editor:key<1>     [ prepare &Heap [ generate ] v:preserve process ] with-tob ; }} ~~~

~~~{{   :boundaries     &CurrentLine #0 #15 v:limit     &CurrentCol  #0 #63 v:limit ;   :keep-in-range #0 BLOCKS n:dec n:limit ; ---reveal---   :editor:key<H>     block:update     @CurrentBlock n:dec keep-in-range block:select tty:clear ;   :editor:key<S>     block:update     @CurrentBlock n:inc keep-in-range block:select tty:clear ;   :editor:key<n>  &CurrentLine v:dec boundaries ;   :editor:key<h>  &CurrentCol  v:dec boundaries ;   :editor:key<s>  &CurrentCol  v:inc boundaries ;   :editor:key<t>  &CurrentLine v:inc boundaries ; }} ~~~

These are helpful to quickly navigate through a block.

~~~{{   :limit       (n-n)   &Block dup #1024 + n:limit ;   :fetch-prior (a-Ac)  [ n:dec ] [ fetch ] bi ;   :find-next-word     @CurrentLine #64 * @CurrentCol + &Block + n:inc     repeat fetch-next #32 -eq? 0; drop again ;   :find-prior-word     @CurrentLine #64 * @CurrentCol + &Block + n:dec     repeat fetch-prior #32 -eq? 0; drop again ;   :select-next (-)     find-next-word n:dec limit &Block -     #64 /mod !CurrentLine !CurrentCol ;   :select-prior (-)     find-prior-word n:inc limit &Block -     #64 /mod !CurrentLine !CurrentCol ; ---reveal---   :editor:key<c>  select-prior ;   :editor:key<r>  select-next ; }} ~~~

~~~{{   :position-cursor     ASCII:ESC c:put     $[ c:put @CurrentLine #2 + n:put     $; c:put @CurrentCol #4 + n:put $H c:put ;   :dest @CurrentLine #64 * @CurrentCol + &Block + ;   :chars over s:length ;   :copy [ dup-pair &fetch dip store &n:inc bi@ ] times ; ---reveal---   :editor:key<a>     position-cursor s:get dest chars copy drop-pair tty:clear ; }} ~~~

Erase

~~~:editor:key<x> &Block #1024 [ #32 over store n:inc ] times drop ; :editor:key<z> &Block @CurrentLine #64 * + #64                [ #32 over store n:inc ] times drop ; ~~~

Copy/Paste

~~~{{   'Copy      d:create #65   allot   'CopyBlock d:create #1025 allot ---reveal---   :editor:key<b> &Block @CurrentLine #64 * + &Copy #64 copy ;   :editor:key<m> &Copy &Block @CurrentLine #64 * + #64 copy ;   :editor:key<B> &Block &CopyBlock #1024 copy ;   :editor:key<M> &CopyBlock &Block #1024 copy ; }} ~~~

Misc.

~~~:editor:key<i>  block:update block:write ; :editor:key<y>  @CurrentBlock block:select ; :editor:key<q>  block:write 'stty_-cbreak unix:system #0 unix:exit ; :editor:key<`>  tob:initialize ; ~~~

~~~TRUE 'UseSprunge var-n   {{   '/home/crc/public      'PASTEBIN-PATH s:const   'http://forth.works/%s 'PASTEBIN-URL  s:const   '/tmp/retro.block.txt  'TEMPFILE      s:const   'FID var   :c:put<file> @FID file:write ;   :line#       I dup #10 lt? &sp if n:put ':_ s:put ;   :line        line# #64 [ fetch-next c:put ] times nl ;   :generate    &Block #16 [ line ] indexed-times drop ;   :export        TEMPFILE file:open-for-writing !FID                  &c:put<file> &c:put set-hook generate                  &c:put unhook @FID file:close ;   'MD5 var   :get-md5     TEMPFILE 'md5_%s s:format file:R unix:popen !FID                [ @FID file:read $= eq? ] until                @FID file:read drop                #1000 [ @FID file:read , ] here &times dip                s:chop !MD5 @FID unix:pclose ;   :dest        @MD5 '/home/crc/public/%s s:format ;   :upload      here TEMPFILE file:slurp here dest file:spew ;   :cleanup     TEMPFILE file:delete ;   :url         @MD5 PASTEBIN-URL s:format ;   :share       export get-md5 upload cleanup url ;     TEMPFILE 'curl_-s_-F_'sprunge=<%s'_http://sprunge.us s:format   'CURL s:const   :pipe{       CURL file:R unix:popen ;   :get         here [ #100 [ dup file:read , ] times ] dip ;   :result      s:chop s:temp ;   :}           swap unix:pclose cleanup ;   :sprunge     &Heap [ export pipe{ get result } ] v:preserve ; ---reveal---   :editor:key<7>     @UseSprunge [ sprunge ] [ share ] choose     [ s:put nl ] with-tob ; }} ~~~

~~~edit ~~~