From 63f599b850fb3bbac83082259c355c5a4dd30a6b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dustin Swan <dustin@dustinswan.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 23:27:06 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] More editor stuff

---
 src/cg/03-ui-components.cg | 18 ++++++++++--------
 src/cg/06-textEditor.cg    | 17 ++++++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/cg/03-ui-components.cg b/src/cg/03-ui-components.cg
index 8af233f..5ca8f0e 100644
--- a/src/cg/03-ui-components.cg
+++ b/src/cg/03-ui-components.cg
@@ -354,14 +354,16 @@ renderText = config \
   gap = c.scale;
   chars = split "" c.content;
 
-  ui.row {
-    children = map (char \
-      getField char font.glyphs
-      | Some g \ glyphView { glyph = g, scale = c.scale, color = c.color }
-      | None \ ui.rect { w = charW * c.scale, h = 12 * c.scale }
-    ) chars,
-    gap = gap
-  };
+  chars == []
+  | True \ ui.rect { w = 0, h = 12 * c.scale, color = "transparent" }
+  | False \ ui.row {
+      children = map (char \
+        getField char font.glyphs
+        | Some g \ glyphView { glyph = g, scale = c.scale, color = c.color }
+        | None \ ui.rect { w = charW * c.scale, h = 12 * c.scale }
+      ) chars,
+      gap = gap
+    };
 
 # text : String \ UI
 text = content \ renderText { content = content };
diff --git a/src/cg/06-textEditor.cg b/src/cg/06-textEditor.cg
index 737d70f..daf420d 100644
--- a/src/cg/06-textEditor.cg
+++ b/src/cg/06-textEditor.cg
@@ -14,7 +14,13 @@ textEditor = name \
 
   backspace = state \
     state.cursorCol == 0
-    | True \ { state = state, emit = [] } # todo, join line, if not at row 0
+    | True \ (
+      state.cursorRow == 0
+      | True \ { state = state, emit = [] }
+      | False \ (
+        { state = state, emit = [] } # todo, join with previous line
+      )
+    )
     | False \ (
       newLines = updateAt state.cursorRow (line \
         before = slice line 0 (state.cursorCol - 1);
@@ -31,6 +37,9 @@ textEditor = name \
     newLines = updateAt state.cursorRow (_ \ before) state.lines;
     newLines2 = insertAt (state.cursorRow + 1) after newLines;
 
+    _ = debug! "enter" { before = before, after = after, newLines2 = newLines2, newRow =
+  state.cursorRow + 1 };
+
     { state = state.{ lines = newLines2, cursorCol = 0, cursorRow = state.cursorRow + 1 }, emit = [] };
 
   clampCursor = state \
@@ -39,8 +48,10 @@ textEditor = name \
     newRow = max 0 state.cursorRow;
     newRow2 = min (len state.lines - 1) newRow;
 
-    newCol = max 0 (state.cursorCol);
-    newCol2 = min (len line - 1) newCol;
+    maxCol = state.mode
+      | Insert \ len line
+      | Normal \ max 0 (len line - 1);
+    newCol2 = min maxCol (max 0 state.cursorCol);
 
     state.{ cursorRow = newRow2, cursorCol = newCol2 };