From f1ff6c29d609316aeaaa9d8b7910ba70e961b067 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dustin Swan <dustin@dustinswan.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2026 16:51:34 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] textEditor can save to a textEditorBuffers list with the W
 command. it can apply back to the original store ref with the A command.
 Crazy man

---
 src/cg/06-textEditor.cg | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/cg/06-textEditor.cg b/src/cg/06-textEditor.cg
index 9540e8f..5c0414f 100644
--- a/src/cg/06-textEditor.cg
+++ b/src/cg/06-textEditor.cg
@@ -1,10 +1,31 @@
 textEditor = name \
   # defaults = {};
   # c = { ...defaults, ...config };
+  buffersKey = "textEditorBuffers";
+
+  # load from staging buffers if it exists there. if not, load from source
+  source = getAt [buffersKey, name]
+    | None \ getSource name
+    | Some v \ v;
 
-  source = getSource name;
   lines = split "\n" source;
 
+  write = state \
+    content = join "\n" state.lines;
+    { state = state, emit = [rebindAt [buffersKey, name] content] };
+
+  apply = state \
+    content = name & " = " & (join "\n" state.lines) & ";";
+    result = eval! content;
+    _ = debug! "apply" [content, result];
+    result
+    | Defined _ \ { state = state, emit = [] }
+    | Err msg \ (
+      _ = debug! "error applying" [];
+      { state = state, emit = [] }
+    )
+    | _ \ { state = state, emit = [] };
+
   insertChar = char state \
     newLines = updateAt state.cursorRow (line \
       insertCharAt line state.cursorCol char
@@ -146,9 +167,21 @@ textEditor = name \
           | Normal \ undo state)
 
         | Key { key = "r", ctrl = True } \ (state.mode
-          | Insert \ insertChar "R" state
+          | Insert \ { state = state, emit = [] }
           | Normal \ redo state)
 
+        | Key { key = "W", shift = True } \ (state.mode
+          | Insert \ insertChar "W" state
+          | Normal \ write state)
+
+        | Key { key = "W", shift = True } \ (state.mode
+          | Insert \ insertChar "W" state
+          | Normal \ write state)
+
+        | Key { key = "A", shift = True } \ (state.mode
+          | Insert \ insertChar "A" state
+          | Normal \ apply state)
+
         | Key { key = "Escape" } \ escape state
 
         | Key { key = "Backspace" } \ (state.mode