From 2dec7bf62986103f0584caca19ad654bb9b8d087 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: peteyboy <peteyboy@sdf.org>
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2024 02:10:53 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/7] Fixed add_history to fix history (so it doesn't contain
 the link you are about to navigate to).

Updated README just slightly.
---
 README.md |  2 +-
 connex.pl | 48 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
 mode change 100644 => 100755 connex.pl

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cbe62bd..240be87 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Connex
 
-A nex browser in perl
\ No newline at end of file
+A TUI nex browser in perl using Curses
diff --git a/connex.pl b/connex.pl
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 59e5544..3c470f9
--- a/connex.pl
+++ b/connex.pl
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ use warnings;
 use strict;
 use Curses::UI;
 use Net::Telnet;
+use URI::Split;
+
 
 my $HOST_DEFAULT = "nightfall.city";
 my $PATHSPEC_DEFAULT = '';
@@ -32,10 +34,10 @@ my $connect = new Net::Telnet (Timeout => 10,
 my @menu = (
   { -label => 'File', 
     -submenu => [
-   { -label => 'Go to Link  ^G', -value =>\&goto_link_dialog },
-   { -label => 'Change Site ^C', -value =>\&goto_site_dialog },
+   { -label => 'Go to Link  ^G', -value => \&goto_link_dialog },
+   { -label => 'Change Site ^C', -value => \&goto_site_dialog },
    { -label => 'Back        ^B', -value => \&goto_back  },
-   { -label => 'History     ^H', -value => \&history_status_dialog  },
+   { -label => 'History     ^H', -value => "\&history_status_dialog"  },
    { -label => 'Exit        ^Q', -value => \&exit_dialog  }
                 ]
    },
@@ -58,7 +60,7 @@ sub goto_link_dialog()
 {
 	my $return = $cui->question(-question => "This is [$host/ $pathspec]. Enter destination link:",
 								-answer => $pathspec,
-								); 
+							); 
 	navigate($return);
 }
 
@@ -85,11 +87,12 @@ sub goto_site_dialog()
 sub goto_back()
 {
 	my $fetched = fetch_history();
-	if($fetched) {
+	#if($fetched) {
 		$pathspec =$fetched;
 		load($pathspec);
 		update_status_bar();
-	 }
+		history_status_dialog();
+	 #}
 
 }
 
@@ -97,26 +100,28 @@ sub goto_back()
 
 sub navigate{
 	my $link = shift;
-	if ($link){
-		if($link ne ''){ 
+	#if ($link){
+	#	if($link ne ''){ 
+			add_history($pathspec);  #add last link to history before going forward!
 			$pathspec = $link;
-			add_history($pathspec);
 			load($pathspec);
-		}else { 
-			$pathspec = '';
-		}
+	#	}else { 
+	#		$pathspec = '';
+	#	}
 		update_status_bar();
- 	}
+ 	#}
  
-
 }
 
 
 sub update_status_bar
 {
+	my $browser = $win1->getobj("browser");
 	my $statusbar = $win1->getobj("status");
 	$statusbar->text("Current site: $host, current link: [$pathspec]");
 	$statusbar->draw();
+	$browser->focus();
+	
 
 }
 
@@ -139,16 +144,16 @@ sub fetch_history
 	}else{
     	return($PATHSPEC_DEFAULT);
 	}
-	history_status_dialog();
-
 }
 
 
 sub history_status_dialog
 {
 	if(@history){
+		my $browser = $win1->getobj("browser");	
+		$browser->focus();
 		my $history_list = join(", ", @history);
-		my $return = $cui->status(-message => $history_list);
+		my $return = $cui->status("$history_list");
 	}
 }
 
@@ -203,10 +208,10 @@ $cui->set_binding( \&goto_link_dialog , "\cG");
 $cui->set_binding( \&goto_back , "\cB");
 $cui->set_binding( \&goto_site_dialog , "\cC");
 
-
-
+#start up
 $texteditor->focus();
-load('');
+
+navigate('');
 $cui->mainloop();
 
 
@@ -256,6 +261,7 @@ sub load
 	$ok= $connect->print($pathspec);
 	@lines =$connect->getlines(ErrMode=> 'return');
     print $connect->eof();
+#handle non-existant request?
     die unless $connect->eof();
 	$connect->close();
     my $widget= $texteditor;
@@ -265,7 +271,7 @@ sub load
 	foreach $currentline (@lines){
 		if ($currentline =~ m/^=>/){
 			$count+=1;
-			$currentline =~ s/^=>(.*$)/[$count\]$1/;
+			$currentline =~ s/(^=>.*$)/$1 [\>$count\]/;
         }
 		$loaded_text= $loaded_text . $currentline;
 	}

From e957438be64cffd608f2bbdecf52d97a176c6714 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: peteyboy <peteyboy@sdf.org>
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2024 04:09:19 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/7] Lots of updates, updated internals to use nex:// urls for
 navigation and history and links. Fixed history and go back, mostly. Added
 code to modify links in read index pages only to add "[>#]" to identify link
 number. Recorded all links on a page in an array and used URI to handle
 relative links including "../index" type links (I hope, there were none to
 test). Added UI to navigate by link #s I made, went with kludgy dialog box.
 Had the idea to use > and < for navigation to copy the '[>#]' format I added
 to index page link lines, which works not bad. Added some help to status bar,
 other stuff.

What needs to get added is some 'branding' (program name, about dialog) and a help dialog and to reorganize the menu so it's not crazy.

Also could remove some of the status dialogs.
---
 connex.pl | 343 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
 1 file changed, 235 insertions(+), 108 deletions(-)

diff --git a/connex.pl b/connex.pl
index 3c470f9..29618fd 100755
--- a/connex.pl
+++ b/connex.pl
@@ -1,32 +1,40 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl -w
- 
+#connex.pl Nightfall Express (nex://) browser
+#TODO: Some branding (status popup on load?, Connex menu item?), About dialog 
+#TODO: Help dialog
 
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 use strict;
 use Curses::UI;
 use Net::Telnet;
-use URI::Split;
-
+use URI::Split qw(uri_split uri_join);
+use URI ();
 
 my $HOST_DEFAULT = "nightfall.city";
 my $PATHSPEC_DEFAULT = '';
 my $PORT_DEFAULT = 1900;
-my $PROT_NEX = "nex://";
+my $SCHEME_NEX = "nex";
 
-my $home_default= $PROT_NEX . $HOST_DEFAULT;
+my $home_default= $SCHEME_NEX . $HOST_DEFAULT;
 
 my $host = "nightfall.city";
 my $port = "1900";
 my $pathspec = "";
-my $docname = "";
+my $docname; # = "";
 my $doctype = "txt";
 my $dot_ext = ".";
 
-my @history;
 
+my $HOME_URL = uri_join($SCHEME_NEX,$HOST_DEFAULT);
+
+my $full_url = $HOME_URL;
+
+my @history;
+my @page_links;
 
 my $statusbar;
+my $navwindow;
 my $win1;
 my $cui = new Curses::UI( -color_support => 1 );
 my $connect = new Net::Telnet (Timeout => 10,
@@ -34,10 +42,11 @@ my $connect = new Net::Telnet (Timeout => 10,
 my @menu = (
   { -label => 'File', 
     -submenu => [
-   { -label => 'Go to Link  ^G', -value => \&goto_link_dialog },
-   { -label => 'Change Site ^C', -value => \&goto_site_dialog },
+   { -label => 'Go to Link  ^G', -value => \&navigate_link_dialog },
+   { -label => 'Choose Link  >', -value => \&goto_link_dialog },
    { -label => 'Back        ^B', -value => \&goto_back  },
-   { -label => 'History     ^H', -value => "\&history_status_dialog"  },
+   { -label => 'History     ^H', -value => \&history_status_dialog  },
+   { -label => 'Page Links  ^P', -value => \&page_links_dialog  },
    { -label => 'Exit        ^Q', -value => \&exit_dialog  }
                 ]
    },
@@ -47,8 +56,8 @@ my @menu = (
 sub exit_dialog()
 {
         my $return = $cui->dialog(
-                -message   => "Really quit?",
-                -title     => "Are you sure?", 
+                -title   => "Quit Connex?",
+                -message     => "Are you sure?", 
                 -buttons   => ['yes', 'no'],
  
         );
@@ -56,60 +65,102 @@ sub exit_dialog()
 exit(0) if $return;
 }
 
-sub goto_link_dialog()
+
+sub links_dialog()
 {
-	my $return = $cui->question(-question => "This is [$host/ $pathspec]. Enter destination link:",
-								-answer => $pathspec,
-							); 
-	navigate($return);
+        my $return = $cui->dialog(
+                -message   => page_links_list(),
+                -title     => "Page Links", 
+                -buttons   => ['ok'],
+ 
+        );
+ 
 }
 
-
-sub goto_site_dialog()
+sub unsupported_dialog
 {
+		my $scheme = shift;
+        my $return = $cui->dialog(
+                -message   => "$scheme protocol not supported.",
+                -title     => "Bad Navigation", 
+                -buttons   => ['ok'],
+ 
+        );
 
-	my $return = $cui->question(-question => "This is [$host/ $pathspec]. Visit site:",
-								-answer => $host,
-								); 
-	if ($return){
-		my $site = $return;
-		if($site ne ''){ 
-			$host = $site;
-			add_history($host);
-			load($pathspec);
-			update_status_bar();
-		}
-		history_status_dialog();
+}
+
+sub navigate_link_dialog()
+{
+	my $return = $cui->question(-question => "This is [$full_url]. Enter destination link:",
+								-answer => $full_url,
+							); 
+	#if not user canceled then navigate
+	if($return){
+		navigate($return);
+		update_status_bar();
 	}
 }
- 
+
+
+sub goto_link_dialog()
+{	
+	my $return = $cui->question(-question => "Enter link #:",
+							); 
+	#if not canceled, or too big or too small, goto link
+	if($return){
+		my $linkcount = scalar @page_links;
+		if($return <= $linkcount && $return >0){
+			goto_link($return);
+			update_status_bar();
+		}else{
+			#$browser->focus();
+			my $return1 = $cui->status("there is no link # " . $return);
+		}
+	#do nothing on cancel
+	}
+}
+
+
+
+
 
 sub goto_back()
 {
 	my $fetched = fetch_history();
 	#if($fetched) {
-		$pathspec =$fetched;
-		load($pathspec);
+		$full_url =$fetched;
+		load($full_url,0); #don't move back to top
 		update_status_bar();
 		history_status_dialog();
-	 #}
+	#}
 
 }
 
 
 
+sub goto_link{
+	my $linknum = shift;
+	my $linkcount = scalar @page_links;
+	
+ 	#my $element=$linknum -1; #offset for array element
+ 	#if ($element <=  $#page_links){  #such a perlism, this is highest INDEX of array
+
+ 	if ($linknum <=  $linkcount){  #such a perlism, this is highest INDEX of array
+		 navigate($page_links[$linknum-1]);	#offset from count to index
+ 	}else{
+		#my $browser = $win1->getobj("browser");	
+		#$browser->focus();
+		my $return = $cui->status("no link # " . $linknum);
+	}
+
+}
+
+
 sub navigate{
 	my $link = shift;
-	#if ($link){
-	#	if($link ne ''){ 
-			add_history($pathspec);  #add last link to history before going forward!
-			$pathspec = $link;
-			load($pathspec);
-	#	}else { 
-	#		$pathspec = '';
-	#	}
-		update_status_bar();
- 	#}
+	add_history($full_url);  #add last link to history before going forward!
+	$full_url = $link;
+	load($full_url, 1); #new URL go to top of page
  
 }
 
@@ -118,7 +169,8 @@ sub update_status_bar
 {
 	my $browser = $win1->getobj("browser");
 	my $statusbar = $win1->getobj("status");
-	$statusbar->text("Current site: $host, current link: [$pathspec]");
+	#$full_url = construct_valid_url($SCHEME_NEX, $host, $pathspec, $docname);
+	$statusbar->text("$full_url" . " | Press '>' key to enter link #. ctl-g to enter nex URL. '<' to go back.");
 	$statusbar->draw();
 	$browser->focus();
 	
@@ -129,7 +181,6 @@ sub update_status_bar
 sub add_history
 {
 	my $link = shift;
-	print ("link $link");
 	push(@history, $link);
 	history_status_dialog();
 	return;
@@ -142,7 +193,7 @@ sub fetch_history
 		$latest = pop(@history);
 		return $latest;
 	}else{
-    	return($PATHSPEC_DEFAULT);
+    	return($HOME_URL);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -152,12 +203,43 @@ sub history_status_dialog
 	if(@history){
 		my $browser = $win1->getobj("browser");	
 		$browser->focus();
-		my $history_list = join(", ", @history);
-		my $return = $cui->status("$history_list");
+		my $history_list = join("\n", @history);
+		my $return = $cui->status("history:\n$history_list");
 	}
 }
 
 
+sub page_links_dialog
+{
+	if(@page_links){
+		my $browser = $win1->getobj("browser");	
+		$browser->focus();
+		#my $link_list = join("\n", @page_links);
+		my $link_list = page_links_list();
+		my $return = $cui->status("links on this page:\n$link_list");
+	}
+}
+
+
+sub page_links_list
+{
+	if(@page_links){
+		my $browser = $win1->getobj("browser");	
+		$browser->focus();
+		#my $link_list = join("\n", @page_links);
+		my $link_list="";
+		my $link;
+		my $count=0;
+		foreach $link (@page_links){
+			$count+=1;
+			$link_list = $link_list . "[$count] $link\n";
+		}
+		return  $link_list;
+	}
+}
+
+
+
 my $menu = $cui->add(
         'menu','Menubar', 
         -menu => \@menu,
@@ -173,6 +255,9 @@ $win1 = $cui->add(
                      -vscrollbar => 'right',
                      );
 
+
+                     
+
 my $texteditor = $win1->add("browser", "TextViewer",
                         -text => "Start Page",
                         -border 	 => 1,
@@ -195,7 +280,7 @@ $statusbar = $win1->add("status", "TextViewer",
         	             -width => -1,
         	             -reverse => 1,
         	             -paddingspaces => 1,
-                         -text => "Current site: $HOST_DEFAULT, current link: [/]",
+                         -text => "$HOME_URL | Press '>' key to enter link #. ctl-g to enter nex URL. '<' to go back.",
                          );
                          
 
@@ -204,78 +289,120 @@ $statusbar = $win1->add("status", "TextViewer",
 #key bindings, should match menu items
 $cui->set_binding(sub {$menu->focus()}, "\cX");
 $cui->set_binding( \&exit_dialog , "\cQ");
-$cui->set_binding( \&goto_link_dialog , "\cG");
+$cui->set_binding( \&navigate_link_dialog , "\cG");
 $cui->set_binding( \&goto_back , "\cB");
-$cui->set_binding( \&goto_site_dialog , "\cC");
+$cui->set_binding( \&goto_back , "<");
+$cui->set_binding( \&goto_link_dialog , ">");
+$cui->set_binding(sub {
+        my $cui = shift;
+        $cui->layout;
+        $cui->draw;
+}, "\cL");
+
+
+
+# There is no need for the editor widget to loose focus, so
+# the "loose-focus" binding is disabled here. This also enables the
+# use of the "TAB" key in the editor, which is nice to have.
+$texteditor->clear_binding('loose-focus');
 
 #start up
-$texteditor->focus();
+#$texteditor->focus();
 
-navigate('');
+navigate($HOME_URL);
 $cui->mainloop();
 
 
-#pick apart nex:// urls, which we should be using
-#sub parse_url #need to pass in url; and host, pathspec, file variables to be filled
-#{
-#	my $url = @_[0];
-#	my $host = url;
-#	host =~ s/^nex://([a-z0-9]*)\/[a-z0-9\/\.]*$/$1/;
-#	my $pathspec = url;
-#	pathspec =~ s/^nex://[a-z0-9]*(\/[a-z0-9\/]*)[[a-z0-9\.]*$)/$1/;
-#	my $file = $url
-#	
-#}
-
-
 #make nex:// urls from parts, relative urls
-#sub construct_valid_url #protocol, host, pathspec
-#{
-#	my $protocol = shift;
-#	my $host = shift;
-#	my $pathspec = shift;
-#	my $file = shift;
-#	my $url = $protocol;
-#need error handling
-#what about the end slash and files vs index?
-#	$url = $protocol . $host;
-#	if ($pathspec){
-#		$url = $url . '/' . $pathspec;
-#		if ($file){
-#			$url = $url . '.' $file;
-#		}
-#	}
-# 	return $url;
-#}
+sub construct_valid_url #scheme, host, pathspec, docname
+{
+	my $scheme = shift;
+	my $host = shift;
+	my $pathspec = shift;
+	my $docname = shift;
+	if (defined($docname)){
+		$pathspec= $pathspec . '/' . $docname; #this is just local pathspec
+	}
+	my $url = uri_join($scheme, $host, $pathspec);
+ 	return $url;
+}
 
+sub is_path_index{
+	my $path = shift;
+	my $result = 1;
+	if ($path !~ /\/$/ && $path =~ /\.[a-zA-Z]*$/){
+		$result =0;
+	}
+	return($result);
+}
+
+sub add_page_link{
+	my $linkline = shift;
+	my $base_url = shift;
+	my $uri_object;
+	#my $link= $linkline=~ s/^=>[ ]*(.*$)/$1/r;
+	local $URI::ABS_ALLOW_RELATIVE_SCHEME = 1;
+	local $URI::ABS_REMOTE_LEADING_DOTS = 1;
+	$uri_object=URI->new_abs($linkline=~ /^=>[ ]+([^ ]*)/,$base_url);
+	
+	push(@page_links, $uri_object->as_string);
+	my $count = scalar @page_links; #scalar is size/count of links, but $#page_links is highest INDEX
+	return $linkline =~ s/(^=>.*$)/$1 [\>$count\]/r;
+
+}
 
 
 sub load
 {
-	my $pathspec = shift;
     my @lines;
 	my $ok;
-	$connect->host($host);
-	$connect->port($port);
-	$ok= $connect->open($host);
-	$ok= $connect->print($pathspec);
-	@lines =$connect->getlines(ErrMode=> 'return');
-    print $connect->eof();
-#handle non-existant request?
-    die unless $connect->eof();
-	$connect->close();
-    my $widget= $texteditor;
-    my $loaded_text ="";
-    my $currentline;
-    my $count=0;
-	foreach $currentline (@lines){
-		if ($currentline =~ m/^=>/){
-			$count+=1;
-			$currentline =~ s/(^=>.*$)/$1 [\>$count\]/;
-        }
-		$loaded_text= $loaded_text . $currentline;
-	}
-	 $widget->text($loaded_text);
+	my $url = shift;
+	my $top = shift;
+	#my $scheme, $host, $path, $query, $frag;
+	my ($scheme, $host, $path, $query, $frag) = uri_split($url);
+	#what happens with different scheme?
+	if ($scheme eq $SCHEME_NEX){
+		$connect->host($host);
+		$connect->port($port);
+		$ok= $connect->open($host);
+		$ok= $connect->print($path);
+		@lines =$connect->getlines(ErrMode=> 'return');
+    	print $connect->eof();
+		#handle non-existant request?
+    	die unless $connect->eof();
+		$connect->close();
+    	my $widget= $texteditor;
+
+    	#loop through nex response and load into text editor. Identify, mark and store link lines for index pages
+    	#TODO: store link lines for index pages
+    	my $page_contents =""; #this is the page contents
+    	my $currentline;
+    	my $count=0;
+    	my $is_index= is_path_index($path);
+    	undef @page_links; #clear list
+		foreach $currentline (@lines){
+			if ($currentline =~ m/^=>/){
+				if ($is_index){
+					$currentline = add_page_link($currentline, $url);
+				}
+   	     	}
+			$page_contents= $page_contents . $currentline;
+		}
+	 	$widget->text($page_contents);
+	 	$widget->draw();
+	 	if ($top){
+			$widget->pos(0);
+	 	}
+	 }else{
+	 	#can't load non-nex as of now
+		my $browser = $win1->getobj("browser");	
+		$browser->focus();
+		my $return = unsupported_dialog($scheme);
+		#pop and trash history
+	    my $fetched = fetch_history();
+		
+	 }
+
 
 }
 

From a7acb6501ed99151e28e632a67270bb2d8dddf80 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: peteyboy <peteyboy@sdf.org>
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2024 14:57:09 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 3/7] Added ability to invoke with a starting nex url from
 command line. Added rudimentary About page Added rudimentary Help page

---
 connex.pl | 75 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 59 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/connex.pl b/connex.pl
index 29618fd..cd5966f 100755
--- a/connex.pl
+++ b/connex.pl
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ my $PATHSPEC_DEFAULT = '';
 my $PORT_DEFAULT = 1900;
 my $SCHEME_NEX = "nex";
 
-my $home_default= $SCHEME_NEX . $HOST_DEFAULT;
-
 my $host = "nightfall.city";
 my $port = "1900";
 my $pathspec = "";
@@ -28,7 +26,17 @@ my $dot_ext = ".";
 
 my $HOME_URL = uri_join($SCHEME_NEX,$HOST_DEFAULT);
 
-my $full_url = $HOME_URL;
+#if argument entered, it should be a nex url:
+my $full_url= $ARGV[0];
+if (defined $full_url){	
+	my $uri=URI->new($full_url, $SCHEME_NEX);
+	if ($uri->scheme ne $SCHEME_NEX){
+		die "need a $SCHEME_NEX url, or start without supplying URL argument.\n";
+	}
+	$full_url= $uri->as_string;		
+}else{
+	$full_url = $HOME_URL;
+}
 
 my @history;
 my @page_links;
@@ -42,14 +50,20 @@ my $connect = new Net::Telnet (Timeout => 10,
 my @menu = (
   { -label => 'File', 
     -submenu => [
-   { -label => 'Go to Link  ^G', -value => \&navigate_link_dialog },
-   { -label => 'Choose Link  >', -value => \&goto_link_dialog },
-   { -label => 'Back        ^B', -value => \&goto_back  },
-   { -label => 'History     ^H', -value => \&history_status_dialog  },
-   { -label => 'Page Links  ^P', -value => \&page_links_dialog  },
-   { -label => 'Exit        ^Q', -value => \&exit_dialog  }
+   { -label => 'Choose Link    >', -value => \&goto_link_dialog },
+   { -label => 'Back        ^B/<', -value => \&goto_back  },
+   { -label => 'Go to Link    ^G', -value => \&navigate_link_dialog },
+   { -label => 'Page Links    ^P', -value => \&page_links_dialog  },
+   { -label => 'History       ^Y', -value => \&history_status_dialog  },
+   { -label => 'Exit          ^Q', -value => \&exit_dialog  }
                 ]
    },
+   { -label => 'Help',
+	 -submenu => [
+   { -label => 'Help  ^H', -value => \&help_dialog },
+   { -label => 'About   ', -value => \&about_dialog },
+				]
+   }, 
 
 );
 
@@ -170,7 +184,7 @@ sub update_status_bar
 	my $browser = $win1->getobj("browser");
 	my $statusbar = $win1->getobj("status");
 	#$full_url = construct_valid_url($SCHEME_NEX, $host, $pathspec, $docname);
-	$statusbar->text("$full_url" . " | Press '>' key to enter link #. ctl-g to enter nex URL. '<' to go back.");
+	$statusbar->text("$full_url" . " | Press '>' key to enter link #. ctl-x for Menu. '<' to go back.");
 	$statusbar->draw();
 	$browser->focus();
 	
@@ -238,7 +252,34 @@ sub page_links_list
 	}
 }
 
+sub about_dialog
+{
+	my $browser = $win1->getobj("browser");	
+	$browser->focus();
+	my $return = $cui->status("Connex browser\n by gorf\@rawtext.club\n 2024");
+}
 
+sub help_dialog
+{
+	my $browser = $win1->getobj("browser");	
+	$browser->focus();
+	my $message = <<'END_MESSAGE';
+Navigation:
+Press '>' key to select a '[>#]link by #
+Press '<' key to go back to previous page
+
+Program Features:
+Press ctl-x for menu
+END_MESSAGE
+	
+    my $return = $cui->dialog(
+	    -message   => $message,
+        -title     => "Connex Help", 
+        -buttons   => ['ok'],
+ 
+        );
+
+}
 
 my $menu = $cui->add(
         'menu','Menubar', 
@@ -249,6 +290,7 @@ my $menu = $cui->add(
 
 $win1 = $cui->add(
                      'win1', 'Window',
+                     -title => "Connex, a Nightfall Express (nex://) browser",
                      -border => 1,
                      -y    => 1,
                      -bfg  => 'red',
@@ -280,12 +322,10 @@ $statusbar = $win1->add("status", "TextViewer",
         	             -width => -1,
         	             -reverse => 1,
         	             -paddingspaces => 1,
-                         -text => "$HOME_URL | Press '>' key to enter link #. ctl-g to enter nex URL. '<' to go back.",
+                         -text => "$full_url | Press '>' key to enter link #; ctl-x for menu; '<' to go back.",
                          );
                          
 
-
-
 #key bindings, should match menu items
 $cui->set_binding(sub {$menu->focus()}, "\cX");
 $cui->set_binding( \&exit_dialog , "\cQ");
@@ -293,6 +333,9 @@ $cui->set_binding( \&navigate_link_dialog , "\cG");
 $cui->set_binding( \&goto_back , "\cB");
 $cui->set_binding( \&goto_back , "<");
 $cui->set_binding( \&goto_link_dialog , ">");
+$cui->set_binding( \&page_links_dialog , "\cP");
+$cui->set_binding( \&history_status_dialog , "\cY");
+$cui->set_binding( \&help_dialog , "\cH");
 $cui->set_binding(sub {
         my $cui = shift;
         $cui->layout;
@@ -304,12 +347,12 @@ $cui->set_binding(sub {
 # There is no need for the editor widget to loose focus, so
 # the "loose-focus" binding is disabled here. This also enables the
 # use of the "TAB" key in the editor, which is nice to have.
-$texteditor->clear_binding('loose-focus');
+#$texteditor->clear_binding('loose-focus');
 
 #start up
-#$texteditor->focus();
+$texteditor->focus();
 
-navigate($HOME_URL);
+navigate($full_url);
 $cui->mainloop();
 
 

From 7de73ed08893708c625581d50d8f1e54a9e7d732 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: peteyboy <peteyboy@sdf.org>
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 02:30:33 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 4/7] A lot of updates.

---
 connex.pl | 451 ------------------------------------------------------
 1 file changed, 451 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100755 connex.pl

diff --git a/connex.pl b/connex.pl
deleted file mode 100755
index cd5966f..0000000
--- a/connex.pl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,451 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl -w
-#connex.pl Nightfall Express (nex://) browser
-#TODO: Some branding (status popup on load?, Connex menu item?), About dialog 
-#TODO: Help dialog
-
-use strict;
-use warnings;
-use strict;
-use Curses::UI;
-use Net::Telnet;
-use URI::Split qw(uri_split uri_join);
-use URI ();
-
-my $HOST_DEFAULT = "nightfall.city";
-my $PATHSPEC_DEFAULT = '';
-my $PORT_DEFAULT = 1900;
-my $SCHEME_NEX = "nex";
-
-my $host = "nightfall.city";
-my $port = "1900";
-my $pathspec = "";
-my $docname; # = "";
-my $doctype = "txt";
-my $dot_ext = ".";
-
-
-my $HOME_URL = uri_join($SCHEME_NEX,$HOST_DEFAULT);
-
-#if argument entered, it should be a nex url:
-my $full_url= $ARGV[0];
-if (defined $full_url){	
-	my $uri=URI->new($full_url, $SCHEME_NEX);
-	if ($uri->scheme ne $SCHEME_NEX){
-		die "need a $SCHEME_NEX url, or start without supplying URL argument.\n";
-	}
-	$full_url= $uri->as_string;		
-}else{
-	$full_url = $HOME_URL;
-}
-
-my @history;
-my @page_links;
-
-my $statusbar;
-my $navwindow;
-my $win1;
-my $cui = new Curses::UI( -color_support => 1 );
-my $connect = new Net::Telnet (Timeout => 10,
-                      Errmode => 'return');
-my @menu = (
-  { -label => 'File', 
-    -submenu => [
-   { -label => 'Choose Link    >', -value => \&goto_link_dialog },
-   { -label => 'Back        ^B/<', -value => \&goto_back  },
-   { -label => 'Go to Link    ^G', -value => \&navigate_link_dialog },
-   { -label => 'Page Links    ^P', -value => \&page_links_dialog  },
-   { -label => 'History       ^Y', -value => \&history_status_dialog  },
-   { -label => 'Exit          ^Q', -value => \&exit_dialog  }
-                ]
-   },
-   { -label => 'Help',
-	 -submenu => [
-   { -label => 'Help  ^H', -value => \&help_dialog },
-   { -label => 'About   ', -value => \&about_dialog },
-				]
-   }, 
-
-);
-
-sub exit_dialog()
-{
-        my $return = $cui->dialog(
-                -title   => "Quit Connex?",
-                -message     => "Are you sure?", 
-                -buttons   => ['yes', 'no'],
- 
-        );
- 
-exit(0) if $return;
-}
-
-
-sub links_dialog()
-{
-        my $return = $cui->dialog(
-                -message   => page_links_list(),
-                -title     => "Page Links", 
-                -buttons   => ['ok'],
- 
-        );
- 
-}
-
-sub unsupported_dialog
-{
-		my $scheme = shift;
-        my $return = $cui->dialog(
-                -message   => "$scheme protocol not supported.",
-                -title     => "Bad Navigation", 
-                -buttons   => ['ok'],
- 
-        );
-
-}
-
-sub navigate_link_dialog()
-{
-	my $return = $cui->question(-question => "This is [$full_url]. Enter destination link:",
-								-answer => $full_url,
-							); 
-	#if not user canceled then navigate
-	if($return){
-		navigate($return);
-		update_status_bar();
-	}
-}
-
-
-sub goto_link_dialog()
-{	
-	my $return = $cui->question(-question => "Enter link #:",
-							); 
-	#if not canceled, or too big or too small, goto link
-	if($return){
-		my $linkcount = scalar @page_links;
-		if($return <= $linkcount && $return >0){
-			goto_link($return);
-			update_status_bar();
-		}else{
-			#$browser->focus();
-			my $return1 = $cui->status("there is no link # " . $return);
-		}
-	#do nothing on cancel
-	}
-}
-
-
-
-
-
-sub goto_back()
-{
-	my $fetched = fetch_history();
-	#if($fetched) {
-		$full_url =$fetched;
-		load($full_url,0); #don't move back to top
-		update_status_bar();
-		history_status_dialog();
-	#}
-
-}
-
-
-
-sub goto_link{
-	my $linknum = shift;
-	my $linkcount = scalar @page_links;
-	
- 	#my $element=$linknum -1; #offset for array element
- 	#if ($element <=  $#page_links){  #such a perlism, this is highest INDEX of array
-
- 	if ($linknum <=  $linkcount){  #such a perlism, this is highest INDEX of array
-		 navigate($page_links[$linknum-1]);	#offset from count to index
- 	}else{
-		#my $browser = $win1->getobj("browser");	
-		#$browser->focus();
-		my $return = $cui->status("no link # " . $linknum);
-	}
-
-}
-
-
-sub navigate{
-	my $link = shift;
-	add_history($full_url);  #add last link to history before going forward!
-	$full_url = $link;
-	load($full_url, 1); #new URL go to top of page
- 
-}
-
-
-sub update_status_bar
-{
-	my $browser = $win1->getobj("browser");
-	my $statusbar = $win1->getobj("status");
-	#$full_url = construct_valid_url($SCHEME_NEX, $host, $pathspec, $docname);
-	$statusbar->text("$full_url" . " | Press '>' key to enter link #. ctl-x for Menu. '<' to go back.");
-	$statusbar->draw();
-	$browser->focus();
-	
-
-}
-
-
-sub add_history
-{
-	my $link = shift;
-	push(@history, $link);
-	history_status_dialog();
-	return;
-}
-
-sub fetch_history
-{
-	my $latest;
-	if(@history) {
-		$latest = pop(@history);
-		return $latest;
-	}else{
-    	return($HOME_URL);
-	}
-}
-
-
-sub history_status_dialog
-{
-	if(@history){
-		my $browser = $win1->getobj("browser");	
-		$browser->focus();
-		my $history_list = join("\n", @history);
-		my $return = $cui->status("history:\n$history_list");
-	}
-}
-
-
-sub page_links_dialog
-{
-	if(@page_links){
-		my $browser = $win1->getobj("browser");	
-		$browser->focus();
-		#my $link_list = join("\n", @page_links);
-		my $link_list = page_links_list();
-		my $return = $cui->status("links on this page:\n$link_list");
-	}
-}
-
-
-sub page_links_list
-{
-	if(@page_links){
-		my $browser = $win1->getobj("browser");	
-		$browser->focus();
-		#my $link_list = join("\n", @page_links);
-		my $link_list="";
-		my $link;
-		my $count=0;
-		foreach $link (@page_links){
-			$count+=1;
-			$link_list = $link_list . "[$count] $link\n";
-		}
-		return  $link_list;
-	}
-}
-
-sub about_dialog
-{
-	my $browser = $win1->getobj("browser");	
-	$browser->focus();
-	my $return = $cui->status("Connex browser\n by gorf\@rawtext.club\n 2024");
-}
-
-sub help_dialog
-{
-	my $browser = $win1->getobj("browser");	
-	$browser->focus();
-	my $message = <<'END_MESSAGE';
-Navigation:
-Press '>' key to select a '[>#]link by #
-Press '<' key to go back to previous page
-
-Program Features:
-Press ctl-x for menu
-END_MESSAGE
-	
-    my $return = $cui->dialog(
-	    -message   => $message,
-        -title     => "Connex Help", 
-        -buttons   => ['ok'],
- 
-        );
-
-}
-
-my $menu = $cui->add(
-        'menu','Menubar', 
-        -menu => \@menu,
-        -fg  => "blue",
-);
-
-
-$win1 = $cui->add(
-                     'win1', 'Window',
-                     -title => "Connex, a Nightfall Express (nex://) browser",
-                     -border => 1,
-                     -y    => 1,
-                     -bfg  => 'red',
-                     -vscrollbar => 'right',
-                     );
-
-
-                     
-
-my $texteditor = $win1->add("browser", "TextViewer",
-                        -text => "Start Page",
-                        -border 	 => 1,
-                       	-padtop		 => 0,	
-                   		-padbottom 	 => 3,
-            			-showlines	 => 0,
-                     	-sbborder	 => 0,
-                  		-vscrollbar	 => 1,
-              			-hscrollbar	 => 1, 
-          				-showhardreturns => 0,
-                   		-wrapping        => 0, # wrapping slows down the editor :-(
-                         );
-
-
-$statusbar = $win1->add("status", "TextViewer",
-	                     -border => 1,
-        	             -bfg  => 'red',
-        	             -y => -1,
-        	             -height => 1,
-        	             -width => -1,
-        	             -reverse => 1,
-        	             -paddingspaces => 1,
-                         -text => "$full_url | Press '>' key to enter link #; ctl-x for menu; '<' to go back.",
-                         );
-                         
-
-#key bindings, should match menu items
-$cui->set_binding(sub {$menu->focus()}, "\cX");
-$cui->set_binding( \&exit_dialog , "\cQ");
-$cui->set_binding( \&navigate_link_dialog , "\cG");
-$cui->set_binding( \&goto_back , "\cB");
-$cui->set_binding( \&goto_back , "<");
-$cui->set_binding( \&goto_link_dialog , ">");
-$cui->set_binding( \&page_links_dialog , "\cP");
-$cui->set_binding( \&history_status_dialog , "\cY");
-$cui->set_binding( \&help_dialog , "\cH");
-$cui->set_binding(sub {
-        my $cui = shift;
-        $cui->layout;
-        $cui->draw;
-}, "\cL");
-
-
-
-# There is no need for the editor widget to loose focus, so
-# the "loose-focus" binding is disabled here. This also enables the
-# use of the "TAB" key in the editor, which is nice to have.
-#$texteditor->clear_binding('loose-focus');
-
-#start up
-$texteditor->focus();
-
-navigate($full_url);
-$cui->mainloop();
-
-
-#make nex:// urls from parts, relative urls
-sub construct_valid_url #scheme, host, pathspec, docname
-{
-	my $scheme = shift;
-	my $host = shift;
-	my $pathspec = shift;
-	my $docname = shift;
-	if (defined($docname)){
-		$pathspec= $pathspec . '/' . $docname; #this is just local pathspec
-	}
-	my $url = uri_join($scheme, $host, $pathspec);
- 	return $url;
-}
-
-sub is_path_index{
-	my $path = shift;
-	my $result = 1;
-	if ($path !~ /\/$/ && $path =~ /\.[a-zA-Z]*$/){
-		$result =0;
-	}
-	return($result);
-}
-
-sub add_page_link{
-	my $linkline = shift;
-	my $base_url = shift;
-	my $uri_object;
-	#my $link= $linkline=~ s/^=>[ ]*(.*$)/$1/r;
-	local $URI::ABS_ALLOW_RELATIVE_SCHEME = 1;
-	local $URI::ABS_REMOTE_LEADING_DOTS = 1;
-	$uri_object=URI->new_abs($linkline=~ /^=>[ ]+([^ ]*)/,$base_url);
-	
-	push(@page_links, $uri_object->as_string);
-	my $count = scalar @page_links; #scalar is size/count of links, but $#page_links is highest INDEX
-	return $linkline =~ s/(^=>.*$)/$1 [\>$count\]/r;
-
-}
-
-
-sub load
-{
-    my @lines;
-	my $ok;
-	my $url = shift;
-	my $top = shift;
-	#my $scheme, $host, $path, $query, $frag;
-	my ($scheme, $host, $path, $query, $frag) = uri_split($url);
-	#what happens with different scheme?
-	if ($scheme eq $SCHEME_NEX){
-		$connect->host($host);
-		$connect->port($port);
-		$ok= $connect->open($host);
-		$ok= $connect->print($path);
-		@lines =$connect->getlines(ErrMode=> 'return');
-    	print $connect->eof();
-		#handle non-existant request?
-    	die unless $connect->eof();
-		$connect->close();
-    	my $widget= $texteditor;
-
-    	#loop through nex response and load into text editor. Identify, mark and store link lines for index pages
-    	#TODO: store link lines for index pages
-    	my $page_contents =""; #this is the page contents
-    	my $currentline;
-    	my $count=0;
-    	my $is_index= is_path_index($path);
-    	undef @page_links; #clear list
-		foreach $currentline (@lines){
-			if ($currentline =~ m/^=>/){
-				if ($is_index){
-					$currentline = add_page_link($currentline, $url);
-				}
-   	     	}
-			$page_contents= $page_contents . $currentline;
-		}
-	 	$widget->text($page_contents);
-	 	$widget->draw();
-	 	if ($top){
-			$widget->pos(0);
-	 	}
-	 }else{
-	 	#can't load non-nex as of now
-		my $browser = $win1->getobj("browser");	
-		$browser->focus();
-		my $return = unsupported_dialog($scheme);
-		#pop and trash history
-	    my $fetched = fetch_history();
-		
-	 }
-
-
-}
-

From aa985bdddf245fb2d13a42c0d823dddd6bb8164d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: peteyboy <peteyboy@sdf.org>
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2024 22:02:01 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 5/7] updated code to first decent complete version, build
 module files. Probably want to redo all of this?

---
 Build.PL          |   4 +
 Changes           |   5 +
 INSTALL           |  23 +++
 LICENSE           | 412 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 MANIFEST          |  28 +++
 MANIFEST.SKIP     |  11 ++
 README            |  30 +++
 _build_params     |   1 +
 lib/App/Connex.pm |  52 +++++
 prereqs.json      |  17 ++
 script/connex.pl  | 492 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 11 files changed, 1075 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Build.PL
 create mode 100644 Changes
 create mode 100644 INSTALL
 create mode 100644 LICENSE
 create mode 100644 MANIFEST
 create mode 100644 MANIFEST.SKIP
 create mode 100644 README
 create mode 100644 _build_params
 create mode 100644 lib/App/Connex.pm
 create mode 100644 prereqs.json
 create mode 100644 script/connex.pl

diff --git a/Build.PL b/Build.PL
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a962e82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Build.PL
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# This Build.PL for App-Connex was generated by mbtiny 0.043.
+use 5.008;
+use Module::Build::Tiny 0.039;
+Build_PL();
diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..66d9d36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Changes
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Revision history for perl module App::Connex
+ 
+0.9 2024-03-07
+ 
+ - Created
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0768ce2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+To install Connex, the NEX:// protocol browser
+
+* download and set up cpanm, which will help you pull in required libraries:
+  * curl http://cpanmin.us | perl - -l ~/perl5 App::cpanminus local::lib
+  * eval `perl -I ~/perl5/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib`
+  * echo 'eval `perl -I ~/perl5/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib`' >> ~/.profile
+  * echo 'export MANPATH=$HOME/perl5/man:$MANPATH' >> ~/.profile
+
+
+* Unzip the package, enter:
+  * tar xvzf App-Connex-0.9.tar.gz
+
+* After you have unzipped the package, cd to the package folder App-Connex*, then enter the following commands:
+* perl Build.PL
+* ./Build
+* ./Build test
+* ./Build install
+
+Now run this command to download Perl libraries that the app needs:
+ ~/perl5/bin/cpanm --installdeps . 
+
+Now you can run with "perl script/connex.pl"
+
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..404ee52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,412 @@
+This software is copyright (c) 2024 by peteyboy <peteyboy@sdf.org>.
+
+This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
+
+Terms of the Perl programming language system itself
+
+a) the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+   Software Foundation; either version 1, or (at your option) any
+   later version, or
+b) the "Artistic License"
+
+--- The GNU General Public License, Version 1, February 1989 ---
+
+This software is Copyright (c) 2024 by peteyboy <peteyboy@sdf.org>.
+
+This is free software, licensed under:
+
+  The GNU General Public License, Version 1, February 1989
+
+                    GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
+                     Version 1, February 1989
+
+ Copyright (C) 1989 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+
+ Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
+ of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
+
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+
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+at the mercy of those companies.  By contrast, our General Public
+License is intended to guarantee your freedom to share and change free
+software--to make sure the software is free for all its users.  The
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+You can use it for your programs, too.
+
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+
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+These restrictions translate to certain responsibilities for you if you
+distribute copies of the software, or if you modify it.
+
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+gratis or for a fee, you must give the recipients all the rights that
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+(2) offer you this license which gives you legal permission to copy,
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+
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diff --git a/MANIFEST b/MANIFEST
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST
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+Build
+Build.PL
+Changes
+INSTALL
+LICENSE
+MANIFEST
+MANIFEST.SKIP
+META.json
+META.yml
+MYMETA.json
+MYMETA.yml
+README
+README.md
+connex.pl-back
+lib/App/Connex.pm
+prereqs.json
+prototype/nps.sh
+prototype/perl
+prototype/telnet-test.pl
+prototype/telnet-test.pl~
+prototype/test.pl
+prototype/test.pl~
+prototype/test.pl~~
+prototype/test2.pl
+prototype/test2.pl~
+prototype/url.pl
+prototype/url.pl~
+script/connex.pl
diff --git a/MANIFEST.SKIP b/MANIFEST.SKIP
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.SKIP
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+.git/*
+Build.PL-p
+Build.PL~
+Changes~
+MANIFEST.SKIP~
+README~
+_build_params
+bin/connex.pl~
+connex.pl~
+cpanfile~
+lib/App/Connex.pm~
diff --git a/README b/README
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+++ b/README
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+NAME
+
+    App::Connex - Curses UI NEX:// browser
+
+DESCRIPTION A Curses TUI browser for the Nightfall Express protocol,
+nex://. See https://nightfall.city for details, especially
+https://nightfall.city/nex/info/specification.txt
+
+VERSION
+
+    This document describes version 0.9 of App::Connex
+
+SOURCE
+
+    Source repository is at https://git.sdf.org/peteyboy/Connex =head1 BUGS
+
+    Please report any bugs or feature requests on the gitea issues page
+    https://git.sdf.org/peteyboy/Connex/issues
+
+AUTHOR
+
+    peteyboy <peteyboy@sdf.org>
+
+COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
+
+    This software is copyright (c) 2024, by Pete Dussin, peteyboy@sdf.org
+
+    This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+    the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
+
diff --git a/_build_params b/_build_params
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+++ b/_build_params
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+[["--install_base","/meta/p/peteyboy/perl5"],[]]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/App/Connex.pm b/lib/App/Connex.pm
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+++ b/lib/App/Connex.pm
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+package App::Connex;
+
+use FindBin qw($Bin);
+use lib "$Bin/../lib";
+use Curses::UI;
+use Net::Telnet;
+use URI::Split qw(uri_split uri_join);
+use URI ();
+
+
+our $VERSION = '0.9'; # VERSION
+
+1;
+# ABSTRACT: A Curses TUI Browser for Nightfall Express NEX:// protocol
+
+__END__
+
+=pod
+
+=encoding UTF-8
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+App::Connex - Curses UI NEX:// browser
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION A Curses TUI browser for the Nightfall Express protocol, nex://. See https://nightfall.city for details, 
+especially https://nightfall.city/nex/info/specification.txt
+
+=head1 VERSION
+
+This document describes version 0.9 of App::Connex
+
+
+=head1 SOURCE
+
+Source repository is at L<https://git.sdf.org/peteyboy/Connex>
+=head1 BUGS
+
+Please report any bugs or feature requests on the gitea issues page L<https://git.sdf.org/peteyboy/Connex/issues>
+
+=head1 AUTHOR
+
+peteyboy <peteyboy@sdf.org>
+
+=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
+
+This software is copyright (c) 2024, by Pete Dussin, peteyboy@sdf.org
+
+This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
+
+=cut
diff --git a/prereqs.json b/prereqs.json
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+++ b/prereqs.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+   "configure" : {
+      "requires" : {
+         "Module::Build::Tiny" : "0.039"
+      }
+   },
+   "runtime" : {
+      "requires" : {
+         "Curses::UI" : "0",
+         "Net::Telnet" : "0",
+         "URI" : "0",
+         "URI::Split" : "0",
+         "strict" : "0",
+         "warnings" : "0"
+      }
+   }
+}
diff --git a/script/connex.pl b/script/connex.pl
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+++ b/script/connex.pl
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+#!/usr/bin/perl -w
+# connex.pl Nightfall Express (nex://) browser
+# By Pete Dussin, peteyboy@sdf.org 3/2024
+# This program uses telnet instead of nc to make nex requests, because I couldn't get the Perl nc module to work right.
+
+#TODO: Some branding (status popup on load?, Connex menu item?), About dialog 
+#TODO: Fill out help Dialog
+#TODO: Fill out About Dialog
+#Make status dialog actually useful
+
+
+
+use FindBin qw($Bin);
+use lib "$Bin/../lib";
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use strict;
+use Curses::UI;
+use Net::Telnet;
+use URI::Split qw(uri_split uri_join);
+use URI ();
+use Term::ReadKey; #for fatpacker?
+
+
+
+#=== INITIALIZE VARIABLES ===
+
+#my $HOST_DEFAULT = "nightfall.city";
+my $PATHSPEC_DEFAULT = '';
+my $PORT_DEFAULT = 1900;
+my $SCHEME_NEX = "nex";
+
+my $host = "nightfall.city";
+my $port = $PORT_DEFAULT;
+my $pathspec = $PATHSPEC_DEFAULT;
+my $docname; # = "";
+
+#for future use, when you think you can deal with doc types
+my $doctype = "txt";
+my $dot_ext = ".";
+
+
+#default URL to the "home" NEX site
+#my $HOME_URL = uri_join($SCHEME_NEX,$HOST_DEFAULT);
+my $HOME_URL = "nex://nightfall.city";
+
+
+
+#==== Command Line Initialization ====
+# Initialize: See if they specified a starting nex URL from command line
+#if argument entered, it should be a nex url:
+my $full_url= $ARGV[0];
+if (defined $full_url){	
+	my $uri=URI->new($full_url, $SCHEME_NEX);
+	if ($uri->scheme ne $SCHEME_NEX){
+		die "Need a $SCHEME_NEX url, or start without supplying URL argument.\n";
+	}
+	$full_url= $uri->as_string;		
+}else{
+	$full_url = $HOME_URL;
+}
+
+
+#Arrays
+my @history;
+my @page_links;
+
+
+
+#=== UI VARIABLES ===
+my $statusbar;
+my $navwindow;
+my $win1;
+my $cui = new Curses::UI( -color_support => 1 );
+my $connect = new Net::Telnet (Timeout => 10,
+                      Errmode => 'return');
+my @menu = (
+  { -label => 'File', 
+    -submenu => [
+   { -label => 'Choose Link    >', -value => \&goto_link_dialog },
+   { -label => 'Back        ^B/<', -value => \&goto_back  },
+   { -label => 'Go to Link    ^G', -value => \&navigate_link_dialog },
+   { -label => 'Page Links    ^P', -value => \&page_links_dialog  },
+   { -label => 'History       ^Y', -value => \&history_status_dialog  },
+   { -label => 'Exit          ^Q', -value => \&exit_dialog  }
+                ]
+   },
+   { -label => 'Help',
+	 -submenu => [
+   { -label => 'Help  ^H', -value => \&help_dialog },
+   { -label => 'About   ', -value => \&about_dialog },
+				]
+   }, 
+
+);
+
+
+#=== DIALOGS ===
+
+sub exit_dialog()
+{
+        my $return = $cui->dialog(
+                -title   => "Quit Connex?",
+                -message     => "Are you sure?", 
+                -buttons   => ['yes', 'no'],
+ 
+        );
+ 
+exit(0) if $return;
+}
+
+
+sub links_dialog()
+{
+        my $return = $cui->dialog(
+                -message   => page_links_list(),
+                -title     => "Page Links", 
+                -buttons   => ['ok'],
+ 
+        );
+ 
+}
+
+sub unsupported_dialog
+{
+		my $scheme = shift;
+        my $return = $cui->dialog(
+                -message   => "$scheme protocol not supported.",
+                -title     => "Bad Navigation", 
+                -buttons   => ['ok'],
+ 
+        );
+
+}
+
+sub navigate_link_dialog()
+{
+	my $return = $cui->question(-question => "This is [$full_url]. Enter destination link:",
+								-answer => $full_url,
+							); 
+	#if not user canceled then navigate
+	if($return){
+		navigate($return);
+		update_status_bar();
+	}
+}
+
+
+sub goto_link_dialog()
+{	
+	my $return = $cui->question(-question => "Enter link #:",
+							); 
+	#if not canceled, or too big or too small, goto link
+	if($return){
+		my $linkcount = scalar @page_links;
+		if($return <= $linkcount && $return >0){
+			goto_link($return);
+			update_status_bar();
+		}else{
+			#$browser->focus();
+			my $return1 = $cui->status("there is no link # " . $return);
+		}
+	#do nothing on cancel
+	}
+}
+
+
+
+
+#=== ACTIONS ===
+
+sub goto_back()
+{
+	my $fetched = fetch_history();
+	#if($fetched) {
+		$full_url =$fetched;
+		load($full_url,0); #don't move back to top
+		update_status_bar();
+		history_status_dialog();
+	#}
+
+}
+
+
+
+sub goto_link{
+	my $linknum = shift;
+	my $linkcount = scalar @page_links;
+	
+ 	#my $element=$linknum -1; #offset for array element
+ 	#if ($element <=  $#page_links){  #such a perlism, this is highest INDEX of array
+
+ 	if ($linknum <=  $linkcount){  #such a perlism, this is highest INDEX of array
+		 navigate($page_links[$linknum-1]);	#offset from count to index
+ 	}else{
+		#my $browser = $win1->getobj("browser");	
+		#$browser->focus();
+		my $return = $cui->status("no link # " . $linknum);
+	}
+
+}
+
+
+sub navigate{
+	my $link = shift;
+	add_history($full_url);  #add last link to history before going forward!
+	$full_url = $link;
+	load($full_url, 1); #new URL go to top of page
+ 
+}
+
+
+sub update_status_bar
+{
+	my $browser = $win1->getobj("browser");
+	my $statusbar = $win1->getobj("status");
+	#$full_url = construct_valid_url($SCHEME_NEX, $host, $pathspec, $docname);
+	$statusbar->text("$full_url" . " | Press '>' key to enter link #. ctl-x for Menu. '<' to go back.");
+	$statusbar->draw();
+	$browser->focus();
+	
+
+}
+
+
+sub add_history
+{
+	my $link = shift;
+	push(@history, $link);
+	history_status_dialog();
+	return;
+}
+
+sub fetch_history
+{
+	my $latest;
+	if(@history) {
+		$latest = pop(@history);
+		return $latest;
+	}else{
+    	return($HOME_URL);
+	}
+}
+
+
+sub history_status_dialog
+{
+	if(@history){
+		my $browser = $win1->getobj("browser");	
+		$browser->focus();
+		my $history_list = join("\n", @history);
+		my $return = $cui->status("history:\n$history_list");
+	}
+}
+
+
+sub page_links_dialog
+{
+	if(@page_links){
+		my $browser = $win1->getobj("browser");	
+		$browser->focus();
+		#my $link_list = join("\n", @page_links);
+		my $link_list = page_links_list();
+		my $return = $cui->status("links on this page:\n$link_list");
+	}
+}
+
+
+sub page_links_list
+{
+	if(@page_links){
+		my $browser = $win1->getobj("browser");	
+		$browser->focus();
+		#my $link_list = join("\n", @page_links);
+		my $link_list="";
+		my $link;
+		my $count=0;
+		foreach $link (@page_links){
+			$count+=1;
+			$link_list = $link_list . "[$count] $link\n";
+		}
+		return  $link_list;
+	}
+}
+
+sub about_dialog
+{
+	my $browser = $win1->getobj("browser");	
+	$browser->focus();
+	my $return = $cui->status("Connex browser\n by gorf\@rawtext.club\n 2024");
+}
+
+sub help_dialog
+{
+	my $browser = $win1->getobj("browser");	
+	$browser->focus();
+	my $message = <<'END_MESSAGE';
+Navigation:
+Press '>' key to select a '[>#]link by #
+Press '<' key to go back to previous page
+
+Program Features:
+Press ctl-x for menu
+END_MESSAGE
+	
+    my $return = $cui->dialog(
+	    -message   => $message,
+        -title     => "Connex Help", 
+        -buttons   => ['ok'],
+ 
+        );
+
+}
+
+
+#=== KICKOFF UI ===
+
+my $menu = $cui->add(
+        'menu','Menubar', 
+        -menu => \@menu,
+        -fg  => "blue",
+);
+
+
+$win1 = $cui->add(
+                     'win1', 'Window',
+                     -title => "Connex, a Nightfall Express (nex://) browser",
+                     -border => 1,
+                     -y    => 1,
+                     -bfg  => 'red',
+                     -vscrollbar => 'right',
+                     );
+
+
+                     
+
+my $texteditor = $win1->add("browser", "TextViewer",
+                        -text => "Start Page",
+                        -border 	 => 1,
+                       	-padtop		 => 0,	
+                   		-padbottom 	 => 3,
+            			-showlines	 => 0,
+                     	-sbborder	 => 0,
+                  		-vscrollbar	 => 1,
+              			-hscrollbar	 => 1, 
+          				-showhardreturns => 0,
+                   		-wrapping        => 0, # wrapping slows down the editor :-(
+                         );
+
+
+$statusbar = $win1->add("status", "TextViewer",
+	                     -border => 1,
+        	             -bfg  => 'red',
+        	             -y => -1,
+        	             -height => 1,
+        	             -width => -1,
+        	             -reverse => 1,
+        	             -paddingspaces => 1,
+                         -text => "$full_url | Press '>' key to enter link #; ctl-x for menu; '<' to go back.",
+                         );
+                         
+
+#key bindings, should match menu items
+$cui->set_binding(sub {$menu->focus()}, "\cX");
+$cui->set_binding( \&exit_dialog , "\cQ");
+$cui->set_binding( \&navigate_link_dialog , "\cG");
+$cui->set_binding( \&goto_back , "\cB");
+$cui->set_binding( \&goto_back , "<");
+$cui->set_binding( \&goto_link_dialog , ">");
+$cui->set_binding( \&page_links_dialog , "\cP");
+$cui->set_binding( \&history_status_dialog , "\cY");
+$cui->set_binding( \&help_dialog , "\cH");
+$cui->set_binding(sub {
+        my $cui = shift;
+        $cui->layout;
+        $cui->draw;
+}, "\cL");
+
+
+
+# There is no need for the editor widget to loose focus, so
+# the "loose-focus" binding is disabled here. This also enables the
+# use of the "TAB" key in the editor, which is nice to have.
+#$texteditor->clear_binding('loose-focus');
+
+#=== START UP ===
+$texteditor->focus();
+
+navigate($full_url);
+fetch_history(); #navigate places a history entry, will make a duplicate, so remove it
+$cui->mainloop();
+
+
+
+#=== NEX STUFF ===
+
+#make nex:// urls from parts, relative urls
+sub construct_valid_url #scheme, host, pathspec, docname
+{
+	my $scheme = shift;
+	my $host = shift;
+	my $pathspec = shift;
+	my $docname = shift;
+	if (defined($docname)){
+		$pathspec= $pathspec . '/' . $docname; #this is just local pathspec
+	}
+	my $url = uri_join($scheme, $host, $pathspec);
+ 	return $url;
+}
+
+sub is_path_index{
+	my $path = shift;
+	my $result = 1;
+	if ($path !~ /\/$/ && $path =~ /\.[a-zA-Z]*$/){
+		$result =0;
+	}
+	return($result);
+}
+
+sub add_page_link{
+	my $linkline = shift;
+	my $base_url = shift;
+	my $uri_object;
+	#my $link= $linkline=~ s/^=>[ ]*(.*$)/$1/r;
+	local $URI::ABS_ALLOW_RELATIVE_SCHEME = 1;
+	local $URI::ABS_REMOTE_LEADING_DOTS = 1;
+	$uri_object=URI->new_abs($linkline=~ /^=>[ ]+([^ ]*)/,$base_url);
+	
+	push(@page_links, $uri_object->as_string);
+	my $count = scalar @page_links; #scalar is size/count of links, but $#page_links is highest INDEX
+	return $linkline =~ s/(^=>.*$)/$1 [\>$count\]/r;
+
+}
+
+
+#=== NEX REQUESTS AND RESPONSE PROCESSING ===
+sub load
+{
+    my @lines;
+	my $ok;
+	my $url = shift;
+	my $top = shift;
+	#my $scheme, $host, $path, $query, $frag;
+	my ($scheme, $host, $path, $query, $frag) = uri_split($url);
+	#what happens with different scheme?
+	if ($scheme eq $SCHEME_NEX){
+		#A lot of trial and error here, connect->print of path was somehow important to get output to complete...
+		#...also checking the EOF() function
+		$connect->host($host);
+		$connect->port($port);
+		$ok= $connect->open($host);
+		$ok= $connect->print($path);
+		@lines =$connect->getlines(ErrMode=> 'return');
+    	print $connect->eof();
+		#TODO:handle non-existant request? Die is not pretty to do here
+    	die unless $connect->eof();
+		$connect->close();
+    	my $widget= $texteditor;
+
+    	#loop through nex response and load into text editor. Identify, mark and store link lines for index pages
+    	my $page_contents =""; #this is the page contents to be dumped into the browser widget
+    	my $currentline;
+    	my $count=0;
+    	my $is_index= is_path_index($path);
+    	undef @page_links; #clear list
+		foreach $currentline (@lines){
+			if ($currentline =~ m/^=>/){
+				if ($is_index){
+					$currentline = add_page_link($currentline, $url);
+				}
+   	     	}
+			$page_contents= $page_contents . $currentline;
+		}
+	 	$widget->text($page_contents);
+	 	$widget->draw();
+	 	if ($top){
+			$widget->pos(0);
+	 	}
+	 }else{
+	 	#can't load non-nex as of now
+		my $browser = $win1->getobj("browser");	
+		$browser->focus();
+		my $return = unsupported_dialog($scheme);
+		#pop and revert to history for display
+	    #my $fetched = fetch_history();
+	    $full_url = fetch_history();
+		
+	 }
+
+
+}
+

From 745ac8605acccf0410618cbeee44e9286736cbaf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: peteyboy <peteyboy@sdf.org>
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2024 16:27:07 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 6/7] Added Go Home functionality, revised the status bar to
 give request status, and moved the current url to be reported in the window
 (tab) title.

---
 script/connex.pl | 69 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 58 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/script/connex.pl b/script/connex.pl
index 23fc067..7f54d94 100644
--- a/script/connex.pl
+++ b/script/connex.pl
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 # This program uses telnet instead of nc to make nex requests, because I couldn't get the Perl nc module to work right.
 
 #TODO: Some branding (status popup on load?, Connex menu item?), About dialog 
-#TODO: Fill out help Dialog
+#TODO: Fill out help Dialog, mention vi navigatio and search
 #TODO: Fill out About Dialog
-#Make status dialog actually useful
+#TODO:Make status dialog actually useful
 
 
 
@@ -35,6 +35,13 @@ my $port = $PORT_DEFAULT;
 my $pathspec = $PATHSPEC_DEFAULT;
 my $docname; # = "";
 
+
+#new status bar purpose, tracking state
+my $S_REQUESTING = "Requesting...";
+my $S_READY= "        Ready";
+my $S_DIDNT= "(page not requested) " . $S_READY;
+my $S_NORESPONSE ="(No Response) " . $S_READY;
+
 #for future use, when you think you can deal with doc types
 my $doctype = "txt";
 my $dot_ext = ".";
@@ -55,7 +62,8 @@ if (defined $full_url){
 	if ($uri->scheme ne $SCHEME_NEX){
 		die "Need a $SCHEME_NEX url, or start without supplying URL argument.\n";
 	}
-	$full_url= $uri->as_string;		
+	$full_url= $uri->as_string;
+	$HOME_URL = $full_url; #TODO make sure you want to do this, mostly go home and other defaults will go here instead o nightfall.city		
 }else{
 	$full_url = $HOME_URL;
 }
@@ -80,7 +88,8 @@ my @menu = (
    { -label => 'Choose Link    >', -value => \&goto_link_dialog },
    { -label => 'Back        ^B/<', -value => \&goto_back  },
    { -label => 'Go to Link    ^G', -value => \&navigate_link_dialog },
-   { -label => 'Page Links    ^P', -value => \&page_links_dialog  },
+   { -label => 'Go Home       ^M', -value => \&goto_home },
+   { -label => 'Page Links    ^P', -value => \&page_links_dialog },
    { -label => 'History       ^Y', -value => \&history_status_dialog  },
    { -label => 'Exit          ^Q', -value => \&exit_dialog  }
                 ]
@@ -141,7 +150,6 @@ sub navigate_link_dialog()
 	#if not user canceled then navigate
 	if($return){
 		navigate($return);
-		update_status_bar();
 	}
 }
 
@@ -154,8 +162,8 @@ sub goto_link_dialog()
 	if($return){
 		my $linkcount = scalar @page_links;
 		if($return <= $linkcount && $return >0){
+			update_status($S_REQUESTING);
 			goto_link($return);
-			update_status_bar();
 		}else{
 			#$browser->focus();
 			my $return1 = $cui->status("there is no link # " . $return);
@@ -174,14 +182,28 @@ sub goto_back()
 	my $fetched = fetch_history();
 	#if($fetched) {
 		$full_url =$fetched;
+		update_status($S_REQUESTING);
 		load($full_url,0); #don't move back to top
-		update_status_bar();
 		history_status_dialog();
 	#}
 
 }
 
 
+#let's consider home to be the first item in the history
+sub goto_home()
+{
+	if(@history) {
+		$full_url = $history[0]; #peek at first item
+	}else{
+    	$full_url=$HOME_URL;
+	}
+	update_status($S_REQUESTING);
+	load($full_url,0); #don't move back to top
+	history_status_dialog();
+
+}
+
 
 sub goto_link{
 	my $linknum = shift;
@@ -205,23 +227,37 @@ sub navigate{
 	my $link = shift;
 	add_history($full_url);  #add last link to history before going forward!
 	$full_url = $link;
-	load($full_url, 1); #new URL go to top of page
- 
+	update_status($S_REQUESTING);
+	load($full_url, 1); #new URL go to top of page 
 }
 
 
 sub update_status_bar
 {
+	my $status = shift;
 	my $browser = $win1->getobj("browser");
 	my $statusbar = $win1->getobj("status");
-	#$full_url = construct_valid_url($SCHEME_NEX, $host, $pathspec, $docname);
-	$statusbar->text("$full_url" . " | Press '>' key to enter link #. ctl-x for Menu. '<' to go back.");
+	$statusbar->text($status . " | Press '>' key to enter link #. ctl-x for Menu. '<' to go back.");
 	$statusbar->draw();
 	$browser->focus();
 	
+}
+
+sub update_browser_tab
+{
+	my $browser = $win1->getobj("browser");
+	$browser->title("$full_url");
+	$browser->draw();
+
 
 }
 
+sub update_status
+{
+	my $status = shift;
+	update_status_bar($status);
+	update_browser_tab();
+}
 
 sub add_history
 {
@@ -367,6 +403,7 @@ $cui->set_binding( \&navigate_link_dialog , "\cG");
 $cui->set_binding( \&goto_back , "\cB");
 $cui->set_binding( \&goto_back , "<");
 $cui->set_binding( \&goto_link_dialog , ">");
+$cui->set_binding( \&goto_home , "\cM");
 $cui->set_binding( \&page_links_dialog , "\cP");
 $cui->set_binding( \&history_status_dialog , "\cY");
 $cui->set_binding( \&help_dialog , "\cH");
@@ -442,6 +479,9 @@ sub load
 	my $top = shift;
 	#my $scheme, $host, $path, $query, $frag;
 	my ($scheme, $host, $path, $query, $frag) = uri_split($url);
+
+	
+	
 	#what happens with different scheme?
 	if ($scheme eq $SCHEME_NEX){
 		#A lot of trial and error here, connect->print of path was somehow important to get output to complete...
@@ -476,6 +516,12 @@ sub load
 	 	if ($top){
 			$widget->pos(0);
 	 	}
+	 	if ($page_contents eq ''){
+		 	update_status($S_NORESPONSE);
+	 	}else{
+	 		update_status($S_READY);
+	 	}
+	 	
 	 }else{
 	 	#can't load non-nex as of now
 		my $browser = $win1->getobj("browser");	
@@ -484,6 +530,7 @@ sub load
 		#pop and revert to history for display
 	    #my $fetched = fetch_history();
 	    $full_url = fetch_history();
+	    update_status($S_DIDNT);
 		
 	 }
 

From 2a7f8e1ba25abb16872c982c83b29489e64d77ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: peteyboy <peteyboy@sdf.org>
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2024 00:17:33 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 7/7] Made connex.pl runnable is all.

---
 script/connex.pl | 0
 1 file changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 mode change 100644 => 100755 script/connex.pl

diff --git a/script/connex.pl b/script/connex.pl
old mode 100644
new mode 100755