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

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Connex
 
-A nex browser in perl
+A TUI nex browser in perl using Curses

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;
 	}