we are amused

musing.md

@@ -1,41 +1,10 @@
-what if ... a web browser, but tabs were more like emacs buffers?
+# Braindump
 
-buffer attributes:
+This is a combination of a thinking-out-loud document and a TODO list.
-- url
+It is not a document of record. You should not expect to derive value
-- viewport (this is a departure from the emacs buffer)
+from reading it
 
-## commands
+tl;dr what if ... a web browser, but tabs were more like emacs buffers?
-
-A command is a description of a function that may be invoked
-interactively, and the parameters it expects.
-
-```fennel
-(define-command "visit-location"
- visit-location
- {:url Type.Url input-from-minibuffer})
-
-;; hit "g" and then enter the location in the minibuffer
-(bind-key "g" (command "visit-location"))
-;; hit "h" to go straight to your home page
-(bind-key "h" (command "visit-location")
-  {:url (Type.Url "https://home.example.com")})
-;; left mouse click on minibuffer hit "h" to go straight to your home page
-(bind-event Dunlin.minibuffer :button-1-click (command "visit-location"))
-```
-
-when it is run from the command prompt, each parameter is
-prompted, with appropriate defaults.
-
-when it is bound to a key chord/sequence, the binding may specify
-where it gets its parameters from - otherise
-
-visit-location
-visit-location-in-new-buffer
-run-command
-back
-switch-to-buffer
-save-file
-save-link
 
 ## objects/data types
 
@@ -47,6 +16,8 @@ buffer
   add some kind of webview reuse so that invisible and old buffers
   don't need to have a webview until needed.
 
+  I seem to be using "buffer" and "tab" mostly synonymously
+
 frame
   Frame.the-frame
   frame.set-buffer (buffer)
@@ -54,15 +25,25 @@ frame
   frame.commander - text entry widget
   frame.actions - container of toolbar buttons
 
+  in future we may be able to split a frame into multiple windows
+  which show different buffers
+
 location (url)
 document
 document element(?)
 webview
 lua's standard types
 
+## next steps
 
-# getting started
+* change define-command so that the parameters are ordered
-
+* display unbound key error
-gtk stuffz for frame/commander/initial buffer
+* ESC to cancel interactive command
-command parser hooked to commander
+* autocomplete command name
-visit-location command
+* parameters with non-string values (e.g. buffer)
+* show current url when command inactive
+* show prompts for parameter
+* multiple buffers
+  - create buffer
+  - list buffers (where does the output go?)
+  - find and switch to buffer