From efe14200febaec22bc6b862b22f331a46cbce908 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexander Heldt <me@alexanderheldt.se>
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2025 22:15:24 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] wip

---
 src/mpv/control.gleam |  4 ++++
 src/mpv/mpv.gleam     | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/mpv/control.gleam b/src/mpv/control.gleam
index 690beaf..9db8c55 100644
--- a/src/mpv/control.gleam
+++ b/src/mpv/control.gleam
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import tcp/tcp.{type Socket}
 pub type Control {
   TogglePlayPause
 
+  Search
+
   Exit
 }
 
@@ -18,6 +20,7 @@ pub type ControlError {
 }
 
 pub fn from_key(key: Key) -> Result(Control, Nil) {
+  echo key
   case key {
     key.Char(char) -> char_control(char)
     _ -> Error(Nil)
@@ -28,6 +31,7 @@ fn char_control(char: String) -> Result(Control, Nil) {
   case char {
     " " -> Ok(TogglePlayPause)
     "q" -> Ok(Exit)
+    "/" -> Ok(Search)
     _ -> Error(Nil)
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/mpv/mpv.gleam b/src/mpv/mpv.gleam
index ab8d2b1..a9ece3f 100644
--- a/src/mpv/mpv.gleam
+++ b/src/mpv/mpv.gleam
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ pub fn new(exit: Subject(Nil)) -> Result(Nil, String) {
         Ok(actor.Started(data:, ..)) -> {
           echo "waiting for input"
           key.start_raw_shell()
+          let input = process.new_subject()
+          process.self()
+          process.receive
+
+          process.spawn(fn() { input_handler(input, data) })
           process.spawn(fn() { read_input(data) })
           Ok(Nil)
         }
@@ -43,6 +48,7 @@ fn handle_message(
   control: Control,
 ) -> actor.Next(State(socket, exit), Control) {
   case control {
+    control.Search -> todo
     control.TogglePlayPause -> {
       echo "toggling play/pause"
 
@@ -65,14 +71,32 @@ fn handle_message(
   }
 }
 
-fn read_input(subject: Subject(Control)) -> Nil {
+// TODO create new input_handler_loop that recieves on a subject and 
+// TODO read_input reads until a key is found, and then sends it to
+
+// TODO a function that can recieve on a subject, and it can receive two types of messages:
+// 1. a Control message from read_input
+// 2. an injected controlMessage with pre-defined buffer
+// it then forwards the message to the actor subject
+
+fn read_input(input_handler: Subject(Control)) -> Nil {
   case
     key.read_input_until_key([])
     |> control.from_key
   {
     Error(_) -> Nil
-    Ok(control) -> process.send(subject, control)
+    Ok(control) -> process.send(input_handler, control)
   }
 
-  read_input(subject)
+  read_input(input_handler)
+}
+
+fn input_handler(
+  input: Subject(Control),
+  actor_subject: Subject(Control),
+) -> Nil {
+  case process.receive(input, 1000) {
+    Error(_) -> Nil
+    Ok(control) -> process.send(actor_subject, control)
+  }
 }