:PROPERTIES: :ID: tui-client-spec :CREATED: [2026-04-17 Fri 11:00] :END: #+TITLE: OpenCortex TUI Client (Standalone) #+STARTUP: content #+FILETAGS: :tui:ux:client: * Overview The OpenCortex TUI Client is a standalone Common Lisp executable providing a rich, interactive terminal experience via the ~croatoan~ library. * Phase D: Build (Implementation) ** Package Definition #+begin_src lisp :tangle ../src/tui-client.lisp (in-package :cl-user) (defpackage :opencortex.tui (:use :cl :croatoan) (:export :main)) (in-package :opencortex.tui) #+end_src ** State & Global Queues #+begin_src lisp :tangle ../src/tui-client.lisp (defvar *daemon-host* "127.0.0.1") (defvar *daemon-port* 9105) (defvar *socket* nil) (defvar *stream* nil) (defvar *chat-history* (list)) (defvar *status-text* "Connecting...") (defvar *input-buffer* (make-array 0 :element-type 'char :fill-pointer 0 :adjustable t)) (defvar *is-running* t) (defvar *queue-lock* (bt:make-lock)) (defvar *incoming-msgs* nil) #+end_src ** Networking Thread #+begin_src lisp :tangle ../src/tui-client.lisp (defun enqueue-msg (msg) (bt:with-lock-held (*queue-lock*) (push msg *incoming-msgs*))) (defun dequeue-msgs () (bt:with-lock-held (*queue-lock*) (let ((msgs (nreverse *incoming-msgs*))) (setf *incoming-msgs* nil) msgs))) (defun listen-thread () (loop while *is-running* do (handler-case (when (and *stream* (open-stream-p *stream*)) (let ((line (read-line *stream* nil :eof))) (if (eq line :eof) (setf *is-running* nil) (let ((json (ignore-errors (cl-json:decode-json-from-string line)))) (if json (cond ((string= (cdr (assoc :type json)) "status") (setf *status-text* (format nil "[Scribe: ~a] [Gardener: ~a]" (cdr (assoc :scribe json)) (cdr (assoc :gardener json))))) ((string= (cdr (assoc :type json)) "chat") (enqueue-msg (cdr (assoc :text json)))) (t (enqueue-msg line))) (enqueue-msg line)))))) (error () (setf *is-running* nil))) (sleep 0.05))) #+end_src ** Main TUI Loop #+begin_src lisp :tangle ../src/tui-client.lisp (defun main () (handler-case (setf *socket* (usocket:socket-connect *daemon-host* *daemon-port*)) (error (e) (format t "Error connecting: ~a~%" e) (return-from main))) (setf *stream* (usocket:socket-stream *socket*)) (bt:make-thread #'listen-thread :name "tui-listener") (unwind-protect (with-screen (scr :input-echoing nil :input-blocking nil :enable-colors t :cursor-visible t) (let* ((h (height scr)) (w (width scr)) (chat-win (make-window (list (- h 2) w 0 0))) (status-win (make-window (list 1 w (- h 2) 0))) (input-win (make-window (list 1 w (- h 1) 0)))) (loop while *is-running* do ;; Handle incoming messages (let ((new-msgs (dequeue-msgs))) (when new-msgs (dolist (msg new-msgs) (push msg *chat-history*) (setf *chat-history* (subseq *chat-history* 0 (min (length *chat-history*) 500)))) (clear chat-win) (let ((line-num 0)) (dolist (m (reverse (subseq *chat-history* 0 (min (length *chat-history*) (- h 3))))) (add-string chat-win m :y line-num :x 0) (incf line-num))) (refresh chat-win))) ;; Render Status Bar (clear status-win) (add-string status-win *status-text* :attributes '(:reverse)) (refresh status-win) ;; Handle Keyboard Input (let ((ch (get-char scr))) (when ch (cond ((eq ch #\Newline) (let ((cmd (coerce *input-buffer* 'string))) (setf (fill-pointer *input-buffer*) 0) (format *stream* "~a~%" cmd) (finish-output *stream*) (when (string= cmd "/exit") (setf *is-running* nil)))) ((eq ch :backspace) (when (> (length *input-buffer*) 0) (decf (fill-pointer *input-buffer*)))) ((characterp ch) (vector-push-extend ch *input-buffer*))) (clear input-win) (add-string input-win (concatenate 'string "> " (coerce *input-buffer* 'string))) (refresh input-win))) (sleep 0.02)))) (setf *is-running* nil) (when *socket* (usocket:socket-close *socket*)))) #+end_src