lua_macros/src/mark_as_ci_command.rs

@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ fn append_tx_send_code(input: &mut syn::ItemFn) -> &mut syn::ItemFn {
                                 .expect("This is valid.");
                                 return_type_as_return_type
                             } else {
-                                // There is only mlua::Error left
+                                // There is only rlua
                                 ReturnType::Default
                             }
                         }
@@ -108,22 +108,23 @@ fn append_tx_send_code(input: &mut syn::ItemFn) -> &mut syn::ItemFn {
                 ReturnType::Type(_, _) => {
                     quote! {
                         {
-                            Event::CommandEvent(Command::#function_name_pascal(input_str.clone()))
+                            Event::CommandEvent(Command::#function_name_pascal(input_str))
                         }
                     }
                 }
             };
             quote! {
                 {
-                    let tx:
-                        core::cell::Ref<
-                            tokio::sync::mpsc::Sender<crate::app::events::event_types::Event>
-                            > =
+                    let tx: std::sync::Arc<std::sync::Mutex<tokio::sync::mpsc::Sender<crate::app::events::event_types::Event>>> =
                     lua
-                        .app_data_ref()
+                        .named_registry_value("sender_for_ci_commands")
                         .expect("This exists, it was set before");
 
-                    (*tx)
+                    tx
+                    // FIXME: This is sync code, it needs to be run in a blocking allowed
+                    // executor
+                    .lock()
+                    .expect("This should work, as only one function is executed. It wil however fail, when concurrency is added");
                     .send(#send_data)
                     .await
                     .expect("This should work, as the reciever is not dropped");

lua_macros/src/struct_to_ci_enum.rs

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ pub fn generate_generate_ci_function(input: &syn::DeriveInput) -> TokenStream2 {
             lua: &mut mlua::Lua,
             tx: tokio::sync::mpsc::Sender<crate::app::events::event_types::Event>)
         {
-            lua.set_app_data(tx);
+            lua.set_named_registry_value("sender_for_ci_commands", std::sync::Arc::new(std::sync::Mutex::new(tx))).expect("This should always work, as the value is added before all else");
             let globals = lua.globals();
             #input_tokens
         }

src/app/command_interface.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // FIXME: This file needs documentation with examples of how the proc macros work.
 // for now use `cargo expand app::command_interface` for an overview
 use lua_macros::{ci_command, turn_struct_to_ci_commands};
+use rlua::Context;
 
 use super::events::event_types::Event;
 
@@ -22,30 +23,22 @@ use super::events::event_types::Event;
 /// `String` and `()`).
 #[turn_struct_to_ci_commands]
 struct Commands {
-    /// Greets the user
     greet: fn(usize) -> String,
 
-    /// Closes the application
+    // Closes the application
     #[gen_default_lua_function]
     exit: fn(),
-
-    /// Shows the command line
     #[gen_default_lua_function]
     command_line_show: fn(),
-
-    /// Hides the command line
     #[gen_default_lua_function]
     command_line_hide: fn(),
 
-    /// Go to the next plane
     #[gen_default_lua_function]
     cycle_planes: fn(),
-    /// Go to the previous plane
     #[gen_default_lua_function]
     cycle_planes_rev: fn(),
 
-    /// Send a message to the current room
-    /// The send message is interpreted literally.
+    //// sends a message to the current room
     room_message_send: fn(String) -> String,
 }
 

src/app/events/event_types/event/handlers/command.rs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::app::{command_interface::Command, events::event_types::EventStatus, App};
+use crate::app::{events::event_types::EventStatus, App, command_interface::Command};
 use anyhow::Result;
 use cli_log::info;
 
@@ -32,9 +32,5 @@ pub async fn handle(app: &mut App<'_>, command: &Command) -> Result<EventStatus>
             }
             EventStatus::Ok
         }
-        Command::Greet(name) => {
-            info!("Greated {}", name);
-            EventStatus::Ok
-        }
     })
 }

src/app/events/event_types/event/handlers/lua_command.rs

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ pub async fn handle(app: &mut App<'_>, command: &str) -> Result<EventStatus> {
         .with_context(|| format!("Failed to execute: `{command}`"))?;
     info!("Function evaluated to: `{output}`");
 
-    app.tx.send(Event::CiOutput(output)).await.context("Failed to send ci output to internal event stream")?;
+    app.transmitter.send(Event::CiOutput(output));
 
     Ok(EventStatus::Ok)
 }

src/app/events/event_types/event/handlers/main.rs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use anyhow::{Context, Result};
+use anyhow::Result;
 use crossterm::event::{Event as CrosstermEvent, KeyCode, KeyEvent, KeyModifiers};
 
 use crate::{
@@ -15,14 +15,14 @@ pub async fn handle(app: &mut App<'_>, input_event: &CrosstermEvent) -> Result<E
         CrosstermEvent::Key(KeyEvent {
             code: KeyCode::Esc, ..
         }) => {
-            app.tx
+            app.transmitter
                 .send(Event::CommandEvent(Command::Exit))
                 .await?;
         }
         CrosstermEvent::Key(KeyEvent {
             code: KeyCode::Tab, ..
         }) => {
-            app.tx
+            app.transmitter
                 .send(Event::CommandEvent(Command::CyclePlanes))
                 .await?;
         }
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ pub async fn handle(app: &mut App<'_>, input_event: &CrosstermEvent) -> Result<E
             code: KeyCode::BackTab,
             ..
         }) => {
-            app.tx
+            app.transmitter
                 .send(Event::CommandEvent(Command::CyclePlanesRev))
                 .await?;
         }
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ pub async fn handle(app: &mut App<'_>, input_event: &CrosstermEvent) -> Result<E
             modifiers: KeyModifiers::CONTROL,
             ..
         }) => {
-            app.tx
+            app.transmitter
                 .send(Event::CommandEvent(Command::CommandLineShow))
                 .await?;
         }
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ pub async fn handle(app: &mut App<'_>, input_event: &CrosstermEvent) -> Result<E
                         modifiers: KeyModifiers::ALT,
                         ..
                     }) => {
-                        app.tx
+                        app.transmitter
                             .send(Event::CommandEvent(Command::RoomMessageSend(
                                 app.ui.message_compose.lines().join("\n"),
                             )))
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ pub async fn handle(app: &mut App<'_>, input_event: &CrosstermEvent) -> Result<E
                             code: KeyCode::Enter,
                             ..
                         }) => {
-                            let ci_event = app.ui
+                            let cli_event = app.ui
                                             .cli
                                             .as_mut()
                                             .expect("This is already checked")
@@ -165,10 +165,16 @@ pub async fn handle(app: &mut App<'_>, input_event: &CrosstermEvent) -> Result<E
                                                 "There can only be one line in the buffer, as we collect it on enter being inputted"
                                             )
                                             .to_owned();
-                            app.tx
-                                .send(Event::LuaCommand(ci_event))
-                                .await
-                                .context("Failed to send lua command to internal event stream")?;
+                            let output = app.handle_ci_event(&cli_event).await?;
+
+                            // delete the old text:
+
+                            // We can use a mutable borrow now, as we should only need one
+                            let cli = app.ui.cli.as_mut().expect("Checked above");
+                            cli.move_cursor(tui_textarea::CursorMove::Jump(0, 0));
+                            cli.delete_str(0, cli_event.chars().count());
+                            assert!(cli.is_empty());
+                            cli.insert_str(output);
                         }
                         _ => {
                             app.ui

src/app/events/event_types/event/handlers/mod.rs

@@ -1,11 +1,4 @@
-// input events
-pub mod setup;
-pub mod main;
-
-// matrix
-pub mod matrix;
-
-// ci
-pub mod ci_output;
 pub mod command;
-pub mod lua_command;
+pub mod main;
+pub mod matrix;
+pub mod setup;

src/app/events/event_types/event/mod.rs

@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ mod handlers;
 use anyhow::{Context, Result};
 use crossterm::event::Event as CrosstermEvent;
 
-use crate::app::{command_interface::Command, status::State, App};
+use crate::app::{status::State, App, command_interface::Command};
 
-use self::handlers::{ci_output, command, lua_command, main, matrix, setup};
+use self::handlers::{command, main, matrix, setup};
 
 use super::EventStatus;
 
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ pub enum Event {
     InputEvent(CrosstermEvent),
     MatrixEvent(matrix_sdk::deserialized_responses::SyncResponse),
     CommandEvent(Command),
-    CiOutput(String),
-    LuaCommand(String),
 }
 
 impl Event {
@@ -28,14 +26,6 @@ impl Event {
             Event::CommandEvent(event) => command::handle(app, event)
                 .await
                 .with_context(|| format!("Failed to handle command event: `{:#?}`", event)),
-            Event::CiOutput(output) => ci_output::handle(app, output).await.with_context(|| {
-                format!("Failed to handle command interface output: `{:#?}`", output)
-            }),
-            Event::LuaCommand(lua_code) => {
-                lua_command::handle(app, lua_code).await.with_context(|| {
-                    format!("Failed to handle lua code: `{:#?}`", lua_code)
-                })
-            }
 
             Event::InputEvent(event) => match app.status.state() {
                 State::None => Ok(EventStatus::Ok),

src/app/mod.rs

@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 pub mod command_interface;
 pub mod events;
 pub mod status;
+pub mod transmitter;
 
 use std::path::Path;
 
-use anyhow::{Error, Result, Context};
+use anyhow::{Context, Error, Result};
 use cli_log::info;
 use matrix_sdk::Client;
 use mlua::Lua;
@@ -18,16 +19,14 @@ use crate::{
     ui::{central, setup},
 };
 
-use self::events::event_types;
+use self::{events::event_types, transmitter::Transmitter};
 
 pub struct App<'ui> {
     ui: central::UI<'ui>,
     accounts_manager: AccountsManager,
     status: Status,
 
-    tx: mpsc::Sender<Event>,
-    rx: mpsc::Receiver<Event>,
-
+    transmitter: Transmitter,
     input_listener_killer: CancellationToken,
     matrix_listener_killer: CancellationToken,
 
@@ -37,7 +36,7 @@ pub struct App<'ui> {
 impl App<'_> {
     pub fn new() -> Result<Self> {
         fn set_up_lua(tx: mpsc::Sender<Event>) -> Lua {
-            let mut lua = Lua::new();
+            let lua = Lua::new();
 
             generate_ci_functions(&mut lua, tx);
             lua
@@ -51,25 +50,39 @@ impl App<'_> {
             None
         };
 
-        let (tx, rx) = mpsc::channel(256);
+        let transmitter = Transmitter::new();
         Ok(Self {
             ui: central::UI::new()?,
             accounts_manager: AccountsManager::new(config)?,
             status: Status::new(None),
 
-            tx: tx.clone(),
-            rx,
+            transmitter,
             input_listener_killer: CancellationToken::new(),
             matrix_listener_killer: CancellationToken::new(),
 
-            lua: set_up_lua(tx),
+            lua: set_up_lua(transmitter.tx()),
         })
     }
 
+    pub async fn handle_ci_event(&self, event: &str) -> Result<String> {
+        info!("Recieved ci event: `{event}`; executing..");
+
+        // TODO: Should the ci support more than strings?
+        let output = self.lua.context(|context| -> Result<String> {
+            let output = context
+                .load(&event)
+                .eval::<String>()
+                .with_context(|| format!("Failed to execute: `{event}`"))?;
+            info!("Function evaluated to: `{output}`");
+            Ok(output)
+        })?;
+        Ok(output)
+    }
+
     pub async fn run(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
         // Spawn input event listener
         tokio::task::spawn(events::poll_input_events(
-            self.tx.clone(),
+            self.transmitter.tx(),
             self.input_listener_killer.clone(),
         ));
 
@@ -85,7 +98,11 @@ impl App<'_> {
             self.status.set_state(State::Main);
             self.ui.update(&self.status).await?;
 
-            let event = self.rx.recv().await.context("Failed to get next event")?;
+            let event = self
+                .transmitter
+                .recv()
+                .await
+                .context("Failed to get next event")?;
 
             match event.handle(self).await? {
                 event_types::EventStatus::Ok => (),
@@ -105,7 +122,11 @@ impl App<'_> {
             self.status.set_state(State::Setup);
             self.ui.update_setup().await?;
 
-            let event = self.rx.recv().await.context("Failed to get next event")?;
+            let event = self
+                .transmitter
+                .recv()
+                .await
+                .context("Failed to get next event")?;
 
             match event.handle(self).await? {
                 event_types::EventStatus::Ok => (),
@@ -129,7 +150,7 @@ impl App<'_> {
 
         // Spawn Matrix Event Listener
         tokio::task::spawn(events::poll_matrix_events(
-            self.tx.clone(),
+            self.transmitter.tx(),
             self.matrix_listener_killer.clone(),
             client.clone(),
         ));

src/app/status.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use anyhow::{Error, Result};
-use cli_log::warn;
+use cli_log::{warn, info};
 use indexmap::IndexMap;
 use matrix_sdk::{
     room::MessagesOptions,

src/app/transmitter.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+use anyhow::{bail, Context, Result};
+use tokio::sync::mpsc;
+
+use super::events::event_types::Event;
+
+pub struct Transmitter {
+    tx: mpsc::Sender<Event>,
+    rx: mpsc::Receiver<Event>,
+}
+
+impl Transmitter {
+    pub fn new() -> Transmitter {
+        let (tx, rx) = mpsc::channel(256);
+        Transmitter {
+            tx,
+            rx,
+        }
+    }
+    pub fn tx(&self) -> mpsc::Sender<Event> {
+        self.tx.to_owned()
+    }
+
+    pub async fn recv(&mut self) -> Result<Event> {
+        match self.rx.recv().await {
+            Some(event) => Ok(event),
+            None => bail!("Event channel has no senders"),
+        }
+    }
+    pub async fn send(&mut self, event: Event) -> Result<()> {
+        self.tx.send(event).await.context("Failed to send event")
+    }
+}

src/ui/central/mod.rs

@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ pub mod update;
 
 use std::io::Stdout;
 
-use anyhow::{bail, Context, Result};
-use cli_log::{info, warn};
+use anyhow::{bail, Result, Context};
+use cli_log::info;
 use crossterm::{
     event::DisableMouseCapture,
     execute,
@@ -125,16 +125,6 @@ impl UI<'_> {
         );
     }
 
-    pub fn set_command_output(&mut self, output: &str) {
-        info!("Setting output to: `{}`", output);
-        if let Some(_) = self.cli {
-            let cli = Some(TextArea::from([output]));
-            self.cli = cli;
-        } else {
-            warn!("Failed to set output");
-        }
-    }
-
     pub fn cli_enable(&mut self) {
         self.input_position = InputPosition::CLI;
         if self.cli.is_some() {

src/ui/central/update/widgets/messages.rs

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use tui::{
 
 use crate::{app::status::Room, ui::central::InputPosition};
 
-pub fn init<'a>(room: Option<&'a Room>, colors: &Vec<Color>) -> Result<(List<'a>, ListState)> {
+pub fn init<'a>(room: Option<&Room>, colors: &Vec<Color>) -> Result<(List<'a>, ListState)> {
     let content = match room {
         Some(room) => get_content_from_room(room).context("Failed to get content from room")?,
         None => vec![ListItem::new(Text::styled(

src/ui/central/update/widgets/room_info.rs

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use tui::{
 
 use crate::{app::status::Room, ui::central::InputPosition};
 
-pub fn init<'a>(room: Option<&'a Room>, colors: &Vec<Color>) -> Paragraph<'a> {
+pub fn init<'a>(room: Option<&Room>, colors: &Vec<Color>) -> Paragraph<'a> {
     let mut room_info_content = Text::default();
     if let Some(room) = room {
         room_info_content.extend(Text::styled(room.name(), Style::default().fg(Color::Cyan)));

src/ui/central/update/widgets/rooms.rs

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use tui::{
 
 use crate::{app::status::Status, ui::central::InputPosition};
 
-pub fn init<'a>(status: &'a Status, colors: &Vec<Color>) -> List<'a> {
+pub fn init<'a>(status: &Status, colors: &Vec<Color>) -> List<'a> {
     let rooms_content: Vec<_> = status
         .rooms()
         .iter()

src/ui/central/update/widgets/status.rs

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use tui::{
 
 use crate::{app::status::Status, ui::central::InputPosition};
 
-pub fn init<'a>(status: &'a Status, colors: &Vec<Color>) -> Paragraph<'a> {
+pub fn init<'a>(status: &Status, colors: &Vec<Color>) -> Paragraph<'a> {
     let mut status_content = Text::styled(
         status.account_name(),
         Style::default().add_modifier(Modifier::BOLD),