LLS/README.md

# LLS

Interactive C++17 / SQLite task + account tracker. Type commands at the `>` prompt.

## Build

Requires CMake >= 3.14 and a C++17 compiler. SQLite is taken from the system if
installed; otherwise CMake downloads the amalgamation (needs network once).

    # optional, system SQLite:
    #   Debian/Ubuntu: sudo apt install libsqlite3-dev
    #   Fedora:        sudo dnf install sqlite-devel
    #   Arch:          sudo pacman -S sqlite

    cmake -S . -B build
    cmake --build build
    ./build/lls [database-file]      # default: tasks.db

This builds three things: the prompt (`lls`), the C API as a shared library
(`liblls_api.so` / `lls_api.dll`, header `include/lls_api.h`) and a C example
(`lls_example`).

## Commands

    acc add <name>              tsk add <name> [acc] [status]
    acc del <name>              tsk del <name>
    acc rename <name> <new>     tsk rename <name> <new>
    acc wait <name> <time>      tsk reacc <name> <new|->
    acc unwait <name>           tsk restat <name> <new>
    acc ls                      tsk notes <name>      (opens your editor)
                                tsk ls

    disp tsk (hide|show)
    disp tsk level (hide|show) (prompt|limit-reset|testing|wait|uploading|frozen|done|all)
    disp acc (hide|show)
    disp acc level (hide|show) (busy|taken|free|all)
    disp                        (show current settings)

    db save | db backup [file] | db restore <file>
    editor [command | default]  (show / set the editor used by tsk notes)
    help | quit

Names containing spaces go in double quotes: `tsk add "Breeze A" Acrux testing`.

## Statuses and times

`prompt` (free to accept prompts), `limit-reset`, `testing`, `wait <time>`,
`uploading`, `frozen`, `done`. `limit-reset` is normally computed: a `wait`
task shows as `Limit reset` once its time has passed (it can also be set by
hand; `limit reset` with a space works too). Old databases that say
`available` are converted to `prompt` on load.

Times may be 24-hour or 12-hour: `wait 16:30`, `wait 4:30pm`, `wait 4 pm`,
`wait 12:05am`. Without am/pm the time is read as 24-hour (`6:40` = 06:40).
A time that has already passed today is stored as tomorrow.

## Prompt keys

Up/Down history (saved between sessions), Left/Right/Home/End editing,
Ctrl-Left/Right word jump, Tab completion (commands, task and account names,
statuses, levels, editors, file paths; press Tab twice-ish to list options),
Ctrl-A/E, Ctrl-U/K/W, Ctrl-L clear, Ctrl-C cancel line, Ctrl-D quit.
Pressing Enter on an empty line redraws the panels (waits expire with time).

## Editor

`tsk notes <name>` opens the notes in an external editor. Use `editor nvim`
(or `vim`, `vi`, `nano`, `code --wait`, ...) to choose one; `editor default`
goes back to `$VISUAL` / `$EDITOR` / nano / vim / vi. The choice is stored in
`~/.config/task_tracker/config` (history is in the same folder).

## How it works

* Data lives in an in-memory SQLite database. `db save` writes it to the file,
  `db backup` writes a copy, `db restore` loads a file. On `quit` you are asked
  to save if there are unsaved changes (`y` save, `n` discard, `c` cancel the
  exit); any other answer asks again, so a mistyped key never loses data.
* The stored status is not always what is shown: a `wait` task displays as
  `Wait HH:MM` until its account's wait ends, then as `Limit reset`. Tasks are sorted
  by computed status (Limit reset, Testing, Prompt, Wait, Uploading, Frozen,
  Done); Wait and Limit reset tasks then sort by time (earliest first: when
  the wait ends / ended), then account A-Z (unassigned last), then name. The panels are cleared and redrawn after changes.
* Account panel: the RESET column is when the account's wait ends (`16:30`,
  `tomorrow 06:40`, or a full date); `-` if it has none. One row per account, judged by its tasks: `Busy` if any is
  Testing, Limit reset or Wait; else `Taken` if any is Prompt; else `Free`
  (only Done, Frozen or Uploading tasks, or no tasks). The TASKS column lists
  the tasks at that level, so a Free account shows its Uploading, Frozen and
  Done tasks (`-` if it has none). Rows are sorted most free first: Free, Taken, Busy;
  within Taken and Busy fewer tasks first, ties by name (see `levelOf` in `Display.cpp` and
  `StatusUtil::isBusy` / `isTaken` to change the rules).
* Waits: an account hits its limit until a time (`acc wait <name> <time>`). A task
  that is **set to `wait`** is waiting for that: `tsk restat <task> wait <time>`
  sets its account's wait to the time and marks the task Wait (several waiting
  tasks share the account's time), and `tsk restat <task> wait` with no time marks
  it Wait while the account is already waiting (otherwise a time is required).
  Tasks without an account keep their own wait time.
* When the time passes the account stops waiting by itself, and every task that
  was Wait now shows `Limit reset`: the conversation can be continued. Those
  tasks stay Limit reset until you set them to something else. `acc unwait
  <name>` ends the wait early, with the same result.
* Prompt and Testing tasks are not waiting: they show as they are, with
  `(account-waiting)` added while their account waits, e.g. `Testing
  (account-waiting)`. The account row shows when the wait ends in the RESET
  column, and stays Busy while it waits; if none of its tasks is set to Wait
  (e.g. you deleted them) its TASKS column lists `(wait)`.
* Old databases with per-task waits are converted on load.
* Deleting an account leaves its tasks unassigned (`-`).
* Names are case-insensitive; the original spelling is kept.
* Notes live in the database (SQLite TEXT, binary-safe, SQLite's default limit is ~1 GB). The task table shows `-` when a task has no notes, otherwise the number of lines (e.g. `3 lines`); open them with `tsk notes <name>`.

## C API and Python

`include/lls_api.h` is a plain C API over the same database and the same rules
as the prompt (it is built on the same `Tracker` class), so a program written
against it behaves exactly like typing the commands. Build it with the project
(`liblls_api.so`), link against it from C/C++, or load it from Python.

    #include "lls_api.h"

    lls_db* db;
    if (lls_open("tasks.db", &db) != LLS_OK) { /* lls_last_error(NULL) */ }

    lls_account_add(db, "Acrux");
    lls_task_add(db, "Breeze A", "Acrux", "testing");
    lls_task_add(db, "Breeze B", "Acrux", "wait 4:30pm"); /* Acrux hit its limit; Breeze B waits for it */

    lls_task_list* tasks;
    lls_tasks(db, &tasks);                           /* display order */
    for (int i = 0; i < lls_task_list_count(tasks); ++i) {
        const lls_task_info* t = lls_task_list_get(tasks, i);
        printf("%s %s\n", t->name, t->status_label);  /* "Breeze A Testing (account-waiting)" ... */
    }
    lls_task_list_free(tasks);

    lls_save(db);                                    /* nothing is saved automatically */
    lls_close(db);

* Every call that can fail returns `LLS_OK` or an error code (`LLS_E_INVALID`,
  `LLS_E_NOT_FOUND`, `LLS_E_EXISTS`, `LLS_E_DATABASE`) with the message in
  `lls_last_error(db)`. No C++ exception crosses the API.
* After a change, `lls_last_messages(db)` holds what the prompt would have
  printed ("Account 'A' is back in use: ..."). Queries do not reset it.
* Statuses are the text you would type: `"prompt"`, `"testing"`, `"wait 4:30pm"`,
  `"wait"` (only while the account is waiting)... A task set to wait waits for
  its account; when the time passes the account stops waiting by itself and
  those tasks show Limit reset. Prompt / Testing tasks keep their status, with
  `(account-waiting)` in `status_label` (and `account_waiting` = 1) while the
  account waits.
* `lls_tasks` / `lls_accounts` return lists in the order of the panels, with the
  computed status (`status`, `status_label`, `until`) and the stored one underneath
  (`stored_status`). Strings in a list are valid until `lls_task_list_free`.
* `lls_set_clock(db, unix_seconds)` pretends it is another time, handy for
  tests and simulations; 0 goes back to the real clock.
* A `lls_db` must not be shared between threads without your own locking.

`python/lls.py` is a ctypes binding (no compiler needed):

    import lls                       # python/ is on sys.path; LLS_LIBRARY=build/liblls_api.so

    with lls.Database("tasks.db") as db:
        db.add_account("Acrux")
        db.add_task("Breeze A", account="Acrux", status="testing")
        db.add_task("Breeze B", account="Acrux", status="wait 4:30pm")   # sets Acrux's wait
        for task in db.tasks():
            print(task.name, task.account, task.status_label, task.until)
        for account in db.accounts():
            print(account.name, account.level.name, account.tasks)
        print(db.messages)
        db.save()

Errors are exceptions (`lls.NotFound`, `lls.AlreadyExists`, `lls.InvalidArgument`,
`lls.DatabaseError`, all `lls.LLSError`). The library is found through the
`LLS_LIBRARY` environment variable, `../build` next to the module, or the
current directory's `build`. Run the tests with

    LLS_LIBRARY=build/liblls_api.so python3 python/test_lls.py -v

## Layout

    include/    headers (declarations only, no inline definitions); lls_api.h is the public C header
    src/        implementations
    examples/   example.c - the C API from C
    python/     lls.py (ctypes binding) and test_lls.py

    Core (static library, shared by the prompt and the C API):
      Database    SQLite storage            Tracker   all the rules; the only thing that changes data
      Status      statuses, times           Views     computed task / account views and their order
    Prompt only:  Repl, LineEditor, Completer, Display, Table, Config, ExternalEditor...
    C API:        capi.cpp (wraps Tracker + Views)