Make history persistent

README.md

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 - Vim keybinding (most common ops)
 - Copy text from/to clipboard (works only on the prompt)
 - Multiple backends
+- Automatically load the last saved chat into history
 
 <br>
 
@@ -84,14 +85,12 @@ tenere -c ~/path/to/custom/config.toml
 
 Here are the available general settings:
 
-- `archive_file_name`: the file name where the chat will be saved. By default it is set to `tenere.archive`
 - `llm`: the llm model name. Possible values are:
   - `chatgpt`
   - `llamacpp`
   - `ollama`
 
 ```toml
-archive_file_name = "tenere.archive"
 llm  = "chatgpt"
 ```
 
@@ -106,7 +105,6 @@ Here is an example with the default key bindings
 show_help = '?'
 show_history = 'h'
 new_chat = 'n'
-save_chat = 's'
 ```
 
 ℹ️ Note
@@ -185,9 +183,7 @@ More infos about ollama api [here](https://github.com/ollama/ollama/blob/main/do
 
 These are the default key bindings regardless of the focused block.
 
-`ctrl + n`: Start a new chat and save the previous one in history.
-
-`ctrl + s`: Save the current chat or chat history (history pop-up should be visible first) to `tenere.archive` file in the current directory.
+`ctrl + n`: Start a new chat and save the previous one in history and save it to `tenere.archive-i` file in `data directory`.
 
 `Tab`: Switch the focus.
 

src/config.rs

@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 #[derive(Deserialize, Debug)]
 pub struct Config {
-    #[serde(default = "default_archive_file_name")]
-    pub archive_file_name: String,
-
     #[serde(default)]
     pub key_bindings: KeyBindings,
 
@@ -24,10 +21,6 @@ pub struct Config {
     pub ollama: Option<OllamaConfig>,
 }
 
-pub fn default_archive_file_name() -> String {
-    String::from("tenere.archive")
-}
-
 pub fn default_llm_backend() -> LLMBackend {
     LLMBackend::ChatGPT
 }
@@ -91,9 +84,6 @@ pub struct KeyBindings {
     #[serde(default = "KeyBindings::default_new_chat")]
     pub new_chat: char,
 
-    #[serde(default = "KeyBindings::default_save_chat")]
-    pub save_chat: char,
-
     #[serde(default = "KeyBindings::default_stop_stream")]
     pub stop_stream: char,
 }
@@ -104,7 +94,6 @@ impl Default for KeyBindings {
             show_help: '?',
             show_history: 'h',
             new_chat: 'n',
-            save_chat: 's',
             stop_stream: 't',
         }
     }
@@ -123,10 +112,6 @@ impl KeyBindings {
         'n'
     }
 
-    fn default_save_chat() -> char {
-        's'
-    }
-
     fn default_stop_stream() -> char {
         't'
     }

src/handler.rs

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ use crossterm::event::{KeyCode, KeyEvent, KeyModifiers};
 
 use ratatui::text::Line;
 
-use crate::notification::{Notification, NotificationLevel};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use tokio::sync::Mutex;
 
@@ -111,6 +110,8 @@ pub async fn handle_key_events(
                 .push(app.chat.formatted_chat.clone());
 
             app.history.text.push(app.chat.plain_chat.clone());
+            // after adding to history, save the chat in file
+            app.history.save(app.history.text.len() - 1, sender.clone());
 
             app.chat = Chat::default();
 
@@ -123,40 +124,6 @@ pub async fn handle_key_events(
             app.chat.scroll = 0;
         }
 
-        // Save chat
-        KeyCode::Char(c)
-            if c == app.config.key_bindings.save_chat
-                && key_event.modifiers == KeyModifiers::CONTROL =>
-        {
-            match app.focused_block {
-                FocusedBlock::History | FocusedBlock::Preview => {
-                    app.history
-                        .save(app.config.archive_file_name.as_str(), sender.clone());
-                }
-                FocusedBlock::Chat | FocusedBlock::Prompt => {
-                    match std::fs::write(
-                        app.config.archive_file_name.clone(),
-                        app.chat.plain_chat.join(""),
-                    ) {
-                        Ok(_) => {
-                            let notif = Notification::new(
-                                format!("Chat saved to `{}` file", app.config.archive_file_name),
-                                NotificationLevel::Info,
-                            );
-
-                            sender.send(Event::Notification(notif)).unwrap();
-                        }
-                        Err(e) => {
-                            let notif = Notification::new(e.to_string(), NotificationLevel::Error);
-
-                            sender.send(Event::Notification(notif)).unwrap();
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-                _ => (),
-            }
-        }
-
         // Switch the focus
         KeyCode::Tab => match app.focused_block {
             FocusedBlock::Chat => {

src/help.rs

@@ -24,10 +24,6 @@ impl Default for Help {
                     Cell::from("ctrl + n").bold().yellow(),
                     "Start new chat and save the previous one to the history",
                 ),
-                (
-                    Cell::from("ctrl + s").bold().yellow(),
-                    "Save the chat to file in the current directory",
-                ),
                 (Cell::from("ctrl + h").bold().yellow(), "Show history"),
                 (
                     Cell::from("ctrl + t").bold().yellow(),

src/history.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+use core::str;
+use std::{fs, path::PathBuf};
+
 use tokio::sync::mpsc::UnboundedSender;
 
 use ratatui::{
@@ -81,17 +84,60 @@ impl History<'_> {
         self.state.select(Some(i));
     }
 
-    pub fn save(&mut self, archive_file_name: &str, sender: UnboundedSender<Event>) {
+    // check if data directory for the application exists, else it will create it
+    pub fn check_data_directory_exists(&self, sender: UnboundedSender<Event>) {
+        if let Some(data_directory) = dirs::data_dir() {
+            let target_directory = data_directory.join("tenere");
+
+            if !target_directory.exists() {
+                if let Err(e) = fs::create_dir_all(target_directory) {
+                    let notif = Notification::new(e.to_string(), NotificationLevel::Error);
+                    sender.send(Event::Notification(notif)).unwrap();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // load chat in the history from data directory
+    pub fn load_history(&mut self, sender: UnboundedSender<Event>) {
+        let directory_path: PathBuf = dirs::data_dir().unwrap().join("tenere");
+
+        if let Ok(paths) = fs::read_dir(directory_path.clone()) {
+            // foreach archive file we add it to history
+            for path in paths {
+                if path.as_ref().unwrap().file_type().unwrap().is_file() {
+                    self.load_chat_from_file(path.unwrap().path().to_str().unwrap());
+                }
+            }
+
+            let notif = Notification::new("History loaded".to_string(), NotificationLevel::Info);
+
+            sender.send(Event::Notification(notif)).unwrap();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Add to history the archive file if exists
+    pub fn load_chat_from_file(&mut self, archive_file_name: &str) {
+        if let Ok(text) = std::fs::read_to_string(archive_file_name) {
+            // push full conversation in preview
+            self.preview.text.push(Text::from(text.clone()));
+            // get first line of the conversation
+            let first_line: String = text.lines().next().unwrap_or("").to_string();
+            self.text.push(vec![first_line]);
+        }
+    }
+
+    // call after adding new chat in history (Starting a new chat)
+    // with the index of the chat in history to save
+    pub fn save(&mut self, chat_index_in_history: usize, sender: UnboundedSender<Event>) {
+        let file_name = format!("tenere.archive-{}", chat_index_in_history);
+        let file_path: PathBuf = dirs::data_dir().unwrap().join("tenere").join(file_name);
+
         if !self.text.is_empty() {
-            match std::fs::write(
-                archive_file_name,
-                self.text[self.state.selected().unwrap_or(0)].join(""),
-            ) {
+            match std::fs::write(file_path.clone(), self.text[chat_index_in_history].join("")) {
                 Ok(_) => {
-                    let notif = Notification::new(
-                        format!("Chat saved to `{}` file", archive_file_name),
-                        NotificationLevel::Info,
-                    );
+                    let notif =
+                        Notification::new("Chat saved".to_string(), NotificationLevel::Info);
 
                     sender.send(Event::Notification(notif)).unwrap();
                 }

src/main.rs

@@ -48,6 +48,13 @@ async fn main() -> AppResult<()> {
     let mut tui = Tui::new(terminal, events);
     tui.init()?;
 
+    // create data directory if not exists
+    app.history
+        .check_data_directory_exists(tui.events.sender.clone());
+
+    // load potential history data from archive files
+    app.history.load_history(tui.events.sender.clone());
+
     while app.running {
         tui.draw(&mut app)?;
         match tui.events.next().await? {