added notes to keep track of how everything should operate

1 files changed, 34 insertions, 83 deletions

diff --git a/src/xi.py b/src/xi.py
index 0711f0a..2449328 100644
--- a/src/xi.py
+++ b/src/xi.py
@@ -1,88 +1,39 @@
-import sys
+import options
 
-options = {
-        "y" : {
-                "name" : "no-confirm",
-                "flag" : True,
-                "desc": "will not prompt the user"
-            },
-        "r" : {
-                "name" : "root",
-                "flag" : False,
-                "desc" : "specify the directory to use as the system root",
-                "default" : "/"
-            },
-        "h": {
-                "name": "help",
-                "flag" : True,
-                "desc" : "prints the command usage and exists the program",
-            }
-        }
-
-def parse_args():
-
-    # re-organise the options by name rather than by single letter
-    # a dict with "name": option_leter
-    names = { v["name"] if v["name"] else k : k for k,v in options.items()}
-
-    args = sys.argv
-    index = 1
-
-    # save all of the options into a "parsed" dictionary
-    parsed = {"other" : []}
-
-    while index < len(args):
-        arg = args[index]
-
-        if len(arg) > 1 and arg[0] == "-":
-            option = None
+def search(terms):
+    print(f"searching for {terms}")
+    pass
 
-            # is a named argument with a --
-            if arg[1] == "-" and len(arg) > 2 and arg[2:].split("=")[0] in names:
-                option = names[arg[2:].split("=")[0]]
-            # is a single letter argument with a -
-            elif arg[1] in options:
-                option = arg[1]
-            else:
-                parsed["other"].append(arg)
+def install(terms):
+    print(f"installing for {terms}")
+    pass
 
-            # add the option and any values ot the parsed dict
-            if option is not None:
-                if options[option]["flag"]:
-                    parsed[option] = True
-                else:
-                    if "=" in arg:
-                        parsed[option] = arg.split("=")[1]
-                    else:
-                        index += 1
-                        parsed[option] = args[index]
-        else:
-            parsed["other"].append(arg)
-    
+def remove(terms):
+    print(f"removing for {terms}")
+    pass
 
-        index += 1
-
-    # add all default values to the parsed options
-    for option in options:
-        if not option in parsed:
-            if options[option]["flag"]:
-                parsed[option] = False
-            else:
-                parsed[option] = options[option]["default"]
-
-    return parsed
-
-def print_usage():
-    for option,o in options.items():
-        name = o["name"]
-        description = o["desc"]
-        d = ("[default=" + o["default"] + "]") if not o["flag"] else ""
-
-        print(f"\t-{option}, --{name}\t{d}")
-        print(f"\t\t{description}\n")
-
-
-opts = parse_args()
-if opts["h"]:
-    print_usage()
+verbs = { v: globals()[v] for v in [
+                "search",
+                "install"
+                "remove"
+            ]
+        }
 
+def main():
+    opts = options.parse_args()
+    args = opts["args"]
+
+    if opts["h"]:
+        options.print_usage()
+        return
+
+    if len(args) > 0:
+        verb = args[0].lower()
+        (
+            verbs[verb] if verb in verbs else search
+        )(
+            args[1:] if len(args) > 1 else []
+        )
+    else:
+        options.print_usage()
+        return