Display a row of text

editor/draw.go

@@ -27,28 +27,33 @@ func (e *editor) RefreshScreen() {
 
 func (e *editor) drawRows(ab *buffer) {
 	for y :=0; y < e.screen.Rows; y += 1 {
-		if y == e.screen.Rows / 3 {
-			welcome := fmt.Sprintf("Gilo editor -- version %s", KiloVersion)
-			if len(welcome) > e.screen.Cols {
-				welcome = truncateString(welcome, e.screen.Cols)
-			}
+		if y >= e.screen.Rows {
+			if y == e.screen.Rows / 3 {
+				welcome := fmt.Sprintf("Gilo editor -- version %s", KiloVersion)
+				if len(welcome) > e.screen.Cols {
+					welcome = truncateString(welcome, e.screen.Cols)
+				}
 
-			padding := (e.screen.Cols - len(welcome)) / 2
-			if padding > 0 {
+				padding := (e.screen.Cols - len(welcome)) / 2
+				if padding > 0 {
+					ab.appendRune('~')
+					padding--
+				}
+
+				for padding > 0 {
+					padding--
+					ab.appendRune(' ')
+				}
+
+				ab.append(welcome)
+			} else {
 				ab.appendRune('~')
-				padding--
 			}
-
-			for padding > 0 {
-				padding--
-				ab.appendRune(' ')
-			}
-
-			ab.append(welcome)
 		} else {
-			ab.appendRune('~')
+			ab.append(string(e.rows[0].chars))
 		}
 
+
 		ab.append(terminal.ClearLine)
 
 		if y < (e.screen.Rows - 1) {

editor/editor.go

@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ func New() *editor {
 	return &editor{screen, cursor, rows }
 }
 
+func (e *editor) Open() {
+	e.rows = append(e.rows, NewRow("Hello, world!"))
+}
+
 func (e *editor) ProcessKeypress() bool {
 	var str string
 

editor/fn.go

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
+// Helper functions
 package editor
 
 import "strings"
 
+// Truncate a string to a length
 func truncateString(s string, length int) string {
 	if length < 1 {
 		return ""
@@ -22,10 +24,12 @@ func truncateString(s string, length int) string {
 	return buf.String()
 }
 
+// Is this an ASCII character?
 func isAscii(char rune) bool {
 	return char < 0x80
 }
 
+// Is this an ASCII ctrl character?
 func isCtrl(char rune) bool {
 	if !isAscii(char) {
 		return false

editor/row.go

@@ -4,8 +4,14 @@ type row struct {
 	chars []rune
 }
 
-func NewRow() *row {
-	return &row {}
+func NewRow(s string) *row {
+	var chars []rune
+
+	for _, ch := range s {
+		chars = append(chars, ch)
+	}
+
+	return &row {chars}
 }
 
 func (r *row) Size() int {

gilo.go

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ func main() {
 	defer cleanup(oldState)
 
 	e := editor.New()
+	e.Open()
 
 	// The input loop
 	for {