From 2bf3d126e9af213db4cfc943591af4a23b3321a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jpt <dev@jpt.sh>
Date: Sat, 3 May 2025 17:43:19 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] move columns to global level

---
 src/tt/cli.py        |  4 ++--
 src/tt/config.py     | 10 ++++++++++
 src/tt/tui/editor.py |  6 +++++-
 src/tt/tui/things.py |  4 ++--
 4 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/tt/cli.py b/src/tt/cli.py
index ede1237..a9aae2b 100644
--- a/src/tt/cli.py
+++ b/src/tt/cli.py
@@ -41,11 +41,11 @@ def new(
     typer.echo("Created new thing!")
 
 @app.command()
-def things(
+def table(
     view: Annotated[str, typer.Option("-v", "--view", help="saved view")] = "default",
 ):
     initialize_db()
-    things_tui(view)
+    things_tui("tasks")
 
 
 @app.command()
diff --git a/src/tt/config.py b/src/tt/config.py
index eed611a..96b5fb5 100644
--- a/src/tt/config.py
+++ b/src/tt/config.py
@@ -42,6 +42,16 @@ def get_view(name):
 
     raise ValueError(f"no such view! {name}")
 
+def get_column(name):
+    if name == "id":
+        return {"field_name": "id", "display_name": "ID", "read_only": True}
+
+    for col in _load_config().get("columns", []):
+        if col["field_name"] == name:
+            return col
+
+    raise ValueError(f"no such column! {name}")
+
 # Valid statuses & projects are read dynamically from the user's config.
 STATUSES = get_enum("status")
 PROJECTS = get_enum("projects")
diff --git a/src/tt/tui/editor.py b/src/tt/tui/editor.py
index 719b1e6..8b8544d 100644
--- a/src/tt/tui/editor.py
+++ b/src/tt/tui/editor.py
@@ -107,8 +107,12 @@ class TableEditor(App):
         self.table_config = []
         view = config.get_view(name)
 
+        # FIXME: special case during things conversion
+        # if recurring, different column definition
+
         # set up columns
-        for col in view["columns"]:
+        for col_name in view["columns"]:
+            col = config.get_column(col_name)
             field_type = col.get("field_type", "text")
             field_cls = get_col_cls(field_type)
             field_name = col["field_name"]
diff --git a/src/tt/tui/things.py b/src/tt/tui/things.py
index f26dee3..7137db6 100644
--- a/src/tt/tui/things.py
+++ b/src/tt/tui/things.py
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ class ThingTable(TableEditor):
     #     ("ctrl+o", "load_view", "load saved view"),
     # ]
 
-    def __init__(self, default_view="default"):
-        super().__init__("things")
+    def __init__(self, view="default"):
+        super().__init__(view)
         self.update_item_callback = update_thing
         self.add_item_callback = add_thing
         self.get_item_callback = get_thing