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;;; infobox.el -- Infobox in a help buffer -*- lexical-binding: t -*-

;; Copyright (C) 2025  Free Software Foundation, Inc.

;; Author: Yuchen Pei <id@ypei.org>
;; Package-Requires: ((emacs "29.4"))

;; This file is part of dotted.

;; dotted is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
;; the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
;; the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
;; (at your option) any later version.

;; dotted is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
;; ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
;; or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Affero General
;; Public License for more details.

;; You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public
;; License along with dotted.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

;;; Commentary:

;; Infobox in a help buffer.

;;; Code:


(defun infobox-translate (info specs)
  "Translate INFO according to SPECS.

TODO: allow multiple levels in specs keys using let-alist, i.e.
something like

(.channel.name . \"Channel name\")"
  (seq-map
   (lambda (pair)
     (when-let ((val (alist-get (car pair) info)))
       (if (or (stringp (cdr pair)) (symbolp (cdr pair)))
           (cons (cdr pair) val)
         (cons (cadr pair) (funcall (cddr pair) val)))))
   specs))

(defun infobox-render (info item &optional interactive-p)
  "Render and display a help buffer of INFO."
  (help-setup-xref item interactive-p)
  (with-help-window (help-buffer)
    (with-current-buffer standard-output
      (let ((n-rows 0))
        (seq-do
         (lambda (pair)
           (when pair
             (when (stringp (car pair))
               (insert (car pair) ": ")
               (setq n-rows (1+ n-rows)))
             (insert (cdr pair) "\n")))
         info)
        (align-regexp
         (point-min)
         (progn (goto-line (1+ n-rows)) (point))
         "\\(\\s-*\\):"))
      (visual-line-mode))))

(provide 'infobox)