some ui stuff

colors.c

@@ -102,8 +102,7 @@ void colors_init() {
 			while (getline(&line, &size, dircolors) != -1) {
 				fg = 7;
 				bg = 0;
-				if (line[0] == '.') {
-					extension = strtok(line, " ");
+				if (line[0] == '.' && (extension = strtok(line, " ")) != NULL) {
 					colors[i].file_extension = malloc(strlen(extension)+1);
 					memcpy(colors[i].file_extension, extension, strlen(extension)+1);
 

config.h

@@ -118,11 +118,11 @@ static const char size_unit[] = { 'B', 'K', 'M', 'G', 'T', 'P' }; /* this define
 
 static const char ui_btm_text_storage_left[] = "total free";
 static const char ui_btm_current_dir_size[] = "sum of dir,";
-static const char ui_open_with_text_0[] = "open"; /*ui_open_with_text_0 \"selected_file\" ui_open_with_text_1*/
-static const char ui_open_with_text_1[] = "with:";
-static const char ui_rename_text_0[] = "rename"; /*ui_rename_text_0 \"selected_file\" ui_rename_text_1*/
-static const char ui_rename_text_1[] = "to:";
-static const char ui_delete_text[] = "delete:";
+static const char ui_open_with_text[] = "open "SETTINGS_COMMAND_REPLACE_STR" with:";
+static const char ui_rename_text[] = "rename "SETTINGS_COMMAND_REPLACE_STR" to:";
+static const char ui_mkdir_text[] = "mkdir:";
+static const char ui_touch_text[] = "touch:";
+static const char ui_delete_text[] = "delete: "SETTINGS_COMMAND_REPLACE_STR;
 
 /* {{{ */
 static const unsigned long binding_count = sizeof(key_binding) / sizeof(binding);
@@ -139,10 +139,10 @@ static const unsigned long mimetype_default_count;
 static const unsigned long file_extension_default_count;
 static const char size_unit[];
 static const char size_unit_count;
-static const char ui_open_with_text_0[];
-static const char ui_open_with_text_1[];
-static const char ui_rename_text_0[];
-static const char ui_rename_text_1[];
+static const char ui_open_with_text[];
+static const char ui_rename_text[];
+static const char ui_mkdir_text[];
+static const char ui_touch_text[];
 static const char ui_delete_text[];
 #endif
 /* }}} */

dir.c

@@ -28,13 +28,14 @@ unsigned long get_dir_size(char *path){
 	DIR *dir = opendir(path);
 	unsigned long entry_count = 0;
 	struct dirent *entry;
-	if (dir && file_modifiers & FILE_MODIFIERS_HIDDEN_FILES) {
+	if (dir) {
+		if (file_modifiers & FILE_MODIFIERS_HIDDEN_FILES) {
 			while ((entry=readdir(dir))) { 
 				entry_count++;
 			}
 			/* removes files "." and ".." */
 			entry_count -= 2;
-	} else if (dir) {
+		} else {
 			while ((entry=readdir(dir))) { 
 				if (entry->d_name[0] != '.') {
 					entry_count++;
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ unsigned long get_dir_size(char *path){
 			}
 		}
 		closedir(dir);
+	}
 	return entry_count;
 
 }
@@ -308,37 +310,60 @@ void dir_changed(){
 	}
 	if(strcmp(current_linked_dir->path, path) == 0) {
 		mid_dir.current_file = &mid_dir.file_list[current_linked_dir->index];
-
 	} else {
-		/*this path should only ever happen on changing the path for the first time
-		 *at least i hope so*/
+		/**/
+
 		current_linked_dir->next = malloc(sizeof(linked_dir));
 		current_linked_dir->next->path = malloc(strlen(global_path)+1);
 		memcpy(current_linked_dir->next->path, global_path, strlen(global_path)+1);
 		current_linked_dir->next->next = NULL;
 		current_linked_dir->next->index = 0;
+
+		mid_dir.current_file = mid_dir.file_list;
 	}
 
 }
-void change_dir(){
+void change_dir(char *new_path){
 
+	char *old_path = getcwd(NULL, 0);
 	current_linked_dir = list_beginning;
 	while (current_linked_dir->next != NULL) {
-		if(strcmp(current_linked_dir->path, global_path) == 0) {
+		if(strcmp(current_linked_dir->path, old_path) == 0) {
 			break;
 		} else {
 			current_linked_dir = current_linked_dir->next;
 		}
 	}
-	if(strcmp(current_linked_dir->path, global_path) == 0) {
+	if(strcmp(current_linked_dir->path, old_path) == 0) {
 		current_linked_dir->index = mid_dir.current_file - mid_dir.file_list;
-	} else {
-		current_linked_dir->next = malloc(sizeof(linked_dir));
-		current_linked_dir->next->path = malloc(strlen(global_path)+1);
-		memcpy(current_linked_dir->next->path, global_path, strlen(global_path)+1);
-		current_linked_dir->next->next = NULL;
-		current_linked_dir->next->index = mid_dir.current_file - mid_dir.file_list;
 	}
+
+	chdir(new_path);
+	char *new_path_real = getcwd(NULL, 0);
+
+	current_linked_dir = list_beginning;
+	while (current_linked_dir->next != NULL) {
+		if(strcmp(current_linked_dir->path, new_path_real) == 0) {
+			break;
+		} else {
+			current_linked_dir = current_linked_dir->next;
+		}
+	}
+	if(strcmp(current_linked_dir->path, new_path_real) != 0) {
+		current_linked_dir->next = malloc(sizeof(linked_dir));
+		current_linked_dir = current_linked_dir->next;
+		current_linked_dir->path = malloc(strlen(new_path_real)+1);
+		memcpy(current_linked_dir->path, new_path_real, strlen(new_path_real)+1);
+		current_linked_dir->next = NULL;
+		current_linked_dir->index = 0;
+		/*TODO(2026-05-25T22:49:30)
+		 *handle if new_path == "..", should this case be true, focus the index on which the old_path falls on*/
+	}
+	mid_dir.current_file = &mid_dir.file_list[current_linked_dir->index];
+
+	free(old_path);
+	free(new_path_real);
+
 }
 
 void dir_init(){

interactions.c

@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ int read_string(WINDOW *win, int y, int x, char *str){
 		} else if (ch == 127) { /* backspace */
 			if (pass > 0) {
 				pass--;
-				mvwdelch(win, y, pass);
+				mvwdelch(win, y, x + pass);
 			}
 		} else if (ch == 27) { /* esc key */
 			err = 1;
@@ -184,12 +184,7 @@ void move_up(unsigned long passes){
 void move_left(unsigned long passes){
 	unsigned long i;
 	for (i = 0; i < passes; i++) {
-		change_dir();
-		if (chdir("..") != 0) {
-			/* TODO(2025-07-09T00:30:05) fix */
-			FAIL("move_left", "unhandled error of chdir");
-		}	
-		dir_changed();
+		change_dir("..");
 	}
 	status |= (STATUS_RUN_BACKEND | STATUS_RELOAD_DIRECTORY);
 
@@ -197,14 +192,8 @@ void move_left(unsigned long passes){
 void move_right(){
 
 	if (mid_dir.current_file->file_type & FILE_TYPE_DIR) {
-		change_dir();
-		if (chdir(mid_dir.current_file->file_name) != 0) {
-			/* TODO(2026-05-05T20:12:14) fix */
-			FAIL("move_right", "unhandled error of chdir");
-		}	
-		dir_changed();
+		change_dir(mid_dir.current_file->file_name);
 	} else if (mid_dir.current_file->file_type & FILE_TYPE_EXEC) {
-			chdir(".");
 		char *cmd = parse_cmd("./"SETTINGS_COMMAND_REPLACE_STR,mid_dir.current_file);
 		if (system(cmd)) {
 		}
@@ -301,10 +290,30 @@ void delete(){
 	TODO;
 }
 void makedir(){
-	TODO;
+	wclear(win_b);
+	file tmp;
+	tmp.file_name = malloc(INPUT_BUFFER_SIZE);
+	mvwprintw(win_b, 0, 0, ui_mkdir_text);
+	if (read_string(win_b, 0, strlen(ui_mkdir_text)+1, tmp.file_name) == 0) {
+		char *cmd = parse_cmd("mkdir ", &tmp);
+		system(cmd);
+		free(cmd);
+	}
+	free(tmp.file_name);
+	status |= (STATUS_RUN_BACKEND | STATUS_RELOAD_DIRECTORY);
 }
 void makefile(){
-	TODO;
+	wclear(win_b);
+	file tmp;
+	tmp.file_name = malloc(INPUT_BUFFER_SIZE);
+	mvwprintw(win_b, 0, 0, ui_touch_text);
+	if (read_string(win_b, 0, strlen(ui_touch_text)+1, tmp.file_name) == 0) {
+		char *cmd = parse_cmd("touch ", &tmp);
+		system(cmd);
+		free(cmd);
+	}
+	free(tmp.file_name);
+	status |= (STATUS_RUN_BACKEND | STATUS_RELOAD_DIRECTORY);
 }
 void enter_shell(unsigned long passes, int index){
 	(void)passes; /*remove compiler warning*/