fixed navigation and input bugs

linkulator.py

@@ -351,7 +351,10 @@ class Output:
         self.scrollminy = 0
         self.viewslice = None
 
-    def Calc_Dimensions(self):
+    def reset(self):
+        self.scrollminy = 0
+
+    def calc_dimensions(self):
         if not self.content:
             raise ValueError("Can't calculate nonexistant data")
         self.length = len(self.content)
@@ -473,14 +476,14 @@ def menu_system(stdscr):
     """main loop of program, prints data and takes action based on user input"""
     locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, "")
     code = locale.getpreferredencoding()
-    # curses.use_default_colors()
-    # curses.curs_set(0)
+    curses.use_default_colors()
+    curses.curs_set(0)
 
     title = "Linkulator".encode(code)
 
     menus = MenuHierarchy()
     menus.set_active_menu_data(LinkData)
-    menus.active.output.Calc_Dimensions()
+    menus.active.output.calc_dimensions()
 
     status = Status()
     status.message = ""
@@ -507,7 +510,7 @@ def menu_system(stdscr):
             stdscr.clrtoeol()
 
         # print body
-        menus.active.output.Calc_Dimensions()
+        menus.active.output.calc_dimensions()
 
         count = 0
         for i, line in enumerate(
@@ -550,15 +553,16 @@ def menu_system(stdscr):
         if k == "KEY_RESIZE":
             term_resize(stdscr)
         elif k in [":", " "]:
-            iwin = curses.newwin(1, curses.COLS, curses.LINES - 1, 0)
-            iwin.addch(0, 0, ":")
+            stdscr.addch(curses.LINES - 1, 0, ":")
+            stdscr.clrtoeol()
+            stdscr.refresh()
+            iwin = curses.newwin(1, curses.COLS, curses.LINES - 1, 1)
             itxt = textpad.Textbox(iwin)
+            itxt.stripspaces = True
             curses.curs_set(1)
             itxt.edit()
             action = itxt.gather()
-            # action slice to remove : at the start
-            # TODO: can this be avoided?
-            handle_action(menus, action[1:], status)
+            handle_action(menus, action, status)
             curses.curs_set(0)
             del itxt
             del iwin
@@ -610,7 +614,8 @@ def navigate(menus, int_action):
         menus.active = menus.primary_hierarchy[menus.primary_index]
         menus.active.selected_key = key
         menus.set_active_menu_data(LinkData)
-        menus.active.output.Calc_Dimensions()
+        menus.active.output.reset()
+        menus.active.output.calc_dimensions()
 
 
 def do_command(menus, action):