formatting changes, and improved mentions logic when displaying

bin/nostr_console.dart

@@ -4,12 +4,9 @@ import 'package:bip340/bip340.dart';
 import 'package:nostr_console/event_ds.dart';
 import 'package:nostr_console/tree_ds.dart';
 import 'package:nostr_console/relays.dart';
-
 import 'package:nostr_console/console_ui.dart';
-
 import 'package:args/args.dart';
 
-
 // program arguments
 const String pubkeyArg   = "pubkey";
 const String prikeyArg   = "prikey";
@@ -158,7 +155,6 @@ Future<void> main(List<String> arguments) async {
       stdout.write("...received ${getRecievedEvents().length} events made by the user\n");
 
       // get the latest kind 3 event for the user, which lists his 'follows' list
-      List<String> contactList = [];
       int latestContactsTime = 0, latestContactIndex = -1;
       for( int i = 0; i < getRecievedEvents().length; i++) {
         var e = getRecievedEvents()[i];
@@ -168,7 +164,8 @@ Future<void> main(List<String> arguments) async {
         }
       }
 
-      // if contact list was found, get user's feed 
+      // if contact list was found, get user's feed, and keep the contact list for later use 
+      List<String> contactList = [];
       if (latestContactIndex != -1) {
           contactList = getContactFeed(getRecievedEvents()[latestContactIndex].eventData.contactList, 300);
       }
@@ -183,7 +180,6 @@ Future<void> main(List<String> arguments) async {
 
         // get mentioned ptags, and then get the events for those users
         List<String> pTags = getpTags(getRecievedEvents());
-
         getMultiUserEvents(defaultServerUrl, pTags, 300);
         
         stdout.write('Waiting for rest of events to come in.....');
@@ -193,8 +189,10 @@ Future<void> main(List<String> arguments) async {
           numOtherEvents = numOtherEvents - numFeedEvents - numUserEvents;
           stdout.write("received $numOtherEvents other events\n");
 
+          // get all events in Tree form
           Tree node = getTree(getRecievedEvents());
           clearEvents();
+
           // call the mein UI function
           mainMenuUi(node, contactList);
         });

lib/event_ds.dart

@@ -2,6 +2,16 @@ import 'dart:io';
 import 'dart:convert';
 import 'package:intl/intl.dart';
 
+// name of executable
+String exename = "nostr_console";
+String version = "0.0.3";
+
+// well known disposable test private key
+const String gDefaultPrivateKey = "9d00d99c8dfad84534d3b395280ca3b3e81be5361d69dc0abf8e0fdf5a9d52f9";
+const String gDefaultPublicKey  = "e8caa2028a7090ffa85f1afee67451b309ba2f9dee655ec8f7e0a02c29388180";
+String userPrivateKey = gDefaultPrivateKey;
+String userPublicKey  = gDefaultPublicKey;
+
 const int  gMinValidTextWidth = 60; // minimum text width acceptable
 const int  gDefaultTextWidth = 120; // default text width
 int        gTextWidth = gDefaultTextWidth; // is changed by --width option
@@ -35,23 +45,15 @@ int gNumLastDays     = 1;
 // global user names from kind 0 events, mapped from public key to user name
 Map<String, String> gKindONames = {}; 
 
-// global reactions entry. Mapts from <event reacted to id, List of Reactors>
+// global reactions entry. Map of form <if of event reacted to, List of Reactors>
 // reach Reactor is a list of 2-elements ( first is public id of reactor, second is comment)
 Map< String, List<List<String>> > gReactions = {};
 
+// bots ignored to reduce spam
 List<String> gBots = [  "3b57518d02e6acfd5eb7198530b2e351e5a52278fb2499d14b66db2b5791c512",  // robosats orderbook
                         "887645fef0ce0c3c1218d2f5d8e6132a19304cdc57cd20281d082f38cfea0072",  // bestofhn
                         "f4161c88558700d23af18d8a6386eb7d7fed769048e1297811dcc34e86858fb2"   // bitcoin_bot
                       ];
-// well known disposable test private key
-const String gDefaultPrivateKey = "9d00d99c8dfad84534d3b395280ca3b3e81be5361d69dc0abf8e0fdf5a9d52f9";
-const String gDefaultPublicKey  = "e8caa2028a7090ffa85f1afee67451b309ba2f9dee655ec8f7e0a02c29388180";
-String userPrivateKey = gDefaultPrivateKey;
-String userPublicKey  = gDefaultPublicKey;
-
-// name of executable
-String exename = "nostr_console";
-String version = "0.0.2";
 
 int gDebug = 0;
 
@@ -77,7 +79,6 @@ String getNumDashes(int num) {
   return s;
 }
 
-
 String rightShiftContent(String s, int numSpaces) {
   String newString = "";
   int    newlineCounter = 0;
@@ -203,7 +204,14 @@ class EventData {
       return content;
     }
 
-    List<String> placeHolders = ["#[0]", "#[1]", "#[2]", "#[3]", "#[4]", "#[5]" ];
+    // just check if there is any square bracket in comment, if not we return
+    String squareBracketStart = "[", squareBracketEnd = "]";
+    if( !content.contains(squareBracketStart) || !content.contains(squareBracketEnd) ) {
+      return content;
+    }
+
+    // replace the patterns
+    List<String> placeHolders = ["#[0]", "#[1]", "#[2]", "#[3]", "#[4]", "#[5]", "#[6]", "#[7]" ];
     for(int i = 0; i < placeHolders.length; i++) {
       int     index = -1;
       Pattern p     = placeHolders[i];
@@ -215,12 +223,8 @@ class EventData {
         if( tags[i].isEmpty || tags[i].length < 2) {
           continue;
         }
+
         String author = getAuthorName(tags[i][1]);
-
-        //print("\n\nauthor mention: i = $i  index = $index  tags[i][1] = ${tags[i][1]} author = $author");
-        //print("tags = $tags");
-
-        //print("in expandMentions: changing content at index i = $i");
         content = "${content.substring(0, index)} @$author${content.substring(index + 4)}";
       }
     }