escaped " so it can be written in comment

lib/console_ui.dart

@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ int showMenu(List<String> menuOptions, String menuName) {
   }
 }
 
+String addEscapeChars(String str) {
+  return str.replaceAll("\"", "\\\"");
+}
+
 String getShaId(String pubkey, int createdAt, String kind, String strTags, String content) {
   String buf = '[0,"$pubkey",$createdAt,$kind,[$strTags],"$content"]';
   if( gDebug > 0) print("In getShaId: for buf = $buf");
@@ -90,10 +94,9 @@ Future<void> otherMenuUi(Tree node, var contactList) async {
 }
 
 Future<void> mainMenuUi(Tree node, var contactList) async {
-    gDebug = 0;
-    // at the very beginning, show the tree as it is the, and them show the options menu
+    gDebug = 1;
+    // at the very beginning, show the tree as it is, and them show the options menu
     node.printTree(0, true, DateTime.now().subtract(Duration(days:gNumLastDays)));
-    //gDebug = 1;
     bool userContinue = true;
     while(userContinue) {
       // align the text again in case the window size has been changed
@@ -145,7 +148,8 @@ Future<void> mainMenuUi(Tree node, var contactList) async {
           if( content == "") {
             break;
           }
-
+          
+          content = addEscapeChars(content);
           stdout.write("\nType id of event to reply to (leave blank to make a new post; type x to cancel): ");
           String? $replyToVar = stdin.readLineSync();
           String replyToId = $replyToVar??"";

lib/event_ds.dart

@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ class EventData {
     return content;
   }
 
-
+  // prints event data in the format that allows it to be shown in tree form by the Tree class
   void printEventData(int depth) {
     int n = 3;
     String maxN(String v)       => v.length > n? v.substring(0,n) : v.substring(0, v.length);
@@ -284,6 +284,8 @@ class EventData {
     }
   }
 
+  // looks up global map of reactions, if this event has any reactions, and then prints the reactions
+  // in appropriate color( in case one is a notification, which is stored in member variable)
   void printReaction(int depth) {
     if( gReactions.containsKey(id)) {
       String reactorNames = "|Likes  : ";
@@ -324,6 +326,7 @@ class EventData {
   }
 }
 
+// This is mostly a placeholder for EventData. TODO combine both?
 class Event {
   String event;
   String id;
@@ -398,16 +401,6 @@ String getAuthorName(String pubkey) {
   return name;
 }
 
-void printUserInfo(List<Event> events, String pub) {
-  int numUserEvents = 0;
-  for(int i = 0; i < events.length; i++) {
-    if( events[i].eventData.pubkey == pub && events[i].eventData.kind == 1) {
-      numUserEvents++;
-    }
-  }
-  print("Number of user events for user ${getAuthorName(pub)} : $numUserEvents");
-}
-
 List<Event> readEventsFromFile(String filename) {
   List<Event> events = [];
   final File  file   = File(filename);

lib/relays.dart

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import 'package:web_socket_channel/io.dart';
  */
 class Relays {
   Map<String, IOWebSocketChannel > relays;
-  List<String> users; // is used so that duplicate requests aren't sent for same user
+  List<String> users;        // is used so that duplicate requests aren't sent for same user
   List<Event>  rEvents = []; // current events received. can be used by others. Is flushed between consumption
   Set<String>  uniqueIdsRecieved = {} ; // id of events received. only for internal usage, so that duplicate events are rejected
   Relays(this.relays, this.users, this.rEvents, this.uniqueIdsRecieved);

lib/tree_ds.dart

@@ -384,8 +384,8 @@ class Tree {
     children.add(node);
   }
 
+  // for any tree node, returns its top most parent
   Tree getTopTree(Tree t) {
-
     while( true) {
       Tree? parent =  allChildEventsMap[ t.e.eventData.getParent()];
       if( parent != null) {
@@ -397,33 +397,33 @@ class Tree {
     return t;
   }
 
-Tree getMostRecent(int mostRecentTime) {
-  if( children.isEmpty)   {
-    return this;
-  }
+  // returns the time of the most recent comment
+  Tree getMostRecent(int mostRecentTime) {
+    if( children.isEmpty)   {
+      return this;
+    }
 
-  if( e.eventData.createdAt > mostRecentTime) {
-    mostRecentTime = e.eventData.createdAt;
-  }
+    if( e.eventData.createdAt > mostRecentTime) {
+      mostRecentTime = e.eventData.createdAt;
+    }
 
-  int mostRecentIndex = -1;
-  for( int i = 0; i < children.length; i++) {
-    int mostRecentChild = children[i].getMostRecent(mostRecentTime).e.eventData.createdAt;
-    if( mostRecentTime <= mostRecentChild) {
-       mostRecentTime = mostRecentChild;
-       mostRecentIndex = i;
+    int mostRecentIndex = -1;
+    for( int i = 0; i < children.length; i++) {
+      int mostRecentChild = children[i].getMostRecent(mostRecentTime).e.eventData.createdAt;
+      if( mostRecentTime <= mostRecentChild) {
+        mostRecentTime = mostRecentChild;
+        mostRecentIndex = i;
+      }
+    }
+
+    if( mostRecentIndex == -1) {
+      // typically this should not happen. children can't be newer than parents 
+      return this;
+    } else {
+      return children[mostRecentIndex];
     }
   }
-
-  if( mostRecentIndex == -1) {
-    // typically this should not happen. children can't be newer than parents 
-    return this;
-  } else {
-    return children[mostRecentIndex];
-  }
-}
-
-}
+} // end Tree
 
 int ascendingTimeTree(Tree a, Tree b) {
   if(a.e.eventData.createdAt < b.e.eventData.createdAt) {
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ int ascendingTimeTree(Tree a, Tree b) {
   return 1;
 }
 
-
+// sorter function that looks at the latest event in the whole tree including the/its children
 int sortTreeNewestReply(Tree a, Tree b) {
   int aMostRecent = a.getMostRecent(0).e.eventData.createdAt;
   int bMostRecent = b.getMostRecent(0).e.eventData.createdAt;
@@ -451,9 +451,9 @@ int sortTreeNewestReply(Tree a, Tree b) {
   return 1;
 }
 
-
+// for the given reaction event of kind 7, will update the global gReactions appropriately, returns 
+// the reactedTo event's id, blank if invalid reaction etc
 String processReaction(Event event) {
-
   if( event.eventData.kind == 7 && event.eventData.eTagsRest.isNotEmpty) {
     if(gDebug > 1) ("Got event of type 7");
     String reactorId  = event.eventData.pubkey;
@@ -474,8 +474,8 @@ String processReaction(Event event) {
   return "";
 }
 
+// will go over the list of events, and update the global gReactions appropriately
 void processReactions(List<Event> events) {
-
   for (Event event in events) {
     processReaction(event);
   }
@@ -497,10 +497,6 @@ Tree getTree(List<Event> events) {
     // process NIP 25, or event reactions by adding them to a global map
     processReactions(events);
 
-    for(var reactedTo in gReactions.keys) {
-      //print("Got a reaction for $reactedTo. Total number of reactions = ${gReactions[reactedTo]?.length}");
-    }
-
     // remove all events other than kind 0, 1, 3 and 7 
     events.removeWhere( (item) => !Tree.typesInEventMap.contains(item.eventData.kind));