add a parking lot impl

Cargo.lock

@@ -300,6 +300,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "crossterm_winapi",
  "derive_more",
  "document-features",
+ "futures-core",
  "mio",
  "parking_lot",
  "rustix 1.0.5",

Cargo.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2024"
 
 [dependencies]
-crossterm = { version = "0.29.0" }
+crossterm = { version = "0.29.0", features = ["event-stream"]}
 ratatui = { version = "0.29.0" }
 anyhow = "1.0"
 reqwest = { version = "0.12", features = ["json", "stream"] }

src/busy_lot.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
+
+/// Shared, lock-free counter of active jobs.
+/// Cloning is cheap (Arc); dropping a ticket auto-decrements.
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct BusyLot {
+    inner: Arc<AtomicUsize>,
+}
+
+/// RAII ticket returned from `BusyLot::park()`.
+/// When the ticket is dropped (even on panic) the lot counter goes down.
+pub struct Ticket {
+    lot: BusyLot,
+}
+
+impl BusyLot {
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            inner: Arc::new(AtomicUsize::new(0)),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Takes a parking space and returns a ticket.
+    pub fn park(&self) -> Ticket {
+        self.inner.fetch_add(1, Ordering::AcqRel);
+        Ticket { lot: self.clone() }
+    }
+
+    /// `true` if at least one ticket is still parked.
+    pub fn is_busy(&self) -> bool {
+        self.inner.load(Ordering::Acquire) != 0
+    }
+}
+
+impl Drop for Ticket {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        self.lot.inner.fetch_sub(1, Ordering::AcqRel);
+    }
+}

src/chat/mod.rs

@@ -1,32 +1,21 @@
 use serde::de::{self, Deserializer as DeDeserializer, IntoDeserializer, Visitor};
-use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize, Serializer, Deserializer};
+use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer, Serialize, Serializer};
 
 use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::fmt::{Display, Formatter, Result as FmtResult};
 
-#[derive(Deserialize, Debug)]
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
-pub struct StreamChunk {
+pub struct Prompt {
-    pub message: StreamMessage,
-}
-
-#[derive(Deserialize, Debug)]
-pub struct StreamMessage {
     pub role: String,
     pub content: String,
 }
 
-#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
+impl<'a> From<Message> for Prompt {
-pub struct Prompt<'a> {
-    pub role: Cow<'a, str>,
-    pub content: Cow<'a, str>,
-}
-
-impl<'a> From<Message> for Prompt<'a> {
     fn from(message: Message) -> Self {
         Prompt {
-            role: Cow::Owned(message.role),
+            role: message.role,
-            content: Cow::Owned(message.content.to_string()),
+            content: message.content.to_string(),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -41,12 +30,12 @@ pub struct ChatOptions {
 }
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Debug)]
-pub struct ChatRequest<'a> {
+pub struct ChatRequest {
-    pub model: &'a str,
+    pub model: String,
-    pub messages: Vec<Prompt<'a>>,
+    pub messages: Vec<Prompt>,
     pub stream: bool,
-    pub format: &'a str,
+    pub format: String,
-    pub stop: Vec<&'a str>,
+    pub stop: Vec<String>,
     pub options: Option<ChatOptions>,
 }
 

src/data/tools_list.json

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
             "type": "function",
             "function": {
                 "name": "web_search",
-                "description": "Search DuckDuckGo (a web search engine)",
+                "description": "Search the web using DuckDuckGo (a web search engine)",
                 "parameters": {
                     "type": "object",
                     "properties": {

src/main.rs

@@ -1,18 +1,21 @@
+use crossterm::terminal;
+use ratatui::CompletedFrame;
+use tokio::sync::mpsc;
+use tokio::sync::mpsc::{UnboundedReceiver, UnboundedSender};
+
+use crossterm::event::{
+    self, DisableMouseCapture, EnableMouseCapture, Event, Event as CEvent, EventStream, KeyCode,
+    MouseButton,
+};
+
+use ratatui::{Frame, Terminal, backend::CrosstermBackend};
+use ui::OxiTerminal;
+
 use std::borrow::Cow;
-use std::pin::Pin;
-use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
 
 use chat::{Action, Message};
 use clap::Parser;
 use futures_util::StreamExt;
-use reqwest::Client;
-
-use crossterm::event::{self, DisableMouseCapture, EnableMouseCapture, Event, KeyCode};
-use crossterm::terminal::{
-    EnterAlternateScreen, LeaveAlternateScreen, disable_raw_mode, enable_raw_mode,
-};
-
-use ratatui::{Terminal, backend::CrosstermBackend};
 
 mod chat;
 mod ui;
@@ -38,100 +41,115 @@ struct Args {
     nerd_stats: bool,
 }
 
-struct App {
+pub struct Queues {
+    pub tx_msg: mpsc::UnboundedSender<Msg>, // worker → UI   (already exists)
+    pub rx_msg: mpsc::UnboundedReceiver<Msg>,
+
+    pub tx_cmd: mpsc::UnboundedSender<Cmd>, // UI → worker   (NEW)
+    pub rx_cmd: mpsc::UnboundedReceiver<Cmd>,
+}
+
+impl Queues {
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        let (tx_msg, rx_msg) = mpsc::unbounded_channel();
+        let (tx_cmd, rx_cmd) = mpsc::unbounded_channel();
+        Queues {
+            tx_msg,
+            rx_msg,
+            tx_cmd,
+            rx_cmd,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+struct AppState {
     args: Args,
+    queues: Queues,
     prompt: String,
     messages: Vec<Message>,
     waiting: bool,
+    system_prompt: String,
 }
 
-#[tokio::main]
+impl AppState {
-async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    const HEADER_PROMPT: &str = r#"SYSTEM: You are "OxiAI", A personal assistant with access to tools. You answer *only* via valid, UTF-8 JSON."#;
-    // parse arguments
-    let args = match Args::try_parse() {
-        Ok(args) => args,
-        Err(e) => {
-            e.print().expect("Error writing clap error");
-            std::process::exit(0);
-        }
-    };
 
-    // setup crossterm
+    const TOOLS_LIST: &str = include_str!("data/tools_list.json");
-    enable_raw_mode()?;
-    let mut stdout_handle = std::io::stdout();
-    crossterm::execute!(stdout_handle, EnterAlternateScreen, EnableMouseCapture)?;
-    let backend = CrosstermBackend::new(stdout_handle);
-    let mut terminal = Terminal::new(backend)?;
 
-    let mut app = App {
+    const RULES_PROMPT: &str = r#"Rules:
-        args,
-        prompt: String::new(),
-        messages: vec![],
-        waiting: false,
-    };
-
-    let client = Client::new();
-
-    let header_prompt = r#"SYSTEM: You are "OxiAI", a logical, personal assistant that answers *only* via valid, minified, UTF-8 JSON."#;
-
-    let tools_list = include_str!("data/tools_list.json")
-        .parse::<serde_json::Value>()?
-        .to_string();
-
-    let rules_prompt = r#"Rules:
 1. Think silently, Never reveal your chain-of-thought.
 2. To use a tool: {"action":"<tool>","arguments":{...}}
 3. To reply directly: {"action":"chat","arguments":{"response":"..."}
 4. If a question is vague, comparative, descriptive, or about ideas rather than specifics: use the web_search tool.
-5. If a question clearly names a specific object, animal, person, place: use the wiki_search tool.
+5. If a question clearly names a specific entity, place, or period of time: use the wiki_search tool.
 6. Base claims strictly on provided data or tool results. If unsure, say so.
 7. Check your output; If you reach four consecutive newlines: *stop*"#;
 
-    //let user_info_prompt = r#""#;
+    pub fn default(args: Args) -> AppState {
-    let system_prompt = format!(
+        AppState {
-        "{header_prompt}\n
+            args,
-        {tools_list}\n\n
+            queues: Queues::new(),
-        {rules_prompt}\n"
+            prompt: String::new(),
-    );
+            messages: vec![],
+            waiting: false,
+            system_prompt: AppState::get_system_prompt(),
+        }
+    }
 
-    loop {
+    pub fn get_system_prompt() -> String {
-        terminal.draw(|f| ui::chat_ui(f, &app))?;
+        format!(
+            "{}\n{}\n\n{}\n",
+            AppState::HEADER_PROMPT,
+            AppState::TOOLS_LIST,
+            AppState::RULES_PROMPT
+        )
+    }
 
-        if event::poll(Duration::from_millis(100))? {
+    pub fn handle_http_done(
-            if let Event::Key(key) = event::read()? {
+        &mut self,
-                match key.code {
+        result: Result<String, reqwest::Error>,
-                    KeyCode::Char(c) => app.prompt.push(c),
+    ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    pub fn handle_input(&mut self, ev: Event) -> anyhow::Result<Option<Cmd>> {
+        match ev {
+            Event::FocusGained => { /* do nothing */ }
+            Event::FocusLost => { /* do nothing */ }
+            Event::Key(key_event) => {
+                match key_event.code {
+                    KeyCode::Char(c) => self.prompt.push(c),
                     KeyCode::Backspace => {
-                        app.prompt.pop();
+                        let _ = self.prompt.pop();
                     }
                     KeyCode::Enter => {
                         //TODO: refactor to a parser function to take the contents of the app.prompt vec and do fancy stuff with it (like commands)
                         let message_args = args_builder! {
-                            "response" => app.prompt.clone(),
+                            "response" => self.prompt.clone(),
                         };
-                        app.prompt.clear();
+                        self.prompt.clear();
 
-                        app.messages.push(chat::Message::new(
+                        self.messages.push(chat::Message::new(
                             chat::MessageRoles::User,
                             chat::Action::Chat,
                             message_args,
                         ));
 
                         let mut prompts = vec![chat::Prompt {
-                            role: Cow::Borrowed("system"),
+                            role: "system".to_string(),
-                            content: Cow::Borrowed(&system_prompt),
+                            content: self.system_prompt.clone(),
                         }];
                         prompts.extend(
-                            app.messages
+                            self.messages
                                 .iter()
                                 .map(|msg| chat::Prompt::from(msg.clone())),
                         );
 
                         let req = chat::ChatRequest {
-                            model: &app.args.model.clone(),
+                            model: self.args.model.clone(),
-                            stream: app.args.stream,
+                            stream: self.args.stream,
-                            format: "json",
+                            format: "json".to_string(),
-                            stop: vec!["\n\n\n\n"],
+                            stop: vec!["\n\n\n\n".to_string()],
                             options: Some(chat::ChatOptions {
                                 temperature: Some(0.3),
                                 top_p: Some(0.92),
@@ -142,167 +160,130 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
                             messages: prompts,
                         };
 
-                        app.waiting = true;
+                        self.waiting = true;
-                        match app.args.stream {
+                        return Ok(Some(Cmd::RunChat { req }));
-                            true => {
+                    }
-                                todo!();
+                    _ => { /* ignore all other keys */ }
-                                stream_ollama_response(&mut app, client.clone(), req).await?;
+                }
-                            }
+            }
-                            false => {
+            Event::Mouse(mouse_event) => match mouse_event.kind {
-                                batch_ollama_response(&mut app, client.clone(), req).await?;
+                event::MouseEventKind::Up(MouseButton::Left) => {}
+                _ => {}
+            },
+            Event::Paste(_) => { /* do nothing */ }
+            Event::Resize(_, _) => { /* do nothing */ }
+        }
+
+        Ok(None)
+    }
+}
+
+/// Cmds that can arrive in the command event queue
+enum Cmd {
+    RunChat { req: chat::ChatRequest },
+    GetAddr,
+    Quit,
+}
+
+/// Messages that can arrive in the UI loop
+enum Msg {
+    Input(CEvent),
+    HttpDone(Result<String, reqwest::Error>),
+}
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    // parse arguments from Clap
+    let args = match Args::try_parse() {
+        Ok(args) => args,
+        Err(e) => {
+            e.print().expect("Error writing clap error");
+            std::process::exit(0);
+        }
+    };
+
+    // UI Event Loop
+
+    let mut events = EventStream::new();
+    let mut ticker = tokio::time::interval(std::time::Duration::from_millis(33));
+    let mut terminal = OxiTerminal::setup();
+    let mut state = AppState::default(args);
+
+    'uiloop: loop {
+        // first – non-blocking drain of all pending messages
+        while let Ok(msg) = state.queues.rx_msg.try_recv() {
+            match msg {
+                Msg::Input(ev) => match ev.as_key_event() {
+                    Some(ke) => {
+                        if ke.code == KeyCode::Esc {
+                            return terminal.term_cleanup();
+                        } else {
+                            if let Some(cmd) = state.handle_input(ev)? {
+                                if state.queues.tx_cmd.send(cmd).is_err() {
+                                    break;
+                                }
                             }
                         }
                     }
-                    KeyCode::Esc => {
+                    None => {}
-                        break;
+                },
-                    }
+                Msg::HttpDone(r) => state.handle_http_done(r)?,
-                    _ => {}
+            };
+        }
+
+        // block until either next tick or next user input
+        tokio::select! {
+            _ = ticker.tick() => { terminal.do_draw(&state); },
+
+            maybe_ev = events.next() => {
+                if let Some(Ok(ev)) = maybe_ev {
+                    if state.queues.tx_msg.send(Msg::Input(ev)).is_err() { break 'uiloop }
                 }
             }
         }
     }
 
-    disable_raw_mode()?;
-    crossterm::execute!(
-        terminal.backend_mut(),
-        LeaveAlternateScreen,
-        DisableMouseCapture
-    )?;
-    terminal.show_cursor()?;
     Ok(())
 }
 
-//FIXME: streaming replies are harder to work with for now, save this for the future
+async fn run_workers(
-async fn stream_ollama_response(
+    mut rx_cmd: mpsc::UnboundedReceiver<Cmd>,
-    app: &mut App,
+    tx_msg: mpsc::UnboundedSender<Msg>,
-    client: Client,
+    model: String,
-    req: chat::ChatRequest<'_>,
+) {
-) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    while let Some(cmd) = rx_cmd.recv().await {
-    let mut resp = client
+        match cmd {
+            Cmd::RunChat { req } => {
+                let tx_msg = tx_msg.clone();
+                tokio::spawn(async move {
+                    let res = ollama_call(req).await; // see next section
+                    let _ = tx_msg.send(Msg::HttpDone(res));
+                });
+            }
+            Cmd::GetAddr => {
+                // --- Kick off an HTTP worker as a proof-of-concept ----
+                let tx_msg = tx_msg.clone();
+                tokio::spawn(async move {
+                    let res: Result<String, reqwest::Error> = async {
+                        let resp = reqwest::get("https://ifconfig.me/all").await?;
+                        resp.text().await
+                    }
+                    .await;
+                    let _ = tx_msg.send(Msg::HttpDone(res));
+                });
+            }
+            Cmd::Quit => break,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+async fn ollama_call(req: chat::ChatRequest) -> Result<String, reqwest::Error> {
+    let client = reqwest::Client::new();
+    client
         .post("http://localhost:11434/api/chat")
         .json(&req)
         .send()
         .await?
-        .bytes_stream();
+        .text()
-
+        .await
-    //TODO: since we haven't decoded the Steam we don't know if its sent the role part of the message
-    // we'll need to figure out how to 'see the future' so to speak
-    let mut assistant_line = String::from("Assistant : ");
-
-    while let Some(chunk) = resp.next().await {
-        let chunk = chunk?;
-        for line in chunk.split(|b| *b == b'\n') {
-            if line.is_empty() {
-                continue;
-            }
-            let parsed: serde_json::Result<chat::StreamChunk> = serde_json::from_slice(line);
-            if let Ok(parsed) = parsed {
-                assistant_line.push_str(&parsed.message.content.to_string());
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    //FIXME: fix this later
-    //app.messages.push(assistant_line);
-
-    Ok(())
-}
-
-async fn batch_ollama_response<'a>(
-    app: &mut App,
-    client: Client,
-    req: chat::ChatRequest<'a>,
-) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-    batch_ollama_response_inner(app, client, req).await
-}
-
-fn batch_ollama_response_inner<'a>(
-    app: &'a mut App,
-    client: Client,
-    req: chat::ChatRequest<'a>,
-) -> Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = anyhow::Result<()>> + Send + 'a>> {
-    Box::pin(async move {
-        let start = Instant::now();
-        let resp = client
-            .post("http://localhost:11434/api/chat")
-            .json(&req)
-            .send()
-            .await?;
-        let elapsed = start.elapsed();
-
-        let status = resp.status();
-        let headers = resp.headers().clone();
-        let body_bytes = resp.bytes().await?;
-
-        match serde_json::from_slice::<chat::ChatResponse>(&body_bytes) {
-            Ok(r) => {
-                match r.message.content.action {
-                    chat::Action::Chat => app.messages.push(r.message),
-                    chat::Action::Tool(assistant_tool) => {
-                        match assistant_tool {
-                            chat::AssistantTool::WikiSearch => {
-                                //HACK: fake it for now, until I figure out how to grab a web page and display it in a way the model understands
-                                let tool_args = r.message.content.arguments.clone();
-                                app.messages.push(r.message);
-
-                                let search_term = match tool_args.get("query") {
-                                    Some(v) => v.as_str(),
-                                    None => todo!(),
-                                };
-
-                                let tool_response = match search_term {
-                                    "American Crow" => {
-                                        let r = args_builder! {
-                                            "result" => include_str!("data/american_crow_wikipedia.md")
-                                        };
-                                        r
-                                    }
-                                    "Black Bear" => {
-                                        let r = args_builder! {
-                                            "result" => include_str!("data/black_bear_wikipedia.md")
-                                        };
-                                        r
-                                    }
-                                    _ => {
-                                        let r = args_builder! {
-                                            "result" => "Search failed to return any valid data"
-                                        };
-                                        r
-                                    }
-                                };
-
-                                let tool_message = Message::from((
-                                    chat::MessageRoles::Tool,
-                                    Action::Tool(chat::AssistantTool::WikiSearch),
-                                    tool_response,
-                                ));
-                                app.messages.push(tool_message);
-                                //FIXME: model could recurse forever
-                                batch_ollama_response(app, client.clone(), req).await?;
-                            }
-                            chat::AssistantTool::WebSearch => todo!(),
-                            chat::AssistantTool::GetDateTime => todo!(),
-                            chat::AssistantTool::GetDirectoryTree => todo!(),
-                            chat::AssistantTool::GetFileContents => todo!(),
-                            chat::AssistantTool::InvalidTool => todo!(),
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-            Err(e) => {
-                println!("Failed to parse JSON: {}", e);
-                println!("Status: {}", status);
-                println!("Headers: {:#?}", headers);
-                // Try to print the body as text for debugging
-                if let Ok(body_text) = std::str::from_utf8(&body_bytes) {
-                    println!("Body text: {}", body_text);
-                } else {
-                    println!("Body was not valid UTF-8");
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        app.waiting = false;
-        Ok(())
-    })
 }

src/ui/mod.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+use std::io::IsTerminal;
+
+use crossterm::terminal::{
+    EnterAlternateScreen, LeaveAlternateScreen, disable_raw_mode, enable_raw_mode,
+};
+
+use crossterm::event::{
+    self, DisableMouseCapture, EnableMouseCapture, Event, Event as CEvent, EventStream, KeyCode,
+    MouseButton,
+};
+
+use ratatui::CompletedFrame;
+use ratatui::prelude::Backend;
+use ratatui::{Frame, Terminal, backend::CrosstermBackend};
 use ratatui::{
     layout::{Constraint, Direction, Layout},
     style::{Color, Style},
@@ -5,53 +19,91 @@ use ratatui::{
     widgets::{Block, Borders, Paragraph},
 };
 
-pub fn chat_ui(f: &mut ratatui::Frame, app: &crate::App) {
+use crate::AppState;
-    let chunks = Layout::default()
-        .direction(Direction::Vertical)
-        .margin(1)
-        .constraints([Constraint::Min(1), Constraint::Length(3)].as_ref())
-        .split(f.area());
 
-    let chat_messages: Vec<Line> = app
+pub struct OxiTerminal {
-        .messages
+    handle: Terminal<CrosstermBackend<std::io::Stdout>>,
-        .iter()
+}
-        .map(|m| {
+
-            Line::from(Span::raw(format!(
+impl OxiTerminal {
-                "{}: {}",
+    pub fn setup() -> Self {
-                m.role.to_string(),
+        enable_raw_mode(); // crossterm
-                m.to_string()
+        let mut stdout_handle = std::io::stdout();
-            )))
+        crossterm::execute!(stdout_handle, EnterAlternateScreen, EnableMouseCapture);
-        })
+        let backend = CrosstermBackend::new(stdout_handle);
-        .collect();
+        let mut handle = Terminal::new(backend).expect("unable to open a terminal");
-
+        handle.clear();
-    let messages_block = Paragraph::new(ratatui::text::Text::from(chat_messages))
+
-        .block(Block::default().borders(Borders::ALL).title("Chat"))
+        OxiTerminal { handle }
-        .wrap(ratatui::widgets::Wrap { trim: true })
+    }
-        .scroll((
+
-            app.messages
+    pub fn do_draw(&mut self, app: &AppState) -> CompletedFrame {
-                .len()
+        self.handle
-                .saturating_sub((chunks[0].height - 2) as usize) as u16,
+            .draw(|f| OxiTerminal::chat_ui(f, app))
-            0,
+            .expect("failed to draw to framebuffer")
-        ));
+    }
-
+
-    f.render_widget(messages_block, chunks[0]);
+    pub fn term_cleanup(&mut self) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-
+        disable_raw_mode()?;
-    let input_text = if app.waiting {
+        crossterm::execute!(
-        format!("> {} (waiting...)", &app.prompt)
+            self.handle.backend_mut(),
-    } else {
+            LeaveAlternateScreen,
-        format!("> {}", app.prompt)
+            DisableMouseCapture
-    };
+        )?;
-
+        self.handle.show_cursor()?;
-    let input = Paragraph::new(input_text)
+
-        .style(Style::default().fg(Color::Yellow))
+        Ok(())
-        .block(Block::default().borders(Borders::ALL).title("Input"));
+    }
-    f.render_widget(input, chunks[1]);
+
-
+    //FIXME: awaiting refactor
-    use ratatui::layout::Position;
+    pub fn chat_ui(f: &mut ratatui::Frame, app: &crate::AppState) {
-    f.set_cursor_position(Position::new(
+        let chunks = Layout::default()
-        // the +3 comes from the 3 'characters' of space between the terminal edge and the text location
+            .direction(Direction::Vertical)
-        // this places the text cursor after the last entered character
+            .margin(1)
-        chunks[1].x + app.prompt.len() as u16 + 3,
+            .constraints([Constraint::Min(1), Constraint::Length(3)].as_ref())
-        chunks[1].y + 1,
+            .split(f.area());
-    ));
+
+        let chat_messages: Vec<Line> = app
+            .messages
+            .iter()
+            .map(|m| {
+                Line::from(Span::raw(format!(
+                    "{}: {}",
+                    m.role.to_string(),
+                    m.to_string()
+                )))
+            })
+            .collect();
+
+        let messages_block = Paragraph::new(ratatui::text::Text::from(chat_messages))
+            .block(Block::default().borders(Borders::ALL).title("Chat"))
+            .wrap(ratatui::widgets::Wrap { trim: true })
+            .scroll((
+                app.messages
+                    .len()
+                    .saturating_sub((chunks[0].height - 2) as usize) as u16,
+                0,
+            ));
+
+        f.render_widget(messages_block, chunks[0]);
+
+        let input_text = if app.waiting {
+            format!("> {} (waiting...)", &app.prompt)
+        } else {
+            format!("> {}", app.prompt)
+        };
+
+        let input = Paragraph::new(input_text)
+            .style(Style::default().fg(Color::Yellow))
+            .block(Block::default().borders(Borders::ALL).title("Input"));
+        f.render_widget(input, chunks[1]);
+
+        use ratatui::layout::Position;
+        f.set_cursor_position(Position::new(
+            // the +3 comes from the 3 'characters' of space between the terminal edge and the text location
+            // this places the text cursor after the last entered character
+            chunks[1].x + app.prompt.len() as u16 + 3,
+            chunks[1].y + 1,
+        ));
+    }
 }