From cd170de6777c517920abf7894c9dc2379fb12e5a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Castor Gemini <gemini@wit.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2025 08:39:59 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] feat(playback): Improve formatting of long playback

---
 doPlayback.go     | 62 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
 terminal_width.go | 16 ++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 terminal_width.go

diff --git a/doPlayback.go b/doPlayback.go
index 34ed0fd..0a3f44b 100644
--- a/doPlayback.go
+++ b/doPlayback.go
@@ -59,31 +59,67 @@ func listChats(chats *chatpb.Chats) {
 
 // print out one line for each chat entry
 func listEntries(chat *chatpb.Chat) {
-	fmt.Printf("\n--- Entries for Topic: %s ---\n", chat.GetChatName())
-	for i, entry := range chat.GetEntries() {
+	fmt.Printf("--- Entries for Topic: %s ---\n", chat.GetChatName())
+	width := getTerminalWidth()
+
+	// Determine the maximum length of the author and time string
+	maxAuthorAndTimeLen := 0
+	for _, entry := range chat.GetEntries() {
 		author := entry.GetFrom().String()
 		var formattedTime string
 		if ctime := entry.GetCtime(); ctime != nil {
 			t := ctime.AsTime()
-			formattedTime = t.Format("15:04:05") // Just the time for entry summary
+			formattedTime = t.Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05")
+		} else {
+			formattedTime = "No Time"
+		}
+		authorAndTime := fmt.Sprintf("[%s] (%s)", author, formattedTime)
+		if len(authorAndTime) > maxAuthorAndTimeLen {
+			maxAuthorAndTimeLen = len(authorAndTime)
+		}
+	}
+
+	for _, entry := range chat.GetEntries() {
+		author := entry.GetFrom().String()
+		var formattedTime string
+		if ctime := entry.GetCtime(); ctime != nil {
+			t := ctime.AsTime()
+			formattedTime = t.Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05")
 		} else {
 			formattedTime = "No Time"
 		}
 
 		// Create a short preview of the content
 		contentPreview := strings.TrimSpace(entry.GetContent())
-		if len(contentPreview) > 60 {
-			contentPreview = contentPreview[:57] + "..."
-		}
 		// Replace newlines with spaces for a clean one-line view
 		contentPreview = strings.ReplaceAll(contentPreview, "\n", " ")
 
-		fmt.Printf("  %2d. [%s] (%s): %s\n",
-			i+1,
-			author,
-			formattedTime,
-			contentPreview,
-		)
+		authorAndTime := fmt.Sprintf("[%s] (%s)", author, formattedTime)
+		
+		availableWidth := width - maxAuthorAndTimeLen - 1 // -1 for a space
+		if len(contentPreview) > availableWidth {
+			contentPreview = contentPreview[:availableWidth-3] + "..."
+		}
+
+		if author == "USER" {
+			// Calculate padding to fill the space between content and the right-aligned author/time
+			padding := width - len(contentPreview) - maxAuthorAndTimeLen
+			if padding < 0 {
+				padding = 0
+			}
+			// Calculate padding to align the author/time string itself
+			authorAndTimePadding := maxAuthorAndTimeLen - len(authorAndTime)
+			if authorAndTimePadding < 0 {
+				authorAndTimePadding = 0
+			}
+			fmt.Printf("%s%s%s%s\n", contentPreview, strings.Repeat(" ", padding), strings.Repeat(" ", authorAndTimePadding), authorAndTime)
+		} else {
+			padding := maxAuthorAndTimeLen - len(authorAndTime)
+			if padding < 0 {
+				padding = 0
+			}
+			fmt.Printf("%s%s %s\n", authorAndTime, strings.Repeat(" ", padding), contentPreview)
+		}
 	}
 	fmt.Println("-------------------------------------------------")
-}
+}
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diff --git a/terminal_width.go b/terminal_width.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3421330
--- /dev/null
+++ b/terminal_width.go
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"os"
+
+	"golang.org/x/term"
+)
+
+func getTerminalWidth() int {
+	width, _, err := term.GetSize(int(os.Stdout.Fd()))
+	if err != nil {
+		// Return a default width if there's an error
+		return 80
+	}
+	return width
+}
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