From 623d9a06e436b42b37c021c2a41c792cbe5642c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Montag <paul.david.montag@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2026 23:12:44 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] cleaned things up a bit

---
 src/game/nucleus.zig |  6 +----
 src/game/rect.zig    | 54 ++++++++++++--------------------------------
 src/view/cell.zig    | 11 +++++++++
 3 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/game/nucleus.zig b/src/game/nucleus.zig
index c6c9f52..0c85664 100644
--- a/src/game/nucleus.zig
+++ b/src/game/nucleus.zig
@@ -51,11 +51,7 @@ pub const Nucleus = struct {
         const self: *@This() = @fieldParentPtr("widget", widget);
         frame.set(
             .{ .x = 0, .y = 0 },
-            .{
-                .char = ("Ω" ** 4).*,
-                .width = 2,
-                .style = healthy_loop[(self.style_loop_ctr / 5) % healthy_loop.len],
-            },
+            .init("Ω", healthy_loop[(self.style_loop_ctr / 20) % healthy_loop.len]),
         ) catch return WidgetError.UnknownError;
         self.style_loop_ctr += 1;
     }
diff --git a/src/game/rect.zig b/src/game/rect.zig
index 2961cf8..4fbb1b6 100644
--- a/src/game/rect.zig
+++ b/src/game/rect.zig
@@ -40,51 +40,25 @@ pub const Rectangle = struct {
         const size = frame.size();
 
         var first = frame.rowable.row(0) catch return WidgetError.UnknownError;
-        first[0] = Cell{
-            .char = ("┌ " ** 2).*,
-            .style = self.style,
-            .width = 3,
-        };
-        @memset(first[1 .. first.len - 1], Cell{
-            .char = ("─ " ** 2).*,
-            .style = self.style,
-            .width = 3,
-        });
-        first[first.len - 1] = Cell{
-            .char = ("┐ " ** 2).*,
-            .style = self.style,
-            .width = 3,
-        };
+        first[0] = .init("┌", self.style);
+        @memset(
+            first[1 .. first.len - 1],
+            .init("─", self.style),
+        );
+        first[first.len - 1] = .init("┐", self.style);
 
         for (1..size.height - 1) |row_num| {
             var row = frame.rowable.row(row_num) catch return WidgetError.UnknownError;
-            row[0] = Cell{
-                .char = ("│ " ** 2).*,
-                .style = self.style,
-                .width = 3,
-            };
-            row[row.len - 1] = Cell{
-                .char = ("│ " ** 2).*,
-                .style = self.style,
-                .width = 3,
-            };
+            row[0] = .init("│", self.style);
+            row[row.len - 1] = .init("│", self.style);
         }
 
         var last = frame.rowable.row(size.height - 1) catch return WidgetError.UnknownError;
-        last[0] = Cell{
-            .char = ("└ " ** 2).*,
-            .style = self.style,
-            .width = 3,
-        };
-        @memset(last[1 .. last.len - 1], Cell{
-            .char = ("─ " ** 2).*,
-            .style = self.style,
-            .width = 3,
-        });
-        last[last.len - 1] = Cell{
-            .char = ("┘ " ** 2).*,
-            .style = self.style,
-            .width = 3,
-        };
+        last[0] = .init("└", self.style);
+        @memset(
+            last[1 .. last.len - 1],
+            .init("─", self.style),
+        );
+        last[last.len - 1] = .init("┘", self.style);
     }
 };
diff --git a/src/view/cell.zig b/src/view/cell.zig
index f84eeb6..34fe296 100644
--- a/src/view/cell.zig
+++ b/src/view/cell.zig
@@ -12,6 +12,17 @@ pub const Cell = struct {
     width: usize,
     style: ?Style,
 
+    pub fn init(comptime char: []const u8, s: ?Style) Cell {
+        var tmp_char: [8]u8 = undefined;
+        @memcpy(tmp_char[0..char.len], char);
+
+        return .{
+            .char = tmp_char,
+            .width = char.len,
+            .style = s,
+        };
+    }
+
     /// eql returns
     pub fn eql(self: *const Cell, b: *const Cell) bool {
         return mem.eql(u8, &self.char, &b.char) and self.width == b.width and (self.style orelse style.Empty).eql(b.style orelse style.Empty);