Refactored the map to a struct because maps are for some reason not sortable, added sorting

.gitignore

@@ -57,3 +57,6 @@ dkms.conf
 
 # Go
 bin/*
+
+# Log Files
+log/

src/main.go

@@ -4,8 +4,32 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"flag"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"log"
+	"sort"
 )
 
+type CmdGroup struct {
+    Category string
+    Commands []CmdItem
+}
+
+type CmdList []CmdGroup
+
+type CmdItem struct {
+	CommandName        string `json:"command"`
+	CommandDescription string `json:"desc"`
+}
+
+func (list CmdList) Get(category string) []CmdItem {
+	for _, group := range list {
+		if group.Category == category {
+			return group.Commands
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 
 func main() {
 
@@ -15,22 +39,41 @@ func main() {
 
 	flag.Parse()
 
-	if len(os.Args) == 1 {
+	configFile := "/etc/cheatsh/commands.json"
-		StartTui()
+
+	var commands CmdList
+	var err error
+
+	if *configFlag != "" {
+		commands, err = loadCommands(*configFlag)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("Cannot load commands file: %v", err)
+		}
+		StartTui(commands)
+		return
+	} else if len(os.Args) == 1 {
+		commands, err = loadCommands(configFile)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("Cannot load commands file: %v", err)
+		}
+		StartTui(commands)
 		return
 	}
 
 	switch {
+
 		case *helpFlag:
 			printHelp()
-		case *configFlag != "":
+
-			StartTui(*configFlag)
 		case *newFlag:
 			HandleInput()
+
 		default:
 			printHelp()
 			os.Exit(1)
+
 	}
+
 }
 
 func printHelp() {
@@ -40,3 +83,30 @@ func printHelp() {
 	  --help           Show this help message
 	  --new            Add a new command to the config file`)
 }
+
+func loadCommands(path string) (CmdList, error) {
+	data, err := os.ReadFile(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	var raw map[string][]CmdItem
+	err = json.Unmarshal(data, &raw)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	cmdList := make(CmdList, 0, len(raw))
+	for category, commands := range raw {
+		cmdList = append(cmdList, CmdGroup{
+			Category: category,
+			Commands: commands,
+		})
+	}
+
+	sort.Slice(cmdList, func(i, j int) bool {
+		return cmdList[i].Category < cmdList[j].Category
+	})
+
+	return cmdList, nil
+}

src/tui.go

@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"log"
 	"os"
 	//"sort"
 	//"strings"
@@ -15,11 +13,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss"
 )
 
-type CmdMap map[string][]CmdItem
-type CmdItem struct {
-	CommandName        string `json:"command"`
-	CommandDescription string `json:"desc"`
-}
 
 type item struct {
 	title 			string
@@ -33,7 +26,7 @@ type view int
 
 type model struct {
 	list 		list.Model
-	commands 	CmdMap
+	commands 	CmdList
 	currentView view
 	currentKey	string
 	selectedCmd string
@@ -58,7 +51,7 @@ func (m model) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 							m.currentKey = selected.title
 							m.currentView = viewCommands
 							m.list.Title = m.currentKey
-							m.list.SetItems(cmdItemsToList(m.commands[m.currentKey]))
+							m.list.SetItems(cmdItemsToList(m.commands.Get(m.currentKey)))
 					} else if m.currentView == viewCommands {
 							m.selectedCmd = selected.title
 							return m, tea.Quit
@@ -70,7 +63,7 @@ func (m model) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 					if m.currentView == viewCommands {
 						m.currentView = viewCategories
 						m.list.Title = "Choose a list of commands"
-						m.list.SetItems(cmdMapKeysToList(m.commands))
+						m.list.SetItems(cmdListKeysToList(m.commands))
 					}
 
 			}
@@ -98,20 +91,7 @@ const (
 	viewCommands
 )
 
-func StartTui(configFilePath ...string) {
+func StartTui(commands CmdList) {
-
-	configFile := "/etc/cheatsh/commands.json"
-	if len(configFilePath) > 0 {
-		configFile = configFilePath[0]
-	}
-
-	commands, err := loadCommands(configFile)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("Cannot load commands file: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	// ToDo: Sort Items
-	// ToDo: Handle readout of file before calling this function
 
 	delegate := list.NewDefaultDelegate()
 	backKey := key.NewBinding(
@@ -129,7 +109,7 @@ func StartTui(configFilePath ...string) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	items := cmdMapKeysToList(commands)
+	items := cmdListKeysToList(commands)
 	l := list.New(items, delegate, 0, 0)
 	l.Title = "Choose a list of commands"
 
@@ -151,29 +131,11 @@ func StartTui(configFilePath ...string) {
 	}
 }
 
-func loadCommands(path string) (CmdMap, error) {
+func cmdListKeysToList(cmds CmdList) []list.Item {
-
-	data, err := os.ReadFile(path)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	var m CmdMap
-	err = json.Unmarshal(data, &m)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	return m, nil
-}
-
-func cmdMapKeysToList(m CmdMap) []list.Item {
-
     items := []list.Item{}
-
+    for _, group := range cmds {
-	for name, _ := range m {
         listItem := item{
-			title: name,
+            title:       group.Category,
             description: "",
         }
         items = append(items, listItem)