flashcards.nvim

commit fe13b8d8381607155a74d002513e13f469c87910
parent 4c1974cb77b1059175d4d561e01e8e585d4a0026
Author: Andrew Laack <andrew@laack.co>
Date:   Mon,  1 Jun 2026 21:13:05 -0500

Updated state management to re-shuffle deck on :Flash invocations

Diffstat:
M
plugin/init.lua
 | 
15
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1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/plugin/init.lua b/plugin/init.lua
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ local function formatH1(str)
 end
 
 local function load_cards()
+
+    -- clear state
+    state.cards = {}
+    state.index = 1
+    state.showing_back = false
+
     local cwd = vim.fs.dirname(vim.api.nvim_buf_get_name(0))
     local files = vim.split(vim.fn.glob(cwd .. "/*.md"), "\n")
     files = shuffle(files)
@@ -100,20 +106,19 @@ local function flip_card()
 end
 
 local function flash()
+
+    -- this also clears the card state.
     load_cards()
 
     -- if this was already opened close and reopen because that's easier than figuring out if the window
     -- or buffer is rendered right now.
 
-    local begin_buf = state.buf ~= nil
 
     if state.buf ~= nil then
         vim.api.nvim_buf_delete(state.buf, { force = true })
         state.buf = nil
-    end
-
-    if begin_buf then
-        return
+        state.win = nil -- do windows have to be closed? presumably not, I think the window abstraction is simply a view into a buffer
+                        -- which would then be closed by this point thus requiring no cleanup.
     end
 
     state.win = vim.api.nvim_get_current_win()