README.md

@@ -4,25 +4,29 @@
 
 Current features:
 - Perform one-shot prompts with `lmcli prompt <message>`
-- Manage persistent conversations with the `new`, `reply`, `view`, and `rm`,
+- Manage persistent conversations with the `new`, `reply`, `view`, and `rm`
-  `edit`, `retry`, `continue` sub-commands.
+  sub-commands.
 - Syntax highlighted output
 - Tool calling, see the [Tools](#tools) section.
 
+Planned features:
+- Ask questions about content received on stdin
+- Conversation editing
+
 Maybe features:
-- Chat-like interface (`lmcli chat`) for rapid back-and-forth conversations
 - Support for additional models/APIs besides just OpenAI
+- Natural language image generation, iterative editing
 
 ## Tools
 Tools must be explicitly enabled by adding the tool's name to the
 `openai.enabledTools` array in `config.yaml`.
 
 Note: all filesystem related tools operate relative to the current directory
-only. They do not accept absolute paths, and efforts are made to ensure they
+only. They do not accept absolute paths, and all efforts are made to ensure
-cannot escape above the working directory). **Close attention must be paid to
+they cannot escape above the working directory (not quite using chroot, but in
-where you are running `lmcli`, as the model could at any time decide to use one
+effect). **Close attention must be paid to where you are running `lmcli`, as
-of these tools to discover and read potentially sensitive information from your
+the model could at any time decide to use one of these tools to discover and
-filesystem.**
+read potentially sensitive information from your filesystem.**
 
 It's best to only have tools enabled in `config.yaml` when you intend to be
 using them, since their descriptions (see `pkg/cli/functions.go`) count towards

pkg/cli/cmd.go

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ var (
 )
 
 const (
-	// Limit number of conversations shown with `ls`, without --all
+	// Limit to number of conversations shown with `ls`, without --all
 	LS_LIMIT int = 25
 )
 
@@ -32,15 +32,14 @@ func init() {
 		cmd.MarkFlagsMutuallyExclusive("system-prompt", "system-prompt-file")
 	}
 
-	listCmd.Flags().Bool("all", false, fmt.Sprintf("Show all conversations, by default only the last %d are shown", LS_LIMIT))
+	lsCmd.Flags().Bool("all", false, fmt.Sprintf("Show all conversations, by default only the last %d are shown", LS_LIMIT))
 	renameCmd.Flags().Bool("generate", false, "Generate a conversation title")
-	editCmd.Flags().Int("offset", 1, "Offset from the last reply to edit (Default: edit your last message, assuming there's an assistant reply)")
 
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(
 		cloneCmd,
 		continueCmd,
 		editCmd,
-		listCmd,
+		lsCmd,
 		newCmd,
 		promptCmd,
 		renameCmd,
@@ -115,7 +114,8 @@ func lookupConversationE(shortName string) (*Conversation, error) {
 }
 
 // handleConversationReply handles sending messages to an existing
-// conversation, optionally persisting both the sent replies and responses.
+// conversation, optionally persisting them. It displays the entire
+// conversation before
 func handleConversationReply(c *Conversation, persist bool, toSend ...Message) {
 	existing, err := store.Messages(c)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -182,15 +182,14 @@ var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	},
 }
 
-var listCmd = &cobra.Command{
+var lsCmd = &cobra.Command{
-	Use:   "list",
+	Use:   "ls",
-	Aliases: []string{"ls"},
 	Short: "List conversations",
 	Long:  `List conversations in order of recent activity`,
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		conversations, err := store.Conversations()
 		if err != nil {
-			Fatal("Could not fetch conversations.\n")
+			fmt.Println("Could not fetch conversations.")
 			return
 		}
 
@@ -660,39 +659,34 @@ var editCmd = &cobra.Command{
 			Fatal("Could not retrieve messages for conversation: %s\n", conversation.Title)
 		}
 
-		offset, _ := cmd.Flags().GetInt("offset")
-		if offset < 0 {
-			offset = -offset
-		}
-
-		if offset > len(messages) - 1   {
-			Fatal("Offset %d is before the start of the conversation\n", offset)
-		}
-
-		desiredIdx := len(messages) - 1 - offset
-
 		// walk backwards through the conversation deleting messages until and
 		// including the last user message
 		toRemove := []Message{}
-		var toEdit *Message
+		var lastUserMessage *Message
 		for i := len(messages) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
-			if i == desiredIdx {
+			if messages[i].Role == MessageRoleUser {
-				toEdit = &messages[i]
+				lastUserMessage = &messages[i]
 			}
+
 			toRemove = append(toRemove, messages[i])
 			messages = messages[:i]
-			if toEdit != nil {
+			if lastUserMessage != nil {
 				break
 			}
 		}
 
-		existingContents := toEdit.OriginalContent
+		if lastUserMessage == nil {
+			Fatal("No messages left in the conversation, nothing to edit.\n")
+		}
+
+		existingContents := lastUserMessage.OriginalContent
 
 		newContents := inputFromArgsOrEditor(args[1:], "# Save when finished editing\n", existingContents)
-		switch newContents {
+		if newContents == existingContents {
-		case existingContents:
 			Fatal("No edits were made.\n")
-		case "":
+		}
+
+		if newContents == "" {
 			Fatal("No message was provided.\n")
 		}