Open File-menu “New…” and “Open…” in new process

… instead of overburdening our own with several
windows and contact states. :^)

contact.scm

@@ -18,12 +18,14 @@
         (chicken condition)
         (chicken file)
         (chicken pathname)
+        (chicken process)
         (chicken io)
         (chicken repl)
         (chicken process-context)
         (chicken string)
         (chicken time)
         (srfi 1)
+        (srfi 13)
         (srfi 18)
         (prefix getopt-long getopt:)
         (prefix nrepl nrepl:)
@@ -38,6 +40,7 @@
 
 ;; Start & run the application.
 (define (init)
+  (print (argv))
   (let [(cli-args (parse-cli-args (command-line-arguments)))]
     ;; If --help, then print a usage message and quit.
     (if (alist-ref 'help cli-args)
@@ -59,7 +62,7 @@
   ;; That is, like `$ contact freeArgFile.vcf`.
   (let [(qt-thread (thread-start! qt-loop))
         (last-free-arg (condition-case (last (car cli-args)) (var () #f)))]
-    (if last-free-arg
+    (if (and last-free-arg (string? last-free-arg) (file-exists? last-free-arg))
        (open-vcard-file qt-win last-free-arg))
     qt-thread))
 
@@ -137,28 +140,53 @@
 (define (menubar-callbacks window)
   (let* [(menu-file-exit (qt:find window "actionQuit"))
          (menu-file-save (qt:find window "actionSave"))
-         (menu-file-open (qt:find window "actionOpen"))]
+         (menu-file-open (qt:find window "actionOpen"))
+         (menu-file-new (qt:find window "actionNew"))]
     ;; We connect to https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qaction.html#triggered
+    ;; Simply kill the program.
     (if menu-file-exit
         (qt:connect
          menu-file-exit "triggered()"
          (qt:receiver exit)))
+    ;; If they try to Save, tell them it’s not supported.
     (if menu-file-save
         (qt:connect
          menu-file-save "triggered()"
          (qt:receiver
           (lambda ()
             (qt:message "Saving is not implemented.")))))
+    ;; If they want a new contact, create a new, blank, window.
+    ;; That is, a new process.
+    (if menu-file-new
+        (qt:connect
+         menu-file-new "triggered()"
+         (qt:receiver
+          (lambda ()
+            (let [(program-args
+                   ;; If we opened a pre-existing contact (last arg is a file),
+                   ;; remove that argument.
+                   (drop-right (cdr (argv))
+                               (if (file-exists? (last (argv)))
+                                   1
+                                   0)))]
+              (process-run (executable-pathname) program-args))))))
+    ;; If they want to open a contact through the Open… dialogue, we should open
+    ;; the contact in a new window.
     (if menu-file-open
         (qt:connect
          menu-file-open "triggered()"
          (qt:receiver
           (lambda ()
-            (open-vcard-file
-             window
-             (qt:get-open-filename
-              "Select a contact file…"
-              (conc (get-environment-variable "HOME") "/Contacts")))))))))
+            (let* [(contacts-dir (conc (get-environment-variable "HOME") "/Contacts"))
+                   (selected-file (qt:get-open-filename
+                                   "Select a contact file to open…"
+                                   contacts-dir))
+                   (program-args (append (cdr (argv)) (list selected-file)))]
+              (if (not (string-null? selected-file))
+                  (process-run
+                    (executable-pathname)
+                    program-args)))))))))
+
 
 
 ;; Parse a vCard file and populate the window’s forms with its contents.

contact.ui

@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@
     <property name="title">
      <string>File</string>
     </property>
+    <addaction name="actionNew"/>
     <addaction name="actionOpen"/>
     <addaction name="actionSave"/>
     <addaction name="separator"/>
@@ -251,6 +252,11 @@
     <string>Open…</string>
    </property>
   </action>
+  <action name="actionNew">
+   <property name="text">
+    <string>New…</string>
+   </property>
+  </action>
  </widget>
  <resources/>
  <connections/>