Feature: Adding thread to save backups

src/lib.rs

@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ pub use utils::{load_textareas, save_textareas};
 pub fn get_save_file_path() -> PathBuf {
     home_dir().unwrap_or_default().join("thoth_notes.md")
 }
+pub fn get_save_backup_file_path() -> PathBuf {
+    home_dir().unwrap_or_default().join("thoth_notes_backup.md")
+}
 
 pub const ORANGE: ratatui::style::Color = ratatui::style::Color::Rgb(255, 165, 0);
 pub const DAEMONIZE_ARG: &str = "__thoth_copy_daemonize";

src/main.rs

@@ -6,14 +6,18 @@ use crossterm::{
     terminal::{disable_raw_mode, enable_raw_mode, EnterAlternateScreen, LeaveAlternateScreen},
 };
 use ratatui::{backend::CrosstermBackend, Terminal};
-use std::io::{self, Read};
+use std::{
+    io::{self, Read},
+    thread,
+};
 use thoth_cli::{
     cli::{add_block, copy_block, delete_block, list_blocks, view_block},
-    EditorClipboard,
+    get_save_backup_file_path, EditorClipboard,
 };
 use thoth_cli::{
     cli::{Cli, Commands},
     ui_handler::{draw_ui, handle_input, UIState},
+    utils::save_textareas,
 };
 
 use std::time::Duration;
@@ -72,6 +76,13 @@ pub fn run_ui() -> Result<()> {
 
     let draw_interval = Duration::from_millis(33);
 
+    let copy_textareas = state.scrollable_textarea.textareas.clone();
+    let copy_titles = state.scrollable_textarea.titles.clone();
+    thread::spawn(move || loop {
+        let _ = save_textareas(&copy_textareas, &copy_titles, get_save_backup_file_path());
+        thread::sleep(Duration::from_secs(60)); // save backup every minute
+    });
+
     loop {
         let should_draw = state.last_draw.elapsed() >= draw_interval;
         if should_draw {

src/ui_handler.rs

@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@ fn handle_normal_input(
                 save_textareas(
                     &state.scrollable_textarea.textareas,
                     &state.scrollable_textarea.titles,
+                    get_save_file_path(),
                 )?;
                 return Ok(true);
             }

src/utils.rs

@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 use crate::get_save_file_path;
 use anyhow::Result;
 use std::io::{BufRead, Write};
+use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::{fs::File, io::BufReader};
 use tui_textarea::TextArea;
 
-pub fn save_textareas(textareas: &[TextArea], titles: &[String]) -> Result<()> {
-    let mut file = File::create(get_save_file_path())?;
+pub fn save_textareas(textareas: &[TextArea], titles: &[String], file_path: PathBuf) -> Result<()> {
+    let mut file = File::create(file_path)?;
     for (textarea, title) in textareas.iter().zip(titles.iter()) {
         writeln!(file, "# {}", title)?;
         let content = textarea.lines().join("\n");