layout persistence

MainContext.md

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-**manual_slop** is a local GUI tool for manually curating and sending context to AI APIs. It aggregates files, screenshots, and discussion history into a structured markdown file and sends it to a chosen AI provider with a user-written message. The AI can also execute PowerShell scripts within the project directory, with user confirmation required before each execution.
+Make sure to update this file every time.
+
+**manual_slop** is a local GUI tool for manually curating and sending context to AI APIs. It aggregates files, screenshots, and discussion history into a structured markdown file and sends it to a chosen AI provider with a user-written message. The AI can also execute PowerShell scripts within the project directory, with user confirmation required before each execution.
 
 **Stack:**
 - `dearpygui` - GUI with docking/floating/resizable panels
@@ -8,12 +10,13 @@
 - `uv` - package/env management
 
 **Files:**
-- `gui.py` - main GUI, `App` class, all panels, all callbacks, confirmation dialog
+- `gui.py` - main GUI, `App` class, all panels, all callbacks, confirmation dialog, layout persistence
 - `ai_client.py` - unified provider wrapper, model listing, session management, send, tool/function-call loop
 - `aggregate.py` - reads config, collects files/screenshots/discussion, writes numbered `.md` files to `output_dir`
 - `shell_runner.py` - subprocess wrapper that runs PowerShell scripts sandboxed to `base_dir`, returns stdout/stderr/exit code as a string
 - `config.toml` - namespace, output_dir, files paths+base_dir, screenshots paths+base_dir, discussion history array, ai provider+model
 - `credentials.toml` - gemini api_key, anthropic api_key
+- `dpg_layout.ini` - Dear PyGui window layout file (auto-saved on exit, auto-loaded on startup); gitignore this per-user
 
 **GUI Panels:**
 - **Config** - namespace, output dir, save
@@ -25,6 +28,13 @@
 - **Response** - readonly multiline displaying last AI response
 - **Tool Calls** - scrollable log of every PowerShell tool call the AI made, showing script and result; Clear button
 
+**Layout persistence:**
+- `dpg.configure_app(..., init_file="dpg_layout.ini")` loads the ini at startup if it exists; DPG silently ignores a missing file
+- `dpg.save_init_file("dpg_layout.ini")` is called immediately before `dpg.destroy_context()` on clean exit
+- The ini records window positions, sizes, and dock node assignments in DPG's native format
+- First run (no ini) uses the hardcoded `pos=` defaults in `_build_ui()`; after that the ini takes over
+- Delete `dpg_layout.ini` to reset to defaults
+
 **AI Tool Use (PowerShell):**
 - Both Gemini and Anthropic are configured with a `run_powershell` tool/function declaration
 - When the AI wants to edit or create files it emits a tool call with a `script` string
@@ -62,4 +72,3 @@
 - System prompt support could be added as a field in `config.toml` and passed in `ai_client.send()`
 - Discussion history excerpts could be individually toggleable for inclusion in the generated md
 - `MAX_TOOL_ROUNDS` in `ai_client.py` caps agentic loops at 5 rounds; adjustable
-

config.toml

@@ -17,10 +17,16 @@ paths = [
 
 [screenshots]
 base_dir = "C:/Users/Ed/scoop/apps/sharex/current/ShareX/Screenshots/2026-02"
-paths = []
+paths = [
+    "C:/Users/Ed/scoop/apps/sharex/current/ShareX/Screenshots/2026-02/python_2026-02-21_15-24-31.png",
+]
 
 [discussion]
-history = []
+history = [
+    "Update the MainContext.md with latest state of codebase. Add support for preserving layout in imgui.",
+    "[NO response from claude-sonnet-4-6]",
+    "No code changed but you ran several scripts, whats going on...",
+]
 
 [ai]
 provider = "anthropic"

dpg_layout.ini

@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+[Window][WindowOverViewport_11111111]
+Pos=0,0
+Size=3840,2137
+Collapsed=0
+
+[Window][Debug##Default]
+Pos=60,60
+Size=400,400
+Collapsed=0
+
+[Window][###22]
+Pos=0,0
+Size=376,652
+Collapsed=0
+DockId=0x00000005,0
+
+[Window][###30]
+Pos=0,654
+Size=376,835
+Collapsed=0
+DockId=0x00000009,0
+
+[Window][###66]
+Pos=0,1491
+Size=376,646
+Collapsed=0
+DockId=0x0000000A,0
+
+[Window][###79]
+Pos=1209,0
+Size=968,2137
+Collapsed=0
+DockId=0x0000000B,0
+
+[Window][###96]
+Pos=2179,0
+Size=1661,630
+Collapsed=0
+DockId=0x0000000D,0
+
+[Window][###105]
+Pos=378,494
+Size=829,1643
+Collapsed=0
+DockId=0x00000008,0
+
+[Window][###103]
+Pos=2179,632
+Size=1661,1505
+Collapsed=0
+DockId=0x0000000E,0
+
+[Window][###86]
+Pos=378,0
+Size=829,492
+Collapsed=0
+DockId=0x00000007,0
+
+[Docking][Data]
+DockSpace         ID=0x7C6B3D9B Window=0xA87D555D Pos=0,0 Size=3840,2137 Split=X Selected=0x40484D8F
+  DockNode        ID=0x00000003 Parent=0x7C6B3D9B SizeRef=376,1161 Split=Y Selected=0xEE087978
+    DockNode      ID=0x00000005 Parent=0x00000003 SizeRef=235,354 Selected=0xEE087978
+    DockNode      ID=0x00000006 Parent=0x00000003 SizeRef=235,805 Split=Y Selected=0x5F94F9BD
+      DockNode    ID=0x00000009 Parent=0x00000006 SizeRef=235,453 Selected=0x5F94F9BD
+      DockNode    ID=0x0000000A Parent=0x00000006 SizeRef=235,350 Selected=0x80199DAE
+  DockNode        ID=0x00000004 Parent=0x7C6B3D9B SizeRef=1286,1161 Split=X
+    DockNode      ID=0x00000001 Parent=0x00000004 SizeRef=829,1161 Split=Y Selected=0x40484D8F
+      DockNode    ID=0x00000007 Parent=0x00000001 SizeRef=595,492 Selected=0xBA13FCDE
+      DockNode    ID=0x00000008 Parent=0x00000001 SizeRef=595,1643 CentralNode=1 Selected=0x40484D8F
+    DockNode      ID=0x00000002 Parent=0x00000004 SizeRef=2631,1161 Split=X Selected=0x714F2F7B
+      DockNode    ID=0x0000000B Parent=0x00000002 SizeRef=968,1161 Selected=0xC915D9DA
+      DockNode    ID=0x0000000C Parent=0x00000002 SizeRef=1661,1161 Split=Y Selected=0x714F2F7B
+        DockNode  ID=0x0000000D Parent=0x0000000C SizeRef=396,342 Selected=0x714F2F7B
+        DockNode  ID=0x0000000E Parent=0x0000000C SizeRef=396,817 Selected=0xCF08B82F
+

gui.py

@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ class App:
 
     def run(self):
         dpg.create_context()
-        dpg.configure_app(docking=True, docking_space=True)
+        dpg.configure_app(docking=True, docking_space=True, init_file="dpg_layout.ini")
         dpg.create_viewport(title="manual slop", width=1680, height=1200)
         dpg.setup_dearpygui()
         dpg.show_viewport()
@@ -616,6 +616,7 @@ class App:
 
             dpg.render_dearpygui_frame()
 
+        dpg.save_init_file("dpg_layout.ini")
         dpg.destroy_context()