This stuff sucks actually, clones are annoying as hell.

This peekable class might not work, it lowkey sucks.

lib/node.rs

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 pub enum Node {
     // Structure Nodes
     Document { children: Vec<Node> },
-    Heading { level: u8, children: Vec<Node> },
+    Heading { level: usize, children: Vec<Node> },
     Paragraph { children: Vec<Node> },
     List { ordered: bool, children: Vec<Node> },
     ListItem { children: Vec<Node> },

lib/parser.rs

@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
+use std::iter::Peekable;
+use std::str::Chars;
+
 use crate::node::Node;
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct Parser {
-    content: String
+    content: String,
 }
 
 impl Parser {
@@ -11,16 +14,199 @@ impl Parser {
     /// support operation on all operating systems.
     pub fn new(content: &str) -> Self {
         let normalized = content.replace("\r\n", "\n").replace("\r", "");
-        Self { content: normalized }
+        Self {
+            content: normalized,
+        }
     }
 
     pub fn parse_document(&self) -> Node {
-        let chars = self.content.chars().peekable();
+        let mut stream = self.content.chars().peekable();
 
-        Node::Document { children: vec![
+        let mut root = Node::Document { children: vec![] };
-            Node::Paragraph { children: vec![
+
-                Node::Text { content: chars.collect() },
+        // Same as !IsEOF from the CPP implementation
-            ]} 
+        while stream.peek().is_some() {
-        ]}
+            let block = self.parse_block(&mut stream);
+            if !block.is_empty() {
+                root.add_child(block);
+            }
+        }
+
+        root
+    }
+
+    /// BUG: USING CLONES IS FUCKED AS HELL, STOP THIS SHIT
+    fn parse_block(&self, stream: &mut Peekable<Chars<'_>>) -> Node {
+        self.consume_whitespace(stream);
+
+        // If we are at the end, return an empty node; it will be ignored
+        let Some(&c1) = stream.peek() else {
+            return Node::Text { content: "".into() };
+        };
+
+        // Use a clone to look ahead
+        let mut clone = stream.clone();
+        clone.next();
+
+        let c2 = clone.next();
+        let c3 = clone.next();
+
+        // Now we can handle numbers from 0 to 99 for ordered lists
+        match (c1, c2, c3) {
+            ('#', _, _) => self.parse_heading(stream),
+            ('*' | '-' | '+', Some(' ' | '\t'), _) => self.parse_list(stream, false),
+            (d, Some('.'), _) if d.is_ascii_digit() => self.parse_list(stream, true),
+            (d1, Some(d2), Some('.')) if d1.is_ascii_digit() && d2.is_ascii_digit() => {
+                self.parse_list(stream, true)
+            }
+            ('`', Some('`'), Some('`')) => self.parse_code_block(stream),
+            ('!', Some('['), _) => self.parse_image(stream),
+            ('>', _, _) => self.parse_block_quote(stream),
+            _ => self.parse_paragraph(stream),
+        }
+    }
+
+    // --- STRUCTURE PARSING ---
+    fn parse_paragraph(&self, stream: &mut Peekable<Chars<'_>>) -> Node {
+        let children = self.parse_inline(stream);
+        Node::Paragraph { children }
+    }
+
+    fn parse_heading(&self, stream: &mut Peekable<Chars<'_>>) -> Node {
+        // Consume the hashes to determine the size, then consume the whitespace
+        let hashes = self.consume_until_char(stream, ' ');
+        self.consume_whitespace(stream);
+
+        let children = self.parse_inline(stream);
+        dbg!(&children);
+        Node::Heading {
+            level: hashes.len(),
+            children,
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn parse_list(&self, stream: &mut Peekable<Chars<'_>>, ordered: bool) -> Node {
+        Node::Text { content: "".into() }
+    }
+
+    fn parse_block_quote(&self, stream: &mut Peekable<Chars<'_>>) -> Node {
+        Node::Text { content: "".into() }
+    }
+
+    fn parse_code_block(&self, stream: &mut Peekable<Chars<'_>>) -> Node {
+        Node::Text { content: "".into() }
+    }
+
+    fn parse_image(&self, stream: &mut Peekable<Chars<'_>>) -> Node {
+        Node::Text { content: "".into() }
+    }
+
+    // --- INLINE PARSING ---
+    fn parse_inline(&self, stream: &mut Peekable<Chars<'_>>) -> Vec<Node> {
+        let mut nodes = vec![];
+        let mut str = String::new();
+
+        // use a clone to allow for peeking ahead
+        // REMEMBER TO ALSO CONSUME ANYTIME MAIN STREAM IS CONSUMED
+        let mut clone = stream.clone();
+        clone.next(); // Stay one ahead
+
+        while let Some(&c1) = stream.peek() {
+            let c2 = clone.next();
+            let c3 = clone.next();
+
+            // println!("({}, {}, {})", c1, c2.unwrap_or('~'), c3.unwrap_or('~'));
+
+            match (c1, c2, c3) {
+                ('\n', _, _) => break,
+                ('!', Some('['), _) => { /* Image */ }
+                ('[', _, _) => { /* Link */ }
+                ('*', Some('*'), Some('*')) => { /* Bold Italic */ }
+                ('*', Some('*'), _) => {
+                    nodes.push(Node::Text { content: str });
+                    str = "".into();
+                    let node = self.parse_bold(stream);
+                    if !node.is_empty() {
+                        nodes.push(node)
+                    }
+                    continue;
+                }
+                ('*', _, _) => { /* Italic */ }
+                ('`', _, _) => { /* Code */ }
+
+                _ => {
+                    // Should we swap '\n' with ' '
+                    str.push(c1);
+                    stream.next();
+                    clone.next();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Push final node
+        if !str.is_empty() {
+            nodes.push(Node::Text { content: str });
+        }
+        nodes
+    }
+
+    /// BUG: THIS FUNCTION SHOULD PARSE UNTIL IT FINDS EITHER THE ** OR AN ENDING OF A BLOCK. FOR
+    /// EXAMPLE: \n\n IS A NEW BLOCK AND THEN IT SHOULD END. BUT IF IT ENDS ON A NEW BLOCK, IT
+    /// SHOULD RETURN A TEXT NODE, WITH THE ** PREPENDED, SIGNIFYING FAILURE TO COMPLETE THE ENTIRE
+    /// STRONG BLOCK.
+    fn parse_bold(&self, stream: &mut Peekable<Chars<'_>>) -> Node {
+        let mut str = String::new();
+
+        stream.next();
+        stream.next();
+
+        let mut clone = stream.clone();
+        clone.next();
+
+        while let Some(&c1) = stream.peek() {
+            let c2 = clone.peek();
+
+            match (c1, c2) {
+                ('\n', Some('\n')) => break,
+                ('*', Some('*')) => {
+                    stream.next();
+                    stream.next();
+                    break;
+                }
+                _ => str.push(c1),
+            }
+            stream.next();
+            clone.next();
+        }
+
+        println!("@str '{}'", str);
+
+        Node::Bold { content: str }
+    }
+
+    // --- HELPER FUNCTIONS ---
+    fn consume_whitespace(&self, stream: &mut Peekable<Chars<'_>>) {
+        while let Some(&c) = stream.peek() {
+            if !c.is_whitespace() {
+                break;
+            }
+            stream.next();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// THIS DOES NOT CONSUME THE TARGET, IT STOPS RIGHT BEFORE IT AND RETURNS THE STRING UNTIL
+    /// ITSELF
+    fn consume_until_char(&self, stream: &mut Peekable<Chars<'_>>, target: char) -> String {
+        let mut out = String::new();
+
+        while let Some(&c) = stream.peek() {
+            if c == target {
+                break;
+            }
+            stream.next();
+            out.push(c);
+        }
+
+        out
     }
 }

src/main.rs

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use transpiler::filesystem::Filesystem;
 use transpiler::parser::Parser;
 
 pub fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
-    let file = Filesystem::read_file("./journal.md");
+    let file = Filesystem::read_file("./test.md");
     let content;
     match file {
         Ok(s) => content = s,

test.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# h1, **this** is sick as fuck