1 files changed, 24 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/ui/ui.go b/ui/ui.go
index a54818e..96cc3b4 100644
--- a/ui/ui.go
+++ b/ui/ui.go
@@ -18,6 +18,28 @@ along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 package ui
 
-var (
-	PromptLength, SynopsisLength int
+import (
+    "github.com/spf13/viper"
 )
+
+var PromptLength int
+
+/* NOTE: currently, macli is checking wether the specified
+ * prompt length is the default value (5) or not. if it is not
+ * then it wont do anything. if it is, then if a config file
+ * exists the value in the config file will be used
+ * this works but flags won't be able to take precedence
+ *
+ * i.e if the value in config file is 6 but I want to set it to 5 through
+ * flags, it will see that the value is the default value so it'll use
+ * the value in the macli.yaml file which is 6. in this case the
+ * flags aren't taking precedence. fix that! */
+func init() {
+	// read prompt length from config file
+	confPromptLength := viper.Get("searching.prompt_length")
+
+    // if PromptLength is the default value just use the one in config file if any
+    if confPromptLength != nil && PromptLength == 5 {
+      PromptLength = confPromptLength.(int)
+    }
+}