--- a/src/gui/widgets/text.cc	Wed May 08 17:32:28 2024 -0400
+++ b/src/gui/widgets/text.cc	Sun May 12 16:31:07 2024 -0400
@@ -6,82 +6,130 @@
 #include <QLabel>
 #include <QTextBlock>
 #include <QVBoxLayout>
+#include <QScrollArea>
+#include <QDebug>
+
+/* WARNING: GARBAGE CODE FOLLOWS
+ *
+ * This file is filled with spaghetti to make this
+ * stupid text render how I want it to.
+ *
+ * many cases of hacking with setSizePolicy() are seen
+ * all around this file. Edit it only if really
+ * necessary, please.
+*/
 
 namespace TextWidgets {
 
-Header::Header(const QString& title, QWidget* parent) : QWidget(parent) {
+Header::Header(const QString& title, QWidget* parent)
+	: QWidget(parent)
+	, static_text_title(title) {
 	QVBoxLayout* layout = new QVBoxLayout(this);
 	setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy::Preferred, QSizePolicy::Maximum);
 
-	static_text_title = new QLabel(title, this);
-	static_text_title->setTextFormat(Qt::PlainText);
+	static_text_title.setTextFormat(Qt::PlainText);
 
 	{
-		QFont font = static_text_title->font();
+		QFont font = static_text_title.font();
 		font.setWeight(QFont::Bold);
-		static_text_title->setFont(font);
+		static_text_title.setFont(font);
 	}
 
-	static_text_line = new QFrame(this);
-	static_text_line->setFrameShape(QFrame::HLine);
-	static_text_line->setFrameShadow(QFrame::Sunken);
-	static_text_line->setFixedHeight(2);
+	static_text_line.setFrameShape(QFrame::HLine);
+	static_text_line.setFrameShadow(QFrame::Sunken);
+	static_text_line.setFixedHeight(2);
 
-	layout->addWidget(static_text_title);
-	layout->addWidget(static_text_line);
+	layout->addWidget(&static_text_title);
+	layout->addWidget(&static_text_line);
 	layout->setSpacing(0);
 	layout->setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0);
 }
 
 void Header::SetText(const QString& text) {
-	static_text_title->setText(text);
+	static_text_title.setText(text);
 	updateGeometry();
 }
 
-/* for now, this is a QLabel with a couple of default settings.
- *
- * eventually I'll have to implement this as a QScrollArea, just in case
- * some random text decides to overflow or something.
- */
-Paragraph::Paragraph(const QString& text, QWidget* parent) : QLabel(text, parent) {
-	setTextInteractionFlags(Qt::TextBrowserInteraction);
-	setFrameShape(QFrame::NoFrame);
-	setCursor(Qt::IBeamCursor); /* emulate Taiga */
-	setWordWrap(true);
+Paragraph::Paragraph(const QString& text, QWidget* parent) : QWidget(parent) {
+	/* meh */
+	setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy::Preferred, QSizePolicy::Expanding);
+
+	QVBoxLayout* layout = new QVBoxLayout(this);
+	layout->setSpacing(0);
+	layout->setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0);
+
+	text_edit.setTextInteractionFlags(Qt::TextBrowserInteraction);
+	text_edit.setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy(Qt::ScrollBarAlwaysOff);
+	text_edit.setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(Qt::ScrollBarAlwaysOff);
+	text_edit.setStyleSheet("background: transparent;");
+
+	text_edit.document()->setDocumentMargin(0);
 
-	setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy::Expanding, QSizePolicy::Minimum);
+	SetText(text);
+
+	layout->addWidget(&text_edit);
+}
+
+void Paragraph::SetText(const QString& text) {
+	text_edit.document()->setPlainText(text);
+
+	/* return the view to the start */
+	QTextCursor cursor = text_edit.textCursor();
+	cursor.setPosition(0);
+	text_edit.setTextCursor(cursor);
+}
+
+QSize Paragraph::minimumSizeHint() const {
+	return QSize(0, 0);
 }
 
-/* kept here for legacy reasons, see explanation above */
-void Paragraph::SetText(const QString& text) {
-	setText(text);
+/* highly based upon... some stackoverflow answer for PyQt */
+QSize Paragraph::sizeHint() const {
+	QTextDocument* doc = text_edit.document();
+	doc->adjustSize();
+
+	long h = 0;
+	for (QTextBlock line = doc->begin(); line != doc->end(); line = line.next())
+		h += doc->documentLayout()->blockBoundingRect(line).height();
+
+	return QSize(doc->size().width(), h);
+}
+
+QPlainTextEdit* Paragraph::GetLabel() {
+	return &text_edit;
 }
 
-/* Equivalent to Paragraph(), but disables word wrap. */
-Line::Line(QWidget* parent) : Paragraph("", parent) {
-	setWordWrap(false);
+Line::Line(QWidget* parent) : QWidget(parent) {
+	QVBoxLayout* layout = new QVBoxLayout(this);
+	layout->setSpacing(0);
+	layout->setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0);
+
+	line_edit_.setReadOnly(true);
+	line_edit_.setFrame(false);
+	line_edit_.setStyleSheet("background: transparent;");
+
+	layout->addWidget(&line_edit_);
 }
 
-Line::Line(const QString& text, QWidget* parent) : Paragraph(text, parent) {
-	setWordWrap(false);
+Line::Line(const QString& text, QWidget* parent) : Line(parent) {
+	SetText(text);
 }
 
-/* legacy function, don't use in new code */
 void Line::SetText(const QString& text) {
-	setText(text);
+	line_edit_.setText(text);
+	line_edit_.setCursorPosition(0);
 }
 
 Title::Title(const QString& title, QWidget* parent) : Line(title, parent) {
-	QFont fnt(font());
+	QFont fnt(line_edit_.font());
 	fnt.setPixelSize(16);
-	setFont(fnt);
+	line_edit_.setFont(fnt);
 
-	QPalette pal(palette());
-	pal.setColor(QPalette::Text, pal.color(QPalette::Highlight));
-	setPalette(pal);
+	line_edit_.setForegroundRole(QPalette::Highlight);
 }
 
-Section::Section(const QString& title, const QString& data, QWidget* parent) : QWidget(parent) {
+Section::Section(const QString& title, const QString& data, QWidget* parent)
+	: QWidget(parent) {
 	QVBoxLayout* layout = new QVBoxLayout(this);
 
 	header = new Header(title, this);
@@ -90,9 +138,9 @@
 	QHBoxLayout* content_layout = new QHBoxLayout(content);
 
 	paragraph = new Paragraph(data, this);
-	paragraph->setTextInteractionFlags(Qt::NoTextInteraction);
-	paragraph->setAttribute(Qt::WidgetAttribute::WA_TransparentForMouseEvents);
-	paragraph->setWordWrap(QTextOption::NoWrap);
+	paragraph->GetLabel()->setTextInteractionFlags(Qt::NoTextInteraction);
+	paragraph->GetLabel()->setAttribute(Qt::WidgetAttribute::WA_TransparentForMouseEvents);
+	paragraph->GetLabel()->setWordWrapMode(QTextOption::NoWrap);
 
 	content_layout->addWidget(paragraph);
 	content_layout->setSpacing(0);
@@ -113,33 +161,32 @@
 	return paragraph;
 }
 
-LabelledParagraph::LabelledParagraph(const QString& label, const QString& data, QWidget* parent) : QWidget(parent) {
+/* despite being named a "labelled paragraph" this uses QLabels for simplicity */
+LabelledParagraph::LabelledParagraph(const QString& label, const QString& data, QWidget* parent)
+	: QWidget(parent)
+	, labels_(label)
+	, data_(data) {
 	QHBoxLayout* ly = new QHBoxLayout(this);
 
-	labels = new Paragraph(label, this);
-	labels->setTextInteractionFlags(Qt::NoTextInteraction);
-	labels->setAttribute(Qt::WidgetAttribute::WA_TransparentForMouseEvents);
-	labels->setWordWrap(QTextOption::NoWrap);
-	labels->setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy::Maximum, QSizePolicy::Expanding);
+	labels_.setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy::Maximum, QSizePolicy::Maximum);
+	data_.setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy::Preferred, QSizePolicy::Maximum);
 
-	paragraph = new Paragraph(data, this);
-	paragraph->setTextInteractionFlags(Qt::NoTextInteraction);
-	paragraph->setAttribute(Qt::WidgetAttribute::WA_TransparentForMouseEvents);
-	paragraph->setWordWrap(QTextOption::NoWrap);
-	paragraph->setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy::Preferred, QSizePolicy::Expanding);
-
-	ly->addWidget(labels, 0, Qt::AlignTop);
-	ly->addWidget(paragraph, 0, Qt::AlignTop);
+	ly->addWidget(&labels_, 0, Qt::AlignTop);
+	ly->addWidget(&data_, 0, Qt::AlignTop);
 	ly->setSpacing(20);
 	ly->setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0);
 }
 
-Paragraph* LabelledParagraph::GetLabels() {
-	return labels;
+QLabel* LabelledParagraph::GetLabels() {
+	return &labels_;
 }
 
-Paragraph* LabelledParagraph::GetParagraph() {
-	return paragraph;
+QLabel* LabelledParagraph::GetData() {
+	return &data_;
+}
+
+QLabel* LabelledParagraph::GetParagraph() {
+	return GetData();
 }
 
 LabelledSection::LabelledSection(const QString& title, const QString& label, const QString& data, QWidget* parent)
@@ -151,7 +198,7 @@
 	// this is not accessible from the object because there's really
 	// no reason to make it accessible...
 	content = new LabelledParagraph(label, data, this);
-	content->setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy::Preferred, QSizePolicy::Minimum);
+	content->setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy::Preferred, QSizePolicy::Maximum);
 	content->setContentsMargins(12, 0, 0, 0);
 
 	layout->addWidget(header);
@@ -164,11 +211,15 @@
 	return header;
 }
 
-Paragraph* LabelledSection::GetLabels() {
+QLabel* LabelledSection::GetLabels() {
 	return content->GetLabels();
 }
 
-Paragraph* LabelledSection::GetParagraph() {
+QLabel* LabelledSection::GetData() {
+	return content->GetData();
+}
+
+QLabel* LabelledSection::GetParagraph() {
 	return content->GetParagraph();
 }