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+from __future__ import print_function
+import urwid
+import popup
+import editorUI
+import os
+from uuid import uuid4
+import sys
+import time
+import datetime
+
+# See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5574702/how-to-print-to-stderr-in-python
+def eprint(*args, **kwargs):
+    print(*args, file=sys.stderr, **kwargs)
+
+
+
+class MainUI(object):
+
+    
+    def main_menu(self):
+        choices = ("Open Note", "Quick Note", "About", "Exit")
+        mainpd = urwid.Padding(self.menu("Main Menu", choices, self.main_menu_item_chosen), left=1, right=1)
+        top = urwid.Overlay(mainpd, urwid.SolidFill(u'\N{MEDIUM SHADE}'),
+        align='center', width=('relative', 60),
+        valign='middle', height=('relative', 60),
+        min_width=20, min_height=9)
+
+        main_frame = urwid.Frame(top, header = self.header)
+        self.mainloop.widget = main_frame
+
+
+    def menu(self, title, choices, callback):
+        body = [ urwid.Text(title, align = "center"), urwid.Divider()]
+        for c in choices:
+            button = urwid.Button(c)
+            urwid.connect_signal(button, 'click', callback, c)
+            body.append(urwid.AttrMap(button, None, focus_map='reversed'))
+            body.append(urwid.Text("------"))
+        return urwid.ListBox(urwid.SimpleFocusListWalker(body))
+
+    def file_menu(self, path, preview = True):
+        choices = list()
+        file_list = list()
+        file_path_lookup = dict()
+
+        # How long each entry should be at most, before we cut its tail off
+        max_len = 50
+
+        for filename in os.listdir(path):
+            fullpath = path + "/" + filename
+            file_list.append(filename)
+            file_path_lookup[filename] = fullpath
+            with open(fullpath, "r") as fhandle:
+
+                # Get creation time
+                appendstring = str(datetime.datetime.strptime(time.ctime(os.path.getctime(fullpath)), "%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y")) + "\n"
+                if preview:
+                    line = fhandle.readline()
+                    line = line.rstrip()
+                    if len(line) > max_len:
+                        line = line[:(max_len - 3)]
+                        line += "..."
+                    appendstring += line + "\n("
+
+                appendstring += filename
+
+                if preview:
+                    appendstring += ")"
+
+                choices.append(appendstring)
+        self.file_list = file_list
+        self.file_path_lookup = file_path_lookup
+
+        mainpd = urwid.Padding(self.menu("Select a file\n" + path, choices, self.file_menu_item_chosen), left=1, right=1)
+        top = urwid.Overlay(mainpd, urwid.SolidFill(u'\N{MEDIUM SHADE}'),
+        align='center', width=('relative', 60),
+        valign='middle', height=('relative', 60),
+        min_width=20, min_height=100)
+
+        main_frame = urwid.Frame(top, header = self.header)
+        self.mainloop.widget = main_frame
+
+    def file_menu_item_chosen(self, button, choice):
+        for filename in self.file_list:
+            if filename in choice:
+                eprint("TRUE")
+                editorUI.EditorUI(self.file_path_lookup[filename]).open(self.mainloop, callback = self.open)
+
+    def main_menu_item_chosen(self, button, choice):
+        self.choice = choice
+
+        if choice == "Open Note":
+            self.file_menu(self.default_dir + "quicknotes")
+
+        if choice == "Quick Note":
+            editorUI.EditorUI(self.default_dir + "quicknotes/" + str(uuid4()) + ".txt").open(self.mainloop, callback = self.open)
+
+        if choice == "Exit":
+            self.exit_program()
+
+
+    def exit_program(self):
+        raise urwid.ExitMainLoop()
+
+
+    def keypress_handler(self, key):
+
+        if key == "esc":
+            self.main_menu()
+
+    def __init__ (self):
+        eprint("Initialized.")
+        bt = urwid.AttrWrap(urwid.BigText("Notology.", urwid.font.HalfBlock5x4Font()), "standard")
+        bt = urwid.Padding(bt, "center", width = "clip")
+        bt = urwid.AttrWrap(urwid.Filler(bt, "bottom"), "standard")
+        bt = urwid.BoxAdapter(bt, height = 5)
+        self.header = bt
+
+        self.default_dir = os.path.expanduser("~") + "/.notology/"
+    def open(self, loop = None):
+        fresh = False
+        if loop == None:
+            fresh = True
+            self.mainloop = urwid.MainLoop(None)
+        else:
+            self.mainloop = loop
+
+        #self.mainloop = urwid.MainLoop(self.main_frame, palette=[('reversed', 'standout', '')])
+        self.mainloop.screen.register_palette([("reversed", "standout", ""),
+                                        ("standard", "black", "dark blue")])
+        self.mainloop.unhandled_input = self.keypress_handler
+        self.main_menu()
+        if fresh:
+            self.mainloop.run()