diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
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 /cosmic-text/
+/__pycache__/
+/nim-version/fide
diff --git a/nim-version/.nimble b/nim-version/.nimble
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+require "sdl2"
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diff --git a/nim-version/fide.nim b/nim-version/fide.nim
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+import os
+import std/strformat
+import std/strutils
+import sdl2
+import sdl2/ttf
+
+const
+  WindowWidth = 900
+  WindowHeight = 900
+  OSWinX: cint = 1940
+  OSWinY: cint = 50
+  LineHeight = 20
+
+type
+  Cursor = object
+    width: float
+    height: float
+    line_num: int = 0
+    col: int = 0
+    want_col: int = 0
+
+  Buffer = object
+    lines: seq[string]
+    cursor: Cursor
+
+func bufferNew(text: string, cursor: Cursor): Buffer =
+  return Buffer(lines: text.split("\n"), cursor: cursor)
+
+type SDLException = object of Defect
+
+template sdlFailIf(condition: typed, reason: string) =
+  if condition: raise SDLException.newException(
+    reason & ", SDL error " & $getError()
+  )
+
+proc main =
+  sdlFailIf(not sdl2.init(INIT_VIDEO or INIT_TIMER or INIT_EVENTS)):
+    "SDL2 initialization failed"
+  defer: sdl2.quit()
+
+  let window = createWindow(
+    title = "TODE",
+    x = OSWinX,
+    y = OSWinY,
+    w = WindowWidth,
+    h = WindowHeight,
+    flags = SDL_WINDOW_SHOWN or SDL_WINDOW_RESIZABLE
+  )
+
+  sdlFailIf window.isNil: "window could not be created"
+  defer: window.destroy()
+
+  let renderer = createRenderer(
+    window = window,
+    index = -1,
+    flags = Renderer_Accelerated or Renderer_PresentVsync or Renderer_TargetTexture
+  )
+  sdlFailIf renderer.isNil: "renderer could not be created"
+  defer: renderer.destroy()
+
+  sdlFailIf(not ttfInit()): "SDL_TTF initialization failed"
+  defer: ttfQuit()
+
+  let font = ttf.openFont("liberation-sans.ttf", 18)
+  sdlFailIf font.isNil: "font could not be created"
+
+  sdlFailIf(not setHint("SDL_RENDER_SCALE_QUALITY", "2")):
+     "Linear texture filtering could not be enabled"
+
+  var
+    running = true
+    dt: float32
+    counter: uint64
+    previousCounter: uint64
+    
+  let
+    textFile = readFile("../../gux/test.c")
+    cursor = Cursor(width: 8, height: LineHeight)
+    buffer = bufferNew(textFile, cursor)
+
+  counter = getPerformanceCounter()
+
+  while running:
+    previousCounter = counter
+    counter = getPerformanceCounter()
+
+    dt = (counter - previousCounter).float / getPerformanceFrequency().float
+
+    var event = defaultEvent
+
+    while pollEvent(event):
+      case event.kind
+      of QuitEvent:
+        running = false
+        break
+      of KeyDown:
+        discard
+      of KeyUp:
+        discard
+      else:
+        discard
+
+    renderer.setDrawColor 255, 255, 255, 255 # black
+    renderer.clear()
+
+    for i, line in buffer.lines:
+      let
+        textColor = color(0, 0, 0, 0)
+        surface = ttf.renderTextBlended(font, line, textColor)
+        texture = renderer.createTextureFromSurface(surface)
+
+      sdlFailIf surface.isNil: "Could not render text surface"
+      # var r = rect(0, cint(i * 20), surface.w, surface.h)
+      # echo "W ", *surface.w "H ", *surface.h
+
+      var r = rect(0, cint(i * 20), 100, 20)
+      renderer.copy texture, nil, addr r
+
+      surface.freeSurface
+      defer: texture.destroy
+
+    renderer.present()
+
+main()
diff --git a/nim-version/liberation-sans.ttf b/nim-version/liberation-sans.ttf
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