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+module Dodge.Terminal.LeftButton
+    where
+import Dodge.Data
+import Dodge.Terminal -- this goes the wrong way!
+import LensHelp
+
+import qualified Data.Text as T
+import Data.Maybe
+
+doTerminalEffectLB :: Terminal -> World -> World
+doTerminalEffectLB tm w = guardDisconnected tm w $ fromMaybe w $ do
+    s <- fmap T.unpack $ w ^? terminals . ix (_tmID tm) . tmInput . tiText
+    if null (words s) 
+        then Just $ defocusTerminalInput w 
+        else return $ terminalReturnEffect tm w
+
+terminalReturnEffect :: Terminal -> World -> World
+terminalReturnEffect tm w = guardDisconnected tm w $ fromMaybe w $ do
+    s <- fmap T.unpack $ w ^? terminals . ix (_tmID tm) . tmInput . tiText
+    return $ runTerminalString s tm $ w
+        & terminals . ix (_tmID tm) . tmFutureLines .~ [makeTermLine ('>':s)]
+
+defocusTerminalInput :: World -> World
+defocusTerminalInput w = fromMaybe w $ do
+    tmid <- w ^? hud . hudElement . subInventory . termID
+    return $ w & terminals . ix tmid . tmInput . tiFocus %~ const False
+
+runTerminalString :: String -> Terminal -> World -> World
+runTerminalString s tm w = w & terminals . ix (_tmID tm) %~
+    ( (tmInput .~ TerminalInput T.empty True (0,0))
+    . (tmFutureLines ++.~ commandFutureLines s tm w)
+    . (tmCommandHistory %~ take 10 . (s:))
+    )