From 9726a828519dbec3002e637f8567033c7dd690ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Dybing <daniel.dybing@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2026 12:42:12 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] feat: add TTI export functionality

---
 src/teletext/io.py | 62 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 src/teletext/ui.py | 20 ++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 81 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/teletext/io.py b/src/teletext/io.py
index 22fd181..b8573e8 100644
--- a/src/teletext/io.py
+++ b/src/teletext/io.py
@@ -228,3 +228,65 @@ def parse_header(data: bytearray):
     language = ((c_bits_2 & 1) << 1) | ((c_bits_2 & 2) >> 1) | (c_bits_2 & 4)
     
     return page_num, sub_code, language
+
+def save_tti(file_path: str, page: Page):
+    """
+    Saves a single Page object to a TTI file.
+    """
+    with open(file_path, 'w', encoding='latin-1') as f:
+        # Header Info
+        # DS - Source? Description?
+        f.write(f"DS,Teletext Editor Export\n")
+        f.write(f"SP,{file_path}\n")
+        
+        # PN - Page Number mpp00
+        # Typically TTI uses decimal integer for mppss? 
+        # Or mppss as hex digits? 
+        # Standard convention: mppss where m is 1-8, pp is 00-FF, ss is 00-99
+        # Example: Page 100 -> PN,10000
+        # Example: Page 1F0 -> PN,1F000
+        f.write(f"PN,{page.magazine}{page.page_number:02X}00\n")
+        
+        # SC - Subcode ssss
+        f.write(f"SC,{page.sub_code:04X}\n")
+        
+        # PS - Page Status
+        # 8000 is typical for "Transmission"
+        f.write(f"PS,8000\n")
+        
+        # RE - Region (Language)
+        f.write(f"RE,{page.language}\n")
+        
+        # Lines
+        # We need to construct the 40-char string for each row
+        # Row 0 is special (Header)
+        
+        # Get all packets for this page
+        # Map row -> packet
+        rows = {}
+        for p in page.packets:
+            rows[p.row] = p
+            
+        for r in range(26): # 0 to 25
+            if r in rows:
+                packet = rows[r]
+                # Packet data is 40 bytes (after the 2-byte header we stripped in Packet class? No wait)
+                # Packet.data in our model IS the 40 bytes of character data (we strip MRAG in __post_init__)
+                # So we just decode it as latin-1 to get the chars
+                
+                # However, we must ensure we don't have newlines or nulls breaking the text file structure
+                # TTI format usually accepts raw bytes 0x00-0xFF if strictly handled, but often expects
+                # mapped control codes.
+                # Standard VBIT2 TTI handling treats it as a binary-safe string if mapped to char.
+                
+                # Row 0 special handling: The first 8 bytes of Row 0 are usually header flags in the packet,
+                # but visually they are "P100    ".
+                # TTI usually expects the visual representation for the line content.
+                # But for transmission, we want the raw bytes.
+                # OL,r,String
+                
+                data_str = packet.data.decode('latin-1')
+                f.write(f"OL,{r},{data_str}\n")
+            else:
+                # Empty line? Usually omitted or written as empty
+                pass
diff --git a/src/teletext/ui.py b/src/teletext/ui.py
index 90d3d96..80cfb79 100644
--- a/src/teletext/ui.py
+++ b/src/teletext/ui.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from PyQt6.QtWidgets import (
 from PyQt6.QtGui import QAction, QKeyEvent, QPainter, QBrush, QColor
 from PyQt6.QtCore import Qt, QRect, QTimer
 
-from .io import load_t42, save_t42
+from .io import load_t42, save_t42, save_tti
 from .renderer import TeletextCanvas, create_blank_packet
 import copy
 import sys
@@ -386,6 +386,10 @@ class MainWindow(QMainWindow):
         save_as_action.triggered.connect(self.save_as_file)
         file_menu.addAction(save_as_action)
         
+        export_tti_action = QAction("Export to TTI...", self)
+        export_tti_action.triggered.connect(self.export_tti)
+        file_menu.addAction(export_tti_action)
+        
         close_action = QAction("Close File", self)
         close_action.triggered.connect(self.close_file)
         file_menu.addAction(close_action)
@@ -544,6 +548,20 @@ class MainWindow(QMainWindow):
             self.status_label.setText("Error saving file")
             return False
 
+    def export_tti(self):
+        if not self.current_page:
+            QMessageBox.warning(self, "Export TTI", "No page selected to export.")
+            return
+            
+        fname, _ = QFileDialog.getSaveFileName(self, "Export to TTI", "", "Teletext Text Image (*.tti)")
+        if not fname: return
+        
+        try:
+            save_tti(fname, self.current_page)
+            QMessageBox.information(self, "Export Successful", f"Page exported to {os.path.basename(fname)}")
+        except Exception as e:
+            QMessageBox.critical(self, "Export Failed", f"Failed to export TTI: {e}")
+
     def copy_page_content(self):
         if not self.current_page:
             return