+void enter_todoitem(State* state, char* item_name);
+void exit_todoitem(State* state);
+
+void set_description(State* state, char* description);
+void set_due(State* state, char* due); // make an acc date struct later
+void add_subtask(State* state, char* subtask_name, SubTaskState subtask_state);
+
+/* callbacks to parser */
+int enter_block(MD_BLOCKTYPE type, void* detail, void* userdata);
+int leave_block(MD_BLOCKTYPE type, void* detail, void* userdata);
+int enter_span(MD_SPANTYPE type, void* detail, void* userdata);
+int leave_span(MD_SPANTYPE type, void* detail, void* userdata);
+int text(MD_TEXTTYPE type, const MD_CHAR* text, MD_SIZE size, void* userdata);
+void debug_log(const char* msg, void* userdata);
+void syntax(void);
+
+const MD_PARSER parser = {
+ 0,
+ MD_FLAG_TASKLISTS,
+ &enter_block,
+ &leave_block,
+ &enter_span,
+ &leave_span,
+ &text,
+ &debug_log,
+ &syntax
+};
+
+char*
+read_file(char* file_name, long* size)
+{ // apparently using seek isnt the greatest, may change to chunk reading later
+ FILE* file;
+ char* output;
+ long fsize;
+
+ file = fopen(file_name, "r");
+ if (file == NULL) {
+ printf("Something went wrong opening file\n");
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+ fseek(file, 0, SEEK_END);
+ fsize = ftell(file);
+ fseek(file, 0, SEEK_SET);
+
+ output = malloc(fsize+1); // maybe error check malloc
+ fread(output, 1, fsize, file);
+ if (ferror(file)) {
+ printf("Something went wrong reading file\n");
+ fclose(file);
+ free(output);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ output[fsize] = 0; // add null terminator
+
+ /* clean up */
+ fclose(file);
+
+ /* return */
+ *size = fsize;
+ return output;
+}
+
+Board*
+begin_parse(char* board_path)