Option to toggle or customize Sophie ASCII art

[robinschneider]

Hi there! First of all, thank you for building Sofka, it's a great tool! I also really love the Sophie mascot, she adds a lot of personality to the UI.

I noticed a small UX issue regarding horizontal space on narrower terminals. When the terminal width is limited, the keyboard shortcut hints disappear, but the Sophie ASCII art and the empty space next to it remain visible.

Would it be possible to add a config option to disable/customize the mascot, or perhaps make the ASCII art hide automatically so the shortcuts can stay visible on smaller screens?

Thanks for your work and for considering!

[nklmilojevic]

Hey Robin, thanks a lot for the kind words, Sophie says hi :)

You're right, on narrow terminals the logo keeps its space while the shortcut hints get pushed out of the header (they move to the footer line, but that's easy to miss). That's a layout bug, not a config thing, so I'll fix it so the logo steps aside first and the hints stay in the header as long as they fit. Sophie only stays when there's room for her.

In the meantime, if you want more space right now there are two options in the config:

• hide_header = true - hides the whole header, logo included
• compact_mode = true - starts with a one-line header and no logo

I'll link the PR here once it's up!

[nklmilojevic]

PR is up: #805

[robinschneider]

Hey! Thanks for the super fast reply and for jumping on that PR #805 right away! Much appreciated.

Since the layout issue is solved, I just wanted to quickly circle back to the customization idea. Would you still be open to adding a config option for a custom_logo path in the future?

My thought was that it could be a fun feature for teams who share a config file and might want to display their own project/team ASCII art there.

Absolutely no rush or pressure, just wanted to leave the idea here as a potential enhancement for down the road. Thanks again for the amazing support!

[nklmilojevic]

yes, for sure! :) we can address this soon