From 5788b135d6ae3791dd0f63af74c3d463b0aa7cf9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Florent <florent@frizoncorrea.fr>
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2025 16:17:55 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] defaults to public channel

---
 src/meshcore_cli/meshcore_cli.py | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/meshcore_cli/meshcore_cli.py b/src/meshcore_cli/meshcore_cli.py
index 2869273..14a016f 100644
--- a/src/meshcore_cli/meshcore_cli.py
+++ b/src/meshcore_cli/meshcore_cli.py
@@ -178,6 +178,10 @@ def make_completion_dict(contacts):
     for c in it :
         contact_list[c[1]['adv_name']] = None
 
+    contact_list["public"] = None
+    contact_list["ch"] = None
+    contact_list["ch0"] = None
+
     completion_list = {
         "to" : contact_list,
         "to_ch" : None,
@@ -251,8 +255,9 @@ Line starting with \"$\" or \".\" will issue a meshcli command.
         contact = to
     elif len(mc.contacts.items()) == 0 :
         contact = {"adv_name" : "public", "type" : 0, "chan_nb" : 0}
-    else:
-        contact = next(iter(mc.contacts.items()))[1]
+    else: # defaults to public chanel
+        contact = {"adv_name" : "public", "type" : 0, "chan_nb" : 0}
+#        contact = next(iter(mc.contacts.items()))[1]
 
     try:
         while True: # purge msgs