A bit more cleanup of render but kind of stuck on what to do further.

render.cpp

@@ -122,29 +122,32 @@ void SFMLRender::render_grid(const std::wstring &text, float x, float y) {
     },
 
     [&](wchar_t tile) {
-      if(tile == '\n') {
-        // don't bother processing newlines, just skip
-        y += $line_spacing;
-        x = start_x;
-      } else if(tile == L'\r') {
-          return; // skip these, just windows junk
-      } else {
-        $bg_sprite.setPosition({x, y});
-
-        // only get a new sprite if the tile changed
-        if(last_tile != tile) {
-          last_tile = tile; // update last tile seen
-          sprite = get_text_sprite(tile);
-          configure_tile(sprite, sp_bounds, $bg_bounds, width_delta, height_delta);
-        }
+      switch(tile) {
+        case '\r': break; // ignore it
+        case '\n': {
+            // don't bother processing newlines, just skip
+            y += $line_spacing;
+            x = start_x;
+          }
+          break;
+        default: {
+          $bg_sprite.setPosition({x, y});
+
+          // only get a new sprite if the tile changed
+          if(last_tile != tile) {
+            last_tile = tile; // update last tile seen
+            sprite = get_text_sprite(tile);
+            configure_tile(sprite, sp_bounds, $bg_bounds, width_delta, height_delta);
+          }
 
-        sprite.setPosition({x+width_delta, y+height_delta});
-        sprite.setColor(cur_fg);
+          sprite.setPosition({x+width_delta, y+height_delta});
+          sprite.setColor(cur_fg);
 
-        $window.draw($bg_sprite);
-        $window.draw(sprite);
-        // next cell
-        x += $base_glyph.advance;
+          $window.draw($bg_sprite);
+          $window.draw(sprite);
+          // next cell
+          x += $base_glyph.advance;
+        }
       }
   });
 }

status.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 TODAY'S GOAL:
 
-* Clean up renderer.
 * panels and everything except renderer should use character coodinates
 * Image -> Text converter.