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+import Brick
+import qualified Brick.Widgets.Edit as E
+import qualified Graphics.Vty as V
+
+data Name = Text deriving (Ord, Show, Eq)
+type St = E.Editor Name
+
+initialState :: St
+initialState = E.editor Text (str . unlines) Nothing ""
+
+drawUI :: St -> [Widget Name]
+drawUI st = [E.renderEditor True st]
+
+appCursor :: St -> [CursorLocation Name] -> Maybe (CursorLocation Name)
+appCursor st c = Just (head c)
+
+appEvent :: St -> V.Event -> EventM Name (Next St)
+appEvent st ev =
+    case ev of
+        V.EvKey V.KEsc [] -> halt st
+        _ -> continue =<< E.handleEditorEvent ev st
+
+theApp :: App St V.Event Name
+theApp =
+    App { appDraw = drawUI
+          , appChooseCursor = appCursor
+          , appHandleEvent = appEvent
+          , appStartEvent = return
+          , appAttrMap = const (attrMap V.defAttr [ ])
+          , appLiftVtyEvent = id
+          }
+
+main = do
+  st <- defaultMain theApp initialState
+  putStrLn $ unlines $ E.getEditContents $ st