diff --git a/buffer.go b/buffer.go
index 42454a2..e02b016 100644
--- a/buffer.go
+++ b/buffer.go
@@ -192,9 +192,13 @@ func (buffer *DamageBuffer) Write (bytes []byte) (bytesWritten int, err error) {
 	bytesWritten = len(bytes)
 	
 	for _, character := range text {
-		buffer.setRune(buffer.dot.x, buffer.dot.y, character)
-		buffer.dot.x ++
-		if buffer.dot.x > buffer.width { break }
+		if character == '\n' {
+			buffer.dot.x = 0
+			buffer.dot.y ++
+		} else {
+			buffer.setRune(buffer.dot.x, buffer.dot.y, character)
+			buffer.dot.x ++
+		}
 	}
 	
 	return
diff --git a/examples/confview/confview.go b/examples/confview/confview.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49454a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/confview/confview.go
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+package main
+
+import "os"
+import "image"
+import "image/color"
+import _ "image/png"
+import "git.tebibyte.media/sashakoshka/stone"
+import "git.tebibyte.media/sashakoshka/stone/config"
+import _ "git.tebibyte.media/sashakoshka/stone/backends/x"
+
+var application = &stone.Application { }
+var inputState struct {
+	x int
+	y int
+}
+var globalConfig config.Config
+
+func main () {
+	application.SetTitle("configuration viewer")
+	application.SetSize(32, 16)
+
+	iconFile16, err := os.Open("assets/scaffold16.png")
+	if err != nil { panic(err) }
+	icon16, _, err := image.Decode(iconFile16)
+	if err != nil { panic(err) }
+	iconFile16.Close()
+	iconFile32, err := os.Open("assets/scaffold32.png")
+	if err != nil { panic(err) }
+	icon32, _, err := image.Decode(iconFile32)
+	if err != nil { panic(err) }
+	iconFile16.Close()
+	
+	application.SetIcon([]image.Image { icon16, icon32 })
+	
+	application.OnPress(onPress)
+	application.OnRelease(onRelease)
+	application.OnMouseMove(onMouseMove)
+	application.OnStart(onStart)
+	application.OnResize(redraw)
+	
+	err = application.Run()
+	if err != nil { panic(err) }
+}
+
+func onStart () {
+	// this is just copy pasted from config.go
+	globalConfig = config.Config {
+		LegalParameters: map[string] config.Type {
+			"fontNormal":      config.TypeString,
+			"fontSize":        config.TypeInteger,
+			"padding":         config.TypeInteger,
+			"center":          config.TypeBoolean,
+			"colorBackground": config.TypeColor,
+			"colorForeground": config.TypeColor,
+			"colorDim":        config.TypeColor,
+			"colorRed":        config.TypeColor,
+			"colorYellow":     config.TypeColor,
+			"colorGreen":      config.TypeColor,
+			"colorBlue":       config.TypeColor,
+			"colorPurple":     config.TypeColor,
+		},
+		
+		Parameters: map[string] any {
+			"fontNormal": "",
+			"fontSize":   11,
+			"padding":    2,
+			"center":     false,
+			"colorBackground":
+				color.RGBA { R: 0, G: 0, B: 0, A: 0 },
+			"colorForeground":
+				color.RGBA { R: 0xFF, G: 0xFF, B: 0xFF, A: 0xFF },
+			"colorDim":
+				color.RGBA { R: 0x80, G: 0x80, B: 0x80, A: 0xFF },
+			"colorRed":
+				color.RGBA { R: 0xFF, G: 0x00, B: 0x00, A: 0xFF },
+			"colorYellow":
+				color.RGBA { R: 0xFF, G: 0xFF, B: 0x00, A: 0xFF },
+			"colorGreen":
+				color.RGBA { R: 0x00, G: 0xFF, B: 0x00, A: 0xFF },
+			"colorBlue":
+				color.RGBA { R: 0x00, G: 0x80, B: 0xFF, A: 0xFF },
+			"colorPurple":
+				color.RGBA { R: 0x80, G: 0x40, B: 0xFF, A: 0xFF },
+		},
+	}
+	globalConfig.Load("stone")
+	redraw()
+}
+
+func redraw () {
+	// i fucking love go interfaces
+	application.Clear()
+	application.SetDot(0, 0)
+	globalConfig.SaveTo(application)
+}
+
+func onPress (button stone.Button, modifiers stone.Modifiers) {
+}
+
+func onRelease (button stone.Button) {
+}
+
+func onMouseMove (x, y int) {
+	inputState.x = x
+	inputState.y = y
+}
diff --git a/examples/draw/main.go b/examples/draw/main.go
index b4846b6..ceac428 100644
--- a/examples/draw/main.go
+++ b/examples/draw/main.go
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ func onRelease (button stone.Button) {
 	}
 }
 
-func onMouseMove (x, y int) {	if mousePressed {
+func onMouseMove (x, y int) {
+	if mousePressed {
 		application.SetRune(x, y, '#')
 		application.Draw()
 	}