From 1f6fce6941920e91a0682357ebcf7912c32ec8cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: leonardotrapani <ciao@leotrapani.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2026 13:17:39 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] move language to general section in config template

---
 internal/config/save.go | 9 ++++++++-
 progress.txt            | 7 +++++++
 tasks/prd.jsonc         | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/internal/config/save.go b/internal/config/save.go
index 5bfd2e5..39d5c78 100644
--- a/internal/config/save.go
+++ b/internal/config/save.go
@@ -25,6 +25,13 @@ func SaveDefaultConfig() error {
 # will be automatically migrated to the new [providers.X] format. Run 'hyprvoice configure'
 # to update your config file structure.
 
+# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+# General Settings
+# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+[general]
+  language = ""                # Language for transcription (ISO 639-1 code, e.g., en, es, de). Empty for auto-detect.
+
 # Keywords help both transcription and LLM understand domain-specific terms
 # Add names, technical terms, or brand names that might be misheard
 keywords = []
@@ -69,9 +76,9 @@ keywords = []
 
 [transcription]
   provider = "openai"          # "openai", "groq-transcription", "groq-translation", "mistral-transcription", "elevenlabs", "whisper-cpp"
-  language = ""                # Language code (empty = auto-detect, "en", "it", "es", "fr", etc.)
   model = "whisper-1"          # Model: OpenAI="whisper-1", Groq="whisper-large-v3", Mistral="voxtral-mini-latest", ElevenLabs="scribe_v1"
   threads = 0                  # CPU threads for local transcription (0 = auto: uses NumCPU-1)
+  # language = ""              # Override general.language for this provider only
 
 # ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 # LLM Post-Processing (Recommended)
diff --git a/progress.txt b/progress.txt
index 8ec945d..7b78d9d 100644
--- a/progress.txt
+++ b/progress.txt
@@ -520,4 +520,11 @@ Started: Sun Feb  1 12:22:47 AM CET 2026
 - Updated `ToTranscriberConfig()` to use `resolveEffectiveLanguage()`
 - Note: TOML loading already works automatically via struct tags (no load.go changes needed)
 - Added 3 tests in config_test.go: only general set, transcription overrides general, neither set (auto)
+- All tests passing, typecheck passes
+
+### Task 49: Update config template to include general section
+- Added `[general]` section at top of configTemplate in save.go
+- Added `language = ""` with comment about ISO 639-1 codes and auto-detect
+- Removed `language = ""` from `[transcription]` section
+- Added commented `# language = ""` in transcription section with note about override
 - All tests passing, typecheck passes
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tasks/prd.jsonc b/tasks/prd.jsonc
index ac6f38a..7d0ec10 100644
--- a/tasks/prd.jsonc
+++ b/tasks/prd.jsonc
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 				"Template shows language under [general] not [transcription]",
 				"Typecheck passes"
 			],
-			"passes": false
+			"passes": true
 		},
 		{
 			"title": "Add SectionLanguage to TUI configure menu",