passes the flags through to the go-arg parser

2 files changed, 17 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/argv.template.go b/argv.template.go
index e27de59..5bfbdfd 100644
--- a/argv.template.go
+++ b/argv.template.go
@@ -10,10 +10,26 @@ import (
 	"go.wit.com/gui"
 )
 
+// this must be global until further development and abstraction
+var argvpp *arg.Parser // the go-arg parser of the command line
+
 func (args) InitArgv() (string, string, string) {
 	return APPNAME, BUILDTIME, VERSION
 }
 
+// this function will send the current argv PB to go-args for parsing
+func (args) ParseFlags(flags []string) error {
+	var err error
+	if argvpp == nil {
+		// log.Info("Parse Flags GOT flags:", flags)
+		argvpp, err = arg.ParseFlags(flags, &argv)
+		// panic("got to the app's ParseFlags()")
+	} else {
+		panic("argvpp was not nil")
+	}
+	return err
+}
+
 func (args) InitGui() error {
 	// panic("got here")
 	arg.Register(&gui.ArgvGui)
@@ -26,13 +42,10 @@ func (args) Help() string {
 }
 
 func (args) MustParse() error {
-	me.pp = arg.MustParse(&argv)
+	argvpp = arg.MustParse(&argv)
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (args) ParseFlags(flags []string, dest string) {
-}
-
 /*
 argv.Print.go:	me.pp.WriteHelp(os.Stdout)
 argv.SendStrings.go:		me.pp.WriteHelpForAutocomplete(os.Stderr, os.Stdout, partial, cmd...)
diff --git a/structs.go b/structs.go
index 7805d8d..e98287e 100644
--- a/structs.go
+++ b/structs.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"go.wit.com/gui"
-	"go.wit.com/dev/alexflint/arg"
 	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/argvpb"
 )
 
@@ -14,6 +13,5 @@ var me *mainType
 // this app's variables
 type mainType struct {
 	argv *argvpb.Argv // shell autocomplete
-	pp   *arg.Parser  // the go-arg parser of the command line
 	gui  *gui.Node    // the gui toolkit handle
 }