1 files changed, 24 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/argv.go b/argv.go
index 59ad7ff..83e333a 100644
--- a/argv.go
+++ b/argv.go
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 package main
 
+import (
+	"go.wit.com/dev/alexflint/arg"
+	"go.wit.com/gui"
+)
+
 /*
 	this parses the command line arguements
 	this enables command line options from other packages like 'gui' and 'log'
@@ -7,16 +12,31 @@ package main
 
 var argv args
 
+var APPNAME string = "basicwindow"
+
+// sent via -ldflags
+var VERSION string
+var BUILDTIME string
+
+// define your command line arguements here
 type args struct {
 	Demo string `arg:"positional"                   help:"this is just a demo"`
 }
 
+func (args) InitArgv() (string, string, string) {
+	// "basicwindow", "2025/10/18", "v0.2.0"
+	return APPNAME, BUILDTIME, VERSION
+}
+
+func (args) InitGui() error {
+	// panic("got here")
+	arg.Register(&gui.ArgvGui)
+	// me.myGui = gui.New()
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (a args) Description() string {
 	return `
 This basicwindow example demonstrates multiple windows
 `
 }
-
-func (args) Version() string {
-	return "basicwindow " + VERSION
-}