better instructions

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/doGui.go b/doGui.go
index 1bc8660..579903f 100644
--- a/doGui.go
+++ b/doGui.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"go.wit.com/gui"
+	"go.wit.com/lib/fhelp"
 	"go.wit.com/lib/gadgets"
 	"go.wit.com/lib/gui/shell"
 	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/gitpb"
@@ -75,9 +76,20 @@ func doGui() {
 	me.myGui = gui.New()
 	me.myGui.InitEmbed(resources)
 	me.myGui.SetAppDefaultPlugin(me.forge.Config.DefaultGui) // sets the default GUI plugin to use
-	me.myGui.Default()
+	if pname, err := me.myGui.Default(); err != nil {
+		if !fhelp.BuildPlugin("gocui") {
+			log.Info("You can't run the forge GUI since the plugins did not build", pname)
+			okExit("")
+		} else {
+			if err := me.myGui.LoadToolkitNew("gocui"); err != nil {
+				log.Info("The plugins built, but still failed to load", pname)
+				badExit(err)
+			}
+			log.Info("The plugins built and loaded!", pname)
+		}
+	}
 
-	mainWindow := gadgets.NewGenericWindow("Forge: (this kinda works sometimes)", "Current Settings")
+	mainWindow := gadgets.NewGenericWindow("Forge: A federated git development tool by WIT.COM", "Current Settings")
 	mainWindow.Custom = func() {
 		log.Warn("MAIN WINDOW CLOSE")
 		now := time.Now()
@@ -87,7 +99,7 @@ func doGui() {
 			me.forge.ConfigSave()
 		}
 		log.Printf("rill repos.Reload() took (%s)\n", shell.FormatDuration(time.Since(now)))
-		os.Exit(0)
+		okExit("")
 	}
 	drawWindow(mainWindow)