better instructions

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+// Copyright 2017-2025 WIT.COM Inc. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by the GPL 3.0
+
+package main
+
+// An app to submit patches for the 30 GO GUI repos
+
+import (
+	"go.wit.com/lib/fhelp"
+	"go.wit.com/lib/gui/shell"
+	"go.wit.com/log"
+)
+
+func makeHowtoWin() *genericWindow {
+	howtoWin := initGenericWindow("Howto", "forge -- a GUI tool for git repostories")
+	tmp := `A good way to see how forge works is to download forge
+
+	This will 'git clone' a few things (~50 repos):
+	`
+	howtoWin.group.NewLabel(tmp)
+	grid := howtoWin.group.RawGrid()
+	grid.NewLabel("forge")
+	grid.NewLabel("the sources for forge")
+	grid.NextRow()
+
+	grid.NewLabel("autogenpb")
+	grid.NewLabel("generates needed code for working with the protobuf files")
+	grid.NextRow()
+
+	grid.NewLabel("go-clone")
+	grid.NewLabel("recursively 'git clone' dependencies based on go.mod")
+	grid.NextRow()
+
+	grid.NewLabel("the GUI")
+	grid.NewLabel("GO plugins for libcurses and GTK")
+	grid.NextRow()
+
+	grid.NewLabel("") // a stupid way to add padding
+	grid.NextRow()
+
+	howtoWin.group.NewLabel("Working dir: " + me.forge.GetGoSrc())
+	grid = howtoWin.group.RawGrid()
+	grid.NewButton("Download", func() {
+		howtoWin.Disable()
+		defer howtoWin.Enable()
+		log.Info("download here")
+		if path, err := fhelp.CheckCmd("go-clone"); err != nil {
+			log.Info("go-clone missing", path, err)
+			cmd := []string{"go", "install", "go.wit.com/apps/go-clone@latest"}
+			shell.RunRealtime(cmd)
+		}
+		if path, err := fhelp.CheckCmd("go-clone2"); err != nil {
+			log.Info("go-clone2 missing", path, err)
+		}
+		if path, err := fhelp.CheckCmd("go-clone"); err != nil {
+			log.Info("can't prep build. you probably need ~/go/bin in your PATH", path, err)
+			return
+		}
+		var cmd []string
+		if me.forge.IsGoWork() {
+			cmd = []string{"go-clone", "--work", "--recursive"}
+		} else {
+			cmd = []string{"go-clone", "--recursive"}
+		}
+		log.Info("Running:", cmd)
+		shell.RunRealtime(cmd)
+
+		cmd = []string{"go-clone", "--recursive", "go.wit.com/apps/go-mod-clean"}
+		log.Info("Running:", cmd)
+		shell.RunRealtime(cmd)
+
+		cmd = []string{"go-clone", "--recursive", "go.wit.com/apps/forge"}
+		log.Info("Running:", cmd)
+		shell.RunRealtime(cmd)
+
+		cmd = []string{"go-clone", "--recursive", "go.wit.com/toolkits/gocui"}
+		log.Info("Running:", cmd)
+		shell.RunRealtime(cmd)
+
+		cmd = []string{"go-clone", "--recursive", "go.wit.com/toolkits/andlabs"}
+		log.Info("Running:", cmd)
+		shell.RunRealtime(cmd)
+	})
+	return howtoWin
+}