print a simple text colsole banner on init()

3 files changed, 24 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 43332b5..ebefe43 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 all:
+	@GO111MODULE=off go build
 	@echo
 	@echo This is the core gui package 'go.wit.com/gui/gui'
 	@echo
 	@echo It creates a binary tree of widgets
 	@echo The widgets are things like Windows, Buttons, Labels, etc
 	@echo
-	@GO111MODULE=off go build
 
 note-about-golang:
 ifeq ($(GO111MODULE),)
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 9474290..fe6ebc6 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -31,9 +31,32 @@ func init() {
 	me.flag.WidgetType = widget.Stdout
 
 	me.guiChan = make(chan widget.Action, 1)
+
+	fmt.Println("GO GUI version <ldflags here>", showVersion() + "<Bromeliaceae>")
+	log.Sleep(1)
 	go watchCallback()
 }
 
+// what genius figured this out?
+// originally from github.com/dimasma0305/GoFetch
+func showVersion() string {
+	// var runes rune
+	// color1 := "\x1b[0;29m  \x1b[0m"
+	// runes = []rune(color1)
+	// view.WriteRunes(runes)
+
+	color1 := "\x1b[0;29m  \x1b[0m"
+	color2 := "\x1b[0;31m  \x1b[0m"
+	color3 := "\x1b[0;32m  \x1b[0m"
+	color4 := "\x1b[0;33m  \x1b[0m"
+	color5 := "\x1b[0;34m  \x1b[0m"
+	color6 := "\x1b[0;35m  \x1b[0m"
+	color7 := "\x1b[0;36m  \x1b[0m"
+	color8 := "\x1b[0;37m  \x1b[0m"
+
+	return color1 + " " + color2 + " " + color3 + " " + color4 + " " + color5 + " " + color6 + " " + color7 + " " + color8
+}
+
 // lookup the widget by the id sent from the toolkit
 func (n *Node) findId(i int) *Node {
 	if n == nil {
diff --git a/release-logo.png b/release-logo.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5b8da73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-logo.png