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+package gui
+
+import (
+	"go.wit.com/dev/alexflint/arg"
+)
+
+var argGui ArgsGui
+
+/*
+This struct can be used with the go-arg package. These
+are the generic default command line arguments for the 'GUI' package
+*/
+type ArgsGui struct {
+	NoGui      bool   `arg:"--no-gui"         help:"ignore all these gui problems"`
+	GuiPlugin  string `arg:"--gui"            help:"Use this gui toolkit [andlabs,gocui,nocui,stdin]"`
+	GuiVerbose bool   `arg:"--gui-verbose"    help:"enable all logging"`
+}
+
+/*
+used for command line options.
+This allows you to control the toolkit settings from the command line
+
+	--debugger      # opens the debugger
+	--gui andlabs   # loads the GTK toolkit on linux or Cocoa on mac
+	--gui gocui     # runs your program in the terminal in ncurses-like mode
+*/
+func ArgToolkit() string {
+	return argGui.GuiPlugin
+}
+
+func init() {
+	arg.Register(&argGui)
+}