From efd65e7567d2c8440cf1b29af8c374e69f7e08e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Carr <jcarr@wit.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2025 03:23:13 -0500
Subject: working towards shell autocomplete support

---
 argv.go        |  8 +++++++-
 init.go        | 14 +++++++-------
 plugin.go      |  6 +++---
 pluginCheck.go |  4 ++--
 4 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/argv.go b/argv.go
index 1aa6c27..d48658f 100644
--- a/argv.go
+++ b/argv.go
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 package gui
 
-var argGui ArgsGui
+var ArgvGui ArgsGui
 
 // these go-arg commands have been moved to go.wit.com/lib/gui/prep
 type ArgsGui struct {
+	Gui       *GuiCmd `arg:"subcommand:gui"                       help:"open the gui"`
 	GuiPlugin string
 	GuiFile   string
 }
+
+type GuiCmd struct {
+	URL    string `arg:"--connect"                help:"forge url"`
+	Plugin string `arg:"positional"                   help:"this is just a demo"`
+}
diff --git a/init.go b/init.go
index e8a3090..3a42811 100644
--- a/init.go
+++ b/init.go
@@ -333,20 +333,20 @@ func PreInit(postMustParse func(string) string) *Node {
 // try to load andlabs, if that doesn't work, fall back to the console
 func (n *Node) Default() (string, error) {
 	var err error
-	argGui.GuiPlugin = me.postMustParse("DEFAULT")
+	ArgvGui.GuiPlugin = me.postMustParse("DEFAULT")
 	if me.postMustParse("VERBOSE") == "true" {
 		INFO.SetBool(true)
 	}
 
-	if argGui.GuiPlugin != "" {
-		log.Log(WARN, "New.Default() try toolkit =", argGui.GuiPlugin)
-		if n, err = n.LoadToolkit(argGui.GuiPlugin); err == nil {
-			return argGui.GuiPlugin, nil
+	if ArgvGui.GuiPlugin != "" {
+		log.Log(WARN, "New.Default() try toolkit =", ArgvGui.GuiPlugin)
+		if n, err = n.LoadToolkit(ArgvGui.GuiPlugin); err == nil {
+			return ArgvGui.GuiPlugin, nil
 		}
 		log.Log(WARN, "")
-		log.Log(WARN, "The GUI golang plugins did not load for the", argGui.GuiPlugin)
+		log.Log(WARN, "The GUI golang plugins did not load for the", ArgvGui.GuiPlugin)
 		log.Log(WARN, "GO Plugin error:", err)
-		return argGui.GuiPlugin, err
+		return ArgvGui.GuiPlugin, err
 	}
 	if me.appPlugin != "" {
 		if n, err = n.LoadToolkit(me.appPlugin); err == nil {
diff --git a/plugin.go b/plugin.go
index e4e6810..ae4928f 100644
--- a/plugin.go
+++ b/plugin.go
@@ -171,10 +171,10 @@ func searchPaths(name string) *aplug {
 	var p *aplug
 
 	// try the filename from the command line first
-	if argGui.GuiFile != "" {
-		p = initToolkit(name, argGui.GuiFile)
+	if ArgvGui.GuiFile != "" {
+		p = initToolkit(name, ArgvGui.GuiFile)
 		if p != nil {
-			log.Log(NOW, "gui.Init() loaded ok!", argGui.GuiFile)
+			log.Log(NOW, "gui.Init() loaded ok!", ArgvGui.GuiFile)
 			return p
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pluginCheck.go b/pluginCheck.go
index 8d60419..9779e8a 100644
--- a/pluginCheck.go
+++ b/pluginCheck.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func checkPluginCompatibility(pluginPath string) error {
 
 func CheckPlugin() string {
 	/*
-		if argGui.GuiPluginHack != "" {
+		if ArgvGui.GuiPluginHack != "" {
 			// does os.Exec() and does not return
 			TestPluginAndExit()
 		}
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ func checkPluginViaSubprocess(path string) error {
 // retuns true if
 func IsGoPluginTestHack() bool {
 	/*
-		if argGui.GuiPluginHack == "" {
+		if ArgvGui.GuiPluginHack == "" {
 			return false
 		}
 	*/
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