args.go


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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 {
	GuiPlugin  string `arg:"--gui" help:"Use this gui toolkit [andlabs,gocui,nocui]"`
	GuiVerbose bool   `arg:"--gui-verbose" help:"enable all logging"`
	// this doesn't work, maybe it can't work
	// GuiStdout  bool   `arg:"--gui-stdout" help:"send STDOUT and STDERR to /tmp/go-gui.log"`
}

/*
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)
}