From bf9f85a721d6045e631df9abe91f02d9723fcd19 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Carr <jcarr@wit.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2025 01:58:49 -0500
Subject: fantastic

---
 bash.go                   | 10 ++++++++++
 structs.go                |  2 +-
 theMagicOfAutocomplete.go | 39 ++++++++++++++-------------------------
 3 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bash.go b/bash.go
index 2602513..0cef75c 100644
--- a/bash.go
+++ b/bash.go
@@ -9,6 +9,16 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
+// deprecate this
+func Bash3(dest any) *Auto {
+	return Autocomplete(dest)
+}
+
+// deprecate this
+func Bash(dest any) *Auto {
+	return Autocomplete(dest)
+}
+
 func makeCompletionText(argname string) string {
 	sh := getParentProcessName()
 	return fmt.Sprintf("# shell might be %s", sh)
diff --git a/structs.go b/structs.go
index 5b28289..4dadcd2 100644
--- a/structs.go
+++ b/structs.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ type AutoArgs struct {
 	buildtime func() (string, string) // some examples
 	pp        *arg.Parser             // for parsing the command line args.  Yay to alexf lint!
 	autoFunc  func(*Auto)             // also a function for autocomplete
-	match     map[string]string       // maps for strings
+	// match     map[string]string       // maps for strings
 }
 
 // print out auto complete debugging info
diff --git a/theMagicOfAutocomplete.go b/theMagicOfAutocomplete.go
index 9397373..9de2d7f 100644
--- a/theMagicOfAutocomplete.go
+++ b/theMagicOfAutocomplete.go
@@ -14,30 +14,17 @@ import (
 	"go.wit.com/log"
 )
 
-// deprecate
-func Bash3(dest any) *Auto {
-	return Autocomplete(dest)
-}
-
-// deprecate
-func Bash(dest any) *Auto {
-	return Autocomplete(dest)
-}
-
 func Autocomplete(dest any) *Auto {
 	myAuto = new(AutoArgs)
 	findAppInfo(dest) // parses back to main() for argv info
 
-	pb := parseArgv(myAuto.appName)
+	pb := parseArgv(myAuto.appName) // parses os.Args into a protobuf
 	if pb.SetupAuto {
 		// --bash was passed. try to configure bash-completion
-		doBash(myAuto.appName)
+		makeAutocompleteFiles(myAuto.appName)
 		os.Exit(0)
 	}
 
-	myAuto.match = make(map[string]string)
-	myAuto.match["--gui"] = "andlabs gocui"
-
 	if pb.Debug {
 		// dump debug info
 		pb.PrintDebug()
@@ -76,15 +63,17 @@ func Autocomplete(dest any) *Auto {
 	}
 
 	if pb.IsAuto {
-		for key, val := range myAuto.match {
-			if pb.Last == key {
-				pb.Debugf("DEBUG: last=%s found key %s = %s", pb.Last, key, val)
-				pb.Autocomplete2(val)
-				os.Exit(0)
-			} else {
-				// pb.Debugf("DEBUG: NO MATCH last='%s' found key '%s' = %s", pb.Last, key, val)
-			}
+		// myAuto.match = make(map[string]string)
+		// myAuto.match["--gui"] = "andlabs gocui"
+		// for key, val := range myAuto.match {
+		if pb.Last == "--gui" {
+			pb.Debugf("DEBUG: last=%s found --gui", pb.Last)
+			pb.Autocomplete2("andlabs gogui")
+			os.Exit(0)
+		} else {
+			// pb.Debugf("DEBUG: NO MATCH last='%s' found key '%s' = %s", pb.Last, key, val)
 		}
+		// }
 		if myAuto.autoFunc == nil {
 			pb.SubCommand(pb.Argv...)
 		} else {
@@ -103,8 +92,8 @@ func Autocomplete(dest any) *Auto {
 	return pb
 }
 
-// makes a bash autocomplete file for your command
-func doBash(argname string) {
+// makes a autocomplete file for your command
+func makeAutocompleteFiles(argname string) {
 	fmt.Println(makeBashCompletionText2(argname))
 
 	homeDir, err := os.UserHomeDir()
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