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2 files changed, 31 insertions, 20 deletions

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1e5ed17..007c188 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # forge
 
+## Design Goals
+
+* Software engineering is the art of making things work.
+* Release engineering is the art of making things perfect.
+
+## Notes
+
 This can be used to maintain git repositories
 expiremental work on federated git
 
@@ -9,22 +16,25 @@ expiremental work on federated git
 * uses a GUI or the console(console display needs work)
 * always wrap around 'git' -- it basically just types 'git' commands really fast
 
-## Notes & Goals:
+## Development Goals
 
-* use a GUI that also works on the command line
-* andlabs GTK gui plugin starts breaking around 200 repos
+* have a GUI that also works on the command line
 
 ## Install:
 
 * go install go.wit.com/apps/forge@latest
 
-## building from sources (may work Jan 2026)
+## building from sources
 
 ```
+# note as of Feb 2025. Forge has an option in forge to build itself.
+# The instructions below are out of date, but provide the general idea.
+# accurate instructions are in the forge code itself
+
 go install go.wit.com/apps/go-clone@latest      # this tool makes it easier to 'git clone' repos and recursively 'git clone' the dependancies
 go install go.wit.com/apps/autogenpb@latest     # this tool will generate the protobuf *pb.go files (also Marshal(), Sort(), etc.)
 
-go-clone --recursive go.wit.com/apps/forge      # this will 'git clone' about 20 repos into ~/go/src (or where your go.work file is)
+go-clone go.wit.com/apps/forge                  # this will 'git clone' about 20 repos into ~/go/src (or where your go.work file is)
 
 cd go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/forgepb
 make                                            # autogenpb will make .pb.go, marshal.pb.go and sort.pb.go files
diff --git a/windowRepos.go b/windowRepos.go
index 2e76a24..5d619d5 100644
--- a/windowRepos.go
+++ b/windowRepos.go
@@ -95,25 +95,26 @@ func makeReposWin() *gadgets.GenericWindow {
 			log.Info("test delete window here")
 		}
 		grid := insertWin.Group.RawGrid()
-		grid.NewButton("do something", func() {
-			log.Info("do something on each pb row")
-		})
-		grid.NewButton("attempt to insert table", func() {
-			// make the window for the first time
-			found := new(gitpb.Repos)
-			all := me.forge.Repos.SortByFullPath()
-			for all.Scan() {
-				repo := all.Next()
-				if me.forge.Config.IsReadOnly(repo.GetGoPath()) {
-					continue
-				}
+		var t *gitpb.ReposTable
+		found := new(gitpb.Repos)
+		all := me.forge.Repos.SortByFullPath()
+		for all.Scan() {
+			repo := all.Next()
+			if me.forge.Config.IsReadOnly(repo.GetGoPath()) {
+				continue
+			}
 
-				found.AppendByGoPath(repo)
+			found.AppendByGoPath(repo)
 
-			}
-			t := addWindowPB(insertWin, found)
+		}
+		grid.NewButton("insert table", func() {
+			// make the window for the first time
+			t = addWindowPB(insertWin, found)
 			log.Info("table has uuid", t.GetUuid())
 		})
+		grid.NewButton("attempt to delete table", func() {
+			t.Delete()
+		})
 	})
 
 	grid.NewButton("Configure", func() {