trigger autocomplete Help()

4 files changed, 60 insertions, 40 deletions

diff --git a/complete.go b/complete.go
index 31a5398..b1711b9 100644
--- a/complete.go
+++ b/complete.go
@@ -9,12 +9,57 @@ import (
 	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/argvpb"
 )
 
-// has the variables for autocomplete
-type Complete struct {
-	Subcommand []string  // this will be sent from the shell autocomplete scheme
-	Partial    string    // whatever the user has partially entered on the commandline
-	Stderr     io.Writer // this is where Stderr
-	Stdout     io.Writer // this is where Stdout
+var useArgv bool
+var overrideFlags []string
+
+// pass in a "pretend" os.Args. Used for bash autocomplete
+// error is "good" in this case. The application exists
+// and finishes the output for shell autocomplete
+// returning "nil" means the application has to figure out what to do
+func ParseFlagsArgv(dest ...interface{}) (*Parser, error) {
+	p, err := NewParser(Config{}, dest...)
+	if err != nil {
+		return p, err
+	}
+	if argvpb.PB == nil {
+		panic("argvpb.PB is nil")
+	}
+	useArgv = true
+	overrideFlags = append(overrideFlags, argvpb.Real()...)
+	err = p.Parse(argvpb.Real())
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(argvpb.Stddbg, "err(%v)\n", err)
+		fmt.Fprintln(argvpb.Stddbg, "arg.ParseFlagsArgv()", argvpb.Real())
+		fmt.Printf("\n")
+		fmt.Printf("\n")
+		fmt.Printf("err(%v)\n", err)
+		fmt.Println("arg.ParseFlagsArgv()", argvpb.Real())
+		s := fmt.Sprintf("p.Parse() problem in argv err(%v)\n", err)
+		panic(s)
+	}
+	if argvpb.PB.HelpCounter > 3 {
+		argvpb.SetDebug(true)
+		argvpb.PB.HelpCounter = 0
+		if argvpb.Len() == 0 {
+			fmt.Fprintf(argvpb.Stddbg, "len(PB.Real)=(%d)\n", len(argvpb.PB.Real))
+			p.WriteHelp(argvpb.Stderr)
+			fmt.Fprintf(argvpb.Stddbg, "WriteHelp() (%v)\n", "fricking got here")
+			fmt.Fprintf(argvpb.Stddbg, "WriteHelp() (%v)\n", "fricking got here")
+			fmt.Fprintf(argvpb.Stddbg, "WriteHelp() (%v)\n", "fricking got here")
+			return p, errors.New("WriteHelp() worked")
+		} else {
+			fmt.Fprintf(argvpb.Stddbg, "WriteHelp() damnit len(%v) (%v)\n", len(argvpb.PB.Real), argvpb.PB.Real)
+			fmt.Fprintf(argvpb.Stddbg, "WriteHelp() damnit len(%v) (%v)\n", len(argvpb.PB.Real), argvpb.PB.Real)
+			fmt.Fprintf(argvpb.Stddbg, "WriteHelp() damnit len(%v) (%v)\n", len(argvpb.PB.Real), argvpb.PB.Real)
+		}
+		err = p.WriteHelpForAutocomplete("", argvpb.PB.Real...)
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Fprintf(argvpb.Stddbg, "returned from WriteHelpForAutocomplete() pb.Real(%v)\n", argvpb.PB.Real)
+			fmt.Fprintf(argvpb.Stddbg, "returned from WriteHelpForAutocomplete(%v)\n", err)
+		}
+		return p, errors.New("WriteHelpForAutocomplete() worked")
+	}
+	return p, nil
 }
 
 func (p *Parser) WriteHelpForAutocompleteArgv() error {
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4e9bf6b..d42793d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.24.1
 require (
 	github.com/alexflint/go-scalar v1.2.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
-	go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/argvpb v0.0.47
+	go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/argvpb v0.0.48
 )
 
 require (
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	go.wit.com/lib/cobol v0.0.32 // indirect
-	go.wit.com/lib/config v0.0.34 // indirect
-	go.wit.com/lib/env v0.0.9 // indirect
+	go.wit.com/lib/config v0.0.35 // indirect
+	go.wit.com/lib/env v0.0.10 // indirect
 	go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/filepb v0.0.10 // indirect
 	go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/guipb v0.0.24 // indirect
 	go.wit.com/log v0.25.1 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 01da75d..a76b997 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1 h1:7s2iGBzp5EwR7/aIZr8ao5+dra3wiQyKjjFuvgVKu
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1/go.mod h1:wZwfW3scLgRK+23gO65QZefKpKQRnfz6sD981Nm4B6U=
 go.wit.com/lib/cobol v0.0.32 h1:nBEXu8G1SOopBw23CgFLoDJ+I6VjxGhKBcMpb5Lwwug=
 go.wit.com/lib/cobol v0.0.32/go.mod h1:mf2G1T4VPl1xSuRzbem3qdn3cWVBGFM38+BSXok5udo=
-go.wit.com/lib/config v0.0.34 h1:QqoBYBe28cDby8TIygHLQyxOeJX3Tgi6hY1CM0ZbNio=
-go.wit.com/lib/config v0.0.34/go.mod h1:D4fHO9WzZWc4WHmpvoiZkjcPUdvFMWZzkKQj6MB4C8Q=
-go.wit.com/lib/env v0.0.9 h1:L5oS80oJRm25Sm4qmcIcqXboez6QTQzqkuVOSOZo8yI=
-go.wit.com/lib/env v0.0.9/go.mod h1:Xun2SAnbPf7/qfgHAnxy7mdYh90N0KX3Pc+1UlCPY9U=
-go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/argvpb v0.0.47 h1:7PADVRiTmuUdHfB6+I016VBPggtN7TruFW/fqnnLUDE=
-go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/argvpb v0.0.47/go.mod h1:fMj8UWlz+sF6zz6SXbPKkHUDQVaSQ1gdRezpjcSfJIY=
+go.wit.com/lib/config v0.0.35 h1:26mzCbSsm/gAbbvqIwqqpUJyy89BumTZCakUI2myLuA=
+go.wit.com/lib/config v0.0.35/go.mod h1:D4fHO9WzZWc4WHmpvoiZkjcPUdvFMWZzkKQj6MB4C8Q=
+go.wit.com/lib/env v0.0.10 h1:ZfPgxW8RNYiKQRhPhQRtCuh/jFVORxI+PC9PzPj/7FI=
+go.wit.com/lib/env v0.0.10/go.mod h1:Xun2SAnbPf7/qfgHAnxy7mdYh90N0KX3Pc+1UlCPY9U=
+go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/argvpb v0.0.48 h1:CJGhp64sS25rE/Df9Bq3uHsjb5/l4Nc1QR39x8RWyyc=
+go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/argvpb v0.0.48/go.mod h1:0XWxdtwne0ZTsr5gOmeZ6JmaDbvW+I9YvNcgAv+lUxU=
 go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/filepb v0.0.10 h1:lvhmK2BKjRn7NwfWZyWATw02/tTB5T3I48UGkB4tH4o=
 go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/filepb v0.0.10/go.mod h1:DyRdTnVKbA+qWXzABdCBCgWcFswgdQNCvg/zE0wiBGQ=
 go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/guipb v0.0.24 h1:JzbAPKfuSueWBgh1XzKH9+Hu5Z5EQghh65MmOcjcUXk=
diff --git a/parse.go b/parse.go
index b1cc9f2..4c47316 100644
--- a/parse.go
+++ b/parse.go
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	scalar "github.com/alexflint/go-scalar"
-	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/argvpb"
 )
 
 // path represents a sequence of steps to find the output location for an
@@ -125,30 +124,6 @@ func Parse(dest ...interface{}) error {
 	return p.Parse(flags())
 }
 
-var useArgv bool
-
-// pass in a "pretend" os.Args. Used for bash autocomplete
-func ParseFlagsArgv(dest ...interface{}) (*Parser, error) {
-	p, err := NewParser(Config{}, dest...)
-	if err != nil {
-		return p, err
-	}
-	if argvpb.PB == nil {
-		panic("argvpb.PB is nil")
-	}
-	useArgv = true
-	overrideFlags = append(overrideFlags, argvpb.PB.Real...)
-	err = p.Parse(argvpb.PB.Real)
-	fmt.Fprintln(argvpb.Stddbg, "")
-	fmt.Fprintf(argvpb.Stddbg, "err(%v)\n", err)
-	fmt.Fprintln(argvpb.Stddbg, "arg.ParseFlagsArgv()", argvpb.PB.Real)
-	fmt.Fprintln(argvpb.Stddbg, "arg.ParseFlagsArgv()", argvpb.PB.Real)
-	// panic("in ParseFlagsArgv")
-	return p, err
-}
-
-var overrideFlags []string
-
 // flags gets all command line arguments other than the first (program name)
 func flags() []string {
 	if len(overrideFlags) > 0 {