From 894260660b7218c023db8ba27bba478bcfffe7c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Carr <jcarr@wit.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2025 09:49:06 -0500
Subject: more magic. It's smarter about key repeat now

---
 sendStrings.go            | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
 theMagicOfAutocomplete.go | 16 +++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sendStrings.go b/sendStrings.go
index 2fe1977..78b7a6c 100644
--- a/sendStrings.go
+++ b/sendStrings.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
-	"time"
 
 	"go.wit.com/log"
 )
@@ -30,25 +29,29 @@ func (pb *Auto) SendString(sendthis string) {
 
 // the application must send an array []string{"help", "run", "list"}
 func (pb *Auto) SendStrings(parts []string) {
-	dur := pb.Duration.AsDuration()
-	if dur < time.Millisecond*200 {
-		pb.Debug = true
-		/*
-			pb.Debugf("TODO: show extended help here '%s' '%s' %v dur=%v\n", pb.Arg0, pb.Arg1, pb.Argv, config.FormatDuration(dur))
-			pb.PrintDebug()
-			fmt.Println(" ")
-		*/
-		if myAuto.pp == nil {
-			pb.Debugf("myAuto.pp == nil")
-		} else {
-			pb.Debugf("myAuto.pp != nil")
-			if pb.Cmd == "" {
-				myAuto.pp.WriteHelp(os.Stderr)
+	/*
+		dur := pb.Duration.AsDuration()
+		if dur < time.Millisecond*200 {
+			pb.Debug = true
+		//		pb.Debugf("TODO: show extended help here '%s' '%s' %v dur=%v\n", pb.Arg0, pb.Arg1, pb.Argv, config.FormatDuration(dur))
+		//		pb.PrintDebug()
+		//		fmt.Println(" ")
+			if myAuto.pp == nil {
+				pb.Debugf("myAuto.pp == nil")
 			} else {
-				myAuto.pp.WriteHelpForSubcommand(os.Stderr, pb.Cmd)
+				pb.Debugf("myAuto.pp != nil")
+				if pb.Fast {
+					// this means the user is pressing tab. no longer doing stderr
+				} else {
+					if pb.Cmd == "" {
+						myAuto.pp.WriteHelp(os.Stderr)
+					} else {
+						myAuto.pp.WriteHelpForSubcommand(os.Stderr, pb.Cmd)
+					}
+				}
 			}
 		}
-	}
+	*/
 
 	// parts := strings.Split(sendthis, " ")
 	var all []string
diff --git a/theMagicOfAutocomplete.go b/theMagicOfAutocomplete.go
index b1bf044..e1ad4d5 100644
--- a/theMagicOfAutocomplete.go
+++ b/theMagicOfAutocomplete.go
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ func Autocomplete(dest any) *Auto {
 	myAuto.pp, err = arg.ParseFlags(flags, dest)
 	if err != nil {
 		// users has command line arguments that won't parse with go-args
-		pb.Debugf("DEBUG: Parse error: %v", err)
+		pb.Debugf("DEBUG: Parse error: %v flags(%v)", err, flags)
 	}
 
 	if myAuto.pp == nil {
@@ -129,6 +129,20 @@ func Autocomplete(dest any) *Auto {
 		// pb.Debugf("DEBUG: NO MATCH last='%s' found key '%s' = %s", pb.Last, key, val)
 	}
 
+	if pb.Fast {
+		if last.Fast {
+			os.Exit(0)
+		} else {
+			// this means the user is pressing tab. no longer doing stderr
+			if pb.Cmd == "" {
+				myAuto.pp.WriteHelp(os.Stderr)
+			} else {
+				myAuto.pp.WriteHelpForSubcommand(os.Stderr, pb.Cmd)
+			}
+		}
+	} else {
+	}
+
 	if myAuto.autoFunc == nil {
 		pb.SubCommand(pb.Argv...)
 	} else {
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