From 7bf204299f01a0739c435d3768277c279c6291d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Carr <jcarr@wit.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2025 02:09:19 -0500
Subject: new bash autocomplete

---
 argv.go    | 25 +++++++++++++++----------
 build      |  4 ++++
 main.go    |  6 ++----
 structs.go |  3 +--
 4 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
 create mode 100755 build

diff --git a/argv.go b/argv.go
index 50936c0..727a063 100644
--- a/argv.go
+++ b/argv.go
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"os"
+
+	"go.wit.com/lib/gui/prep"
 )
 
 /*
@@ -42,15 +43,19 @@ and with the right geometries. TODO: restore the bash working paths
 	`
 }
 
-func (a args) DoAutoComplete(argv []string) {
-	switch argv[0] {
-	case "dump":
-		fmt.Println("--terminals")
-	default:
-		if argv[0] == ARGNAME {
-			// list the subcommands here
-			fmt.Println("--restore save dump dumpx list")
-		}
+/*
+	handles shell autocomplete
+*/
+
+func (args) Appname() string {
+	return ARGNAME
+}
+
+func (a args) DoAutoComplete(pb *prep.Auto) {
+	if pb.Cmd == "" {
+		pb.Autocomplete3([]string{"--restore", "save", "dump", "dumpx", "list"})
+	} else {
+		pb.SubCommand(pb.Argv...)
 	}
 	os.Exit(0)
 }
diff --git a/build b/build
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..73061de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash -x
+
+mkdir -p files/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/
+startxplacement --bash > files/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/startxplacement
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index d2bebf7..9b7bacd 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ package main
 import (
 	"fmt"
 
-	"go.wit.com/dev/alexflint/arg"
 	"go.wit.com/lib/gui/prep"
 	"go.wit.com/log"
 )
@@ -27,9 +26,8 @@ var configFile string = "/home/jcarr/.config/startxplacement.out"
 
 func main() {
 	me = new(mainType)
-	prep.Bash(ARGNAME, argv.DoAutoComplete) // todo: this line should be:  prep.Bash(argv)
-	me.myGui = prep.Gui()                   // prepares the GUI package for go-args
-	me.pp = arg.MustParse(&argv)
+	me.myGui = prep.Gui()       // prepares the GUI package for go-args
+	me.auto = prep.Bash3(&argv) // add support for bash autocomplete with go-arg
 
 	if argv.DumpX != nil {
 		doDumpX()
diff --git a/structs.go b/structs.go
index 6251719..42b51c8 100644
--- a/structs.go
+++ b/structs.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"go.wit.com/dev/alexflint/arg"
 	"go.wit.com/lib/gui/prep"
 )
 
@@ -12,6 +11,6 @@ var me *mainType
 
 // this app's variables
 type mainType struct {
-	pp    *arg.Parser   // for parsing the command line args.  Yay to alexf lint!
+	auto  *prep.Auto    // more experiments for bash handling
 	myGui *prep.GuiPrep // the gui toolkit handle
 }
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