compiles and does something. notsure

6 files changed, 94 insertions, 62 deletions

diff --git a/argv.Print.go b/argv.Print.go
index 53b080a..ed6f75e 100644
--- a/argv.Print.go
+++ b/argv.Print.go
@@ -40,8 +40,15 @@ func (pb *Argv) PrintDebugNew(msg string, last string) {
 	} else {
 		fast = "fast=0," + pb.GetCmd()
 	}
+
+	var dbg string
+	if me.debug {
+		dbg = "dbg=1"
+	} else {
+		dbg = "dbg=0"
+	}
 	sargv := fmt.Sprintf("argv(%v)", pb.Real)
-	top := fmt.Sprintf("%-4.4s age=(%s)dur(%s) h%2.2d %-12.12s %-12.12s", pb.Uuid, age, dur, pb.HelpCounter, cmd, arglast)
+	top := fmt.Sprintf("%-4.4s age=(%s)dur(%s) %s h%2d %-12.12s %-12.12s", pb.Uuid, age, dur, dbg, pb.HelpCounter, cmd, arglast)
 	Debugf("%s: %s %-12.12s %s %s real='%v' len(%d)", msg, top, partial, fast, sargv, pb.Real, me.all.Len())
 }
 
diff --git a/argv.SendStrings.go b/argv.SendStrings.go
index 4e074e0..4467d06 100644
--- a/argv.SendStrings.go
+++ b/argv.SendStrings.go
@@ -48,16 +48,15 @@ func (pb *Argv) SubCommand(cmd ...string) {
 			pb.Stderr += fmt.Sprintf("  %s\n", line)
 		}
 	}
-	partial := strings.Trim(pb.Partial, "'")
 	if me.debug {
 		// last working line: me.writeHelpForAutocomplete(Stderr, Stdout, partial, cmd...)
-		me.writeHelpForAutocompleteDebugFunc(partial, cmd...)
+		me.writeHelpForAutocompleteDebugFunc()
 
 		// me.pp.GetUsageForSubcommand(Stdout, Stderr, partial, cmd)
 		// me.pp.GetUsageForSubcommand(Stdout, nil, partial, cmd)
 	} else {
 		// last working: me.writeHelpForAutocomplete(f, Stdout, partial, cmd...)
-		me.writeHelpForAutocompleteFunc(partial, cmd...)
+		me.writeHelpForAutocompleteFunc()
 	}
 	os.Exit(0)
 }
diff --git a/argv.parseOsArgs.go b/argv.parseOsArgs.go
index d28e7e7..b7d4774 100644
--- a/argv.parseOsArgs.go
+++ b/argv.parseOsArgs.go
@@ -8,10 +8,15 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
+func GetCmd() string {
+	return PB.GetCmd()
+}
+
 // todo: this is wrong
 func (pb *Argv) GetCmd() string {
 	var curcmd string
-	for _, s := range os.Args[1:] {
+	// for _, s := range os.Args[1:] {
+	for _, s := range pb.Real {
 		if strings.HasPrefix(s, "-") {
 			// option is something like --verbose
 			// skip these. they are not subcommands
diff --git a/structs.go b/structs.go
index 3a0544e..57635de 100644
--- a/structs.go
+++ b/structs.go
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package argvpb
 // try this struct out (?)
 var me *AutoArgs
 
+var PB *Argv
+
 // this is a work in progress
 type AutoArgs struct {
 	pb                                *Argv                           // the protobuf for the current process
@@ -17,11 +19,11 @@ type AutoArgs struct {
 	initArgvFunc                      func() (string, string, string) // this is required. gets APPNAME, BUILDTIME & VERSION
 	initGuiFunc                       func() error                    // this is required for 'gui' args to work
 	mustParseFunc                     func() error                    // calls go-arg.MustParse()
-	parseFlagsFunc                    func([]string) error            // calls go-arg.ParseFlags(flags)
-	writeHelpForAutocompleteFunc      func(string, ...string) error   // notsure yet
-	writeHelpForAutocompleteDebugFunc func(string, ...string) error   // notsure yet
+	parseFlagsFunc                    func() error                    // calls go-arg.ParseFlags(flags)
+	writeHelpForAutocompleteFunc      func() error                    // notsure yet
+	writeHelpForAutocompleteDebugFunc func() error                    // notsure yet
 	writeHelpFunc                     func() error                    // notsure yet
-	writeHelpForSubcommandFunc        func(string) error              // notsure yet
+	writeHelpForSubcommandFunc        func() error                    // notsure yet
 	examples                          func() string                   // some examples
 	appExit                           func()                          // app Exit()
 	buildtime                         func() (string, string)         // some examples
diff --git a/theMagicOfAutocomplete.go b/theMagicOfAutocomplete.go
index 85b89b0..13cf020 100644
--- a/theMagicOfAutocomplete.go
+++ b/theMagicOfAutocomplete.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 func Autocomplete(dest any) *Argv {
 	me = new(AutoArgs) // todo: redo this
 	me.pb = new(Argv)
+	PB = me.pb
 	me.pb.Uuid = uuid.New().String()
 
 	// set the start time of the binary
@@ -74,18 +75,19 @@ func Autocomplete(dest any) *Argv {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if me.isAuto {
-		// do autocomplete and exit
+	if !me.isAuto {
+		// not autocompleting. return to the application
+		// save the pb & history
 		savePB()
-		doAutocomplete()
-		panic("blah")
+		// me.pp = arg.MustParse(dest)
+		me.Err = errors.Join(me.Err, me.mustParseFunc())
+		return me.pb
 	}
 
-	// not autocompleting. return to the application
-	// save the pb & history
-	savePB()
-	// me.pp = arg.MustParse(dest)
-	me.Err = errors.Join(me.Err, me.mustParseFunc())
+	prepareStdout()
+	// print to Stdout & Stderr
+	saveAndExit()
+	// never gets here
 	return me.pb
 }
 
@@ -93,17 +95,7 @@ func Autocomplete(dest any) *Argv {
 //
 // everything sent to STDOUT and STDERR matters past this point
 // any "junk" output, hidden fmt(), print() or log() statements are bad
-func doAutocomplete() {
-	if me.last.Fast {
-		// user is probably holding down the <TAB> key
-		me.debug = true
-		// me.fastcmd = me.pb.GetCmd()
-		if me.pb.GetCmd() != me.last.GetCmd() {
-			// do the smart something here
-			// probably debug == true  &&  printStderr()
-		}
-	}
-
+func prepareStdout() {
 	if me.debug {
 		// add an initial debug line
 		me.pb.PrintDebug(me.last.GetCmd())
@@ -113,8 +105,7 @@ func doAutocomplete() {
 		me.pb.SendString("--argvdebug --argvhelp")
 		me.pb.Stderr += fmt.Sprintln("argv override")
 		me.debug = true
-		me.pb.PrintStderr()
-		saveAndExit()
+		return
 	}
 
 	// highjack "--gui"
@@ -123,9 +114,8 @@ func doAutocomplete() {
 		// this is a work in progress
 		if lastarg == "--gui" {
 			me.pb.Debugf("DEBUG: real=(%v) found --gui", me.pb.Real)
-			me.pb.PrintStderr()
 			me.pb.SendString("andlabs gogui")
-			saveAndExit()
+			return
 		} else {
 			// me.pb.Debugf("DEBUG: NO MATCH last='%s' found key '%s' = %s", last, key, val)
 		}
@@ -136,19 +126,15 @@ func doAutocomplete() {
 	if me.parseFlagsFunc == nil {
 		me.pb.Stderr += fmt.Sprintln("argv.parseFlags() is nil")
 		me.debug = true
-		me.pb.PrintStderr()
-		me.pb.PrintStdout()
-		saveAndExit()
+		return
 	}
 
-	if err := me.parseFlagsFunc(me.pb.Real); err != nil {
+	if err := me.parseFlagsFunc(); err != nil {
 		me.pb.Stderr += fmt.Sprintf("application parseFlags() err(%v)\n", err)
 		me.pb.Stderr += fmt.Sprintln("argv.parseFlags() err. probably cmd doesn't really exist in struct")
 		me.all.PrintHistory(me.last.GetCmd())
 		me.debug = true
-		me.pb.PrintStderr()
-		me.pb.PrintStdout()
-		saveAndExit()
+		return
 	}
 
 	if len(me.pb.Real) == 0 {
@@ -161,15 +147,20 @@ func doAutocomplete() {
 	}
 
 	me.pb.HelpCounter = me.last.HelpCounter
+	/*
+		if me.last.Fast {
+			// user is probably holding down the <TAB> key
+			// me.fastcmd = me.pb.GetCmd()
+			if me.pb.GetCmd() != me.last.GetCmd() {
+				// do the smart something here
+				// probably debug == true  &&  printStderr()
+			}
+		}
+	*/
+
 	if me.pb.Fast {
 		if me.last.Fast {
-			me.debug = true
 			me.pb.HelpCounter = me.last.HelpCounter + 1
-			if me.pb.HelpCounter < 3 {
-				me.pb.PrintStderr()
-			} else {
-				saveAndExit()
-			}
 		} else {
 			// this means the user is pressing tab. no longer doing stderr
 			if me.pb.GetCmd() == "" {
@@ -177,7 +168,7 @@ func doAutocomplete() {
 				me.writeHelpFunc()
 			} else {
 				// me.pp.WriteHelpForSubcommand(Stderr, me.pb.Cmd)
-				me.writeHelpForSubcommandFunc(me.pb.GetCmd())
+				me.writeHelpForSubcommandFunc()
 			}
 			me.pb.HelpCounter = 0
 		}
@@ -193,7 +184,7 @@ func doAutocomplete() {
 			// if not, send "reset bash newline\n" to cause bash to redraw PS1 for the user
 		}
 	}
-	saveAndExit()
+	return
 }
 
 func savePB() {
@@ -206,6 +197,17 @@ func savePB() {
 }
 
 func saveAndExit() {
+	if me.debug {
+		me.all.PrintHistory(me.last.GetCmd())
+		me.pb.PrintStderr()
+	} else {
+		if me.pb.Fast {
+			if me.pb.HelpCounter < 3 {
+				me.pb.PrintStderr()
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	me.pb.PrintStdout()
 	savePB()
 	os.Exit(0)
 }
@@ -230,7 +232,9 @@ func examineArgvHistory() {
 		panic("argvpb.Load() history file failed")
 	}
 	if me.debug {
+		// use this if you are having trouble debugging this code
 		// me.all.PrintHistory("EARLY")
+		// me.pb.PrintStderr()
 	}
 	// roll the autocomplete file
 	maxsize := 17
@@ -244,14 +248,28 @@ func examineArgvHistory() {
 	}
 
 	// drops nil entries from the history
+	// even gets dup uuids. don't have time to figure this out now
+	// need to launch the WIT private cloud product
 	// todo: figure out why nil values are happening
+	// a facinating PITA this is
 	counter := 0
+	uuidmap := make(map[string]*Argv)
 	for pb := range me.all.IterAll() {
 		counter += 1
 		if pb.Ctime == nil {
 			me.all.Delete(pb)
 			continue
 		}
+		if pb.Uuid == "" {
+			me.all.Delete(pb)
+			continue
+		}
+		if _, ok := uuidmap[pb.Uuid]; ok {
+			// already have this uuid, keep the oldest one
+			me.all.Delete(pb)
+			continue
+		}
+		uuidmap[pb.Uuid] = pb
 		// if me.debug {
 		// 	hist := fmt.Sprintf("HISTNIL(%d)", counter)
 		// 	pb.PrintDebugNew(hist, "too soon")
@@ -282,8 +300,9 @@ func examineArgvHistory() {
 			// do the smart something here
 			if me.pb.GetCmd() == me.last.GetCmd() {
 				// turn on debugging if duration < 200 milliseconds
-				// me.debug = false
 			} else {
+				// reset help counter
+				me.pb.HelpCounter = 0
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/verifyApplication.go b/verifyApplication.go
index 7c79cd9..6b0291a 100644
--- a/verifyApplication.go
+++ b/verifyApplication.go
@@ -92,19 +92,19 @@ type mustParseI interface {
 }
 
 type parseFlagsI interface {
-	ParseFlags([]string) error
+	ParseFlags() error
 }
 
 type writeHelpForAutocompleteI interface {
-	WriteHelpForAutocomplete(string, ...string) error
+	WriteHelpForAutocomplete() error
 }
 
 type writeHelpForAutocompleteDebugI interface {
-	WriteHelpForAutocompleteDebug(string, ...string) error
+	WriteHelpForAutocompleteDebug() error
 }
 
 type writeHelpForSubcommandI interface {
-	WriteHelpForSubcommand(cmd string) error
+	WriteHelpForSubcommand() error
 }
 
 type writeHelpI interface {
@@ -163,8 +163,8 @@ type exitI interface {
 func helpWriteHelpForSubcommand() {
 	fmt.Println("")
 	fmt.Println("// add this funcgion: this will print the help")
-	fmt.Println("func (args) WriteHelpForSubcommand() error {")
-	fmt.Println("	me.pp.WriteHelpForSubcommand(Stderr, me.argv.Cmd)")
+	fmt.Println("func (args) WriteHelpForSubcommandArgv() error {")
+	fmt.Println("	me.pp.WriteHelpForSubcommandArgv(me.argv)")
 	fmt.Println("	return nil")
 	fmt.Println("}")
 	fmt.Println("")
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ func helpWriteHelp() {
 	fmt.Println("")
 	fmt.Println("// add this funcgion: this will print the help")
 	fmt.Println("func (args) WriteHelp() error {")
-	fmt.Println("	me.pp.WriteHelp(Stderr)")
+	fmt.Println("	me.pp.WriteHelpArgv(me.argv)")
 	fmt.Println("	return nil")
 	fmt.Println("}")
 	fmt.Println("")
@@ -187,8 +187,8 @@ func helpWriteHelp() {
 func helpWriteHelpForAutocompleteDebug() {
 	fmt.Println("")
 	fmt.Println("// this will print the help for the subcmd")
-	fmt.Println("func (args) WriteHelpForAutocompleteDebug(part string, subcmd ...string) error {")
-	fmt.Println("	return argvpp.WriteHelpForAutocomplete(f, Stdout, part, subcmd...)")
+	fmt.Println("func (args) WriteHelpForAutocompleteDebugArgv() error {")
+	fmt.Println("	return argvpp.WriteHelpForAutocompleteArgv(me.argv)")
 	fmt.Println("}")
 	fmt.Println("")
 	fmt.Println("cp ~/go/src/go.wit.com/apps/forge/argv.template.go .")
@@ -201,8 +201,8 @@ func helpWriteHelpForAutocompleteDebug() {
 func helpWriteHelpForAutocomplete() {
 	fmt.Println("")
 	fmt.Println("// this will print the help for the subcmd")
-	fmt.Println("func (args) WriteHelpForAutocomplete(part string, subcmd ...string) error {")
-	fmt.Println("	return argvpp.WriteHelpForAutocomplete(Stderr, Stdout, part, subcmd...)")
+	fmt.Println("func (args) WriteHelpForAutocompleteArgv() error {")
+	fmt.Println("	return argvpp.WriteHelpForAutocompleteArgv(me.argv)")
 	fmt.Println("}")
 	fmt.Println("")
 	fmt.Println("Just copy the argv.template.go file from forge")
@@ -214,8 +214,8 @@ func helpWriteHelpForAutocomplete() {
 func parseFlagsHelp() {
 	fmt.Println("")
 	fmt.Println("// this function will send the current argv PB to go-args for parsing")
-	fmt.Println("func (args) ParseFlags(flags []string) error {")
-	fmt.Println("	arg.ParseFlags(flags)")
+	fmt.Println("func (args) ParseFlags() error {")
+	fmt.Println("	arg.ParseFlags(me.argv, &argv)")
 	fmt.Println("}")
 	fmt.Println("")