minorv0.0.47

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/fakeStdout.go b/fakeStdout.go
index b263f8a..0d349f0 100644
--- a/fakeStdout.go
+++ b/fakeStdout.go
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 package argvpb
 
+var Stdout *StringWriter // bash uses this to match strings
+var Stderr *StringWriter // bash dumps this as "help" about application options
+var Stddbg *StringWriter // argv writes it's internal debugging output here
+
 // StringWriter is a custom type that implements the io.Writer interface
 // for a string variable. It holds a pointer to the string it will write to.
 type StringWriter struct {
@@ -19,14 +23,6 @@ func (sw *StringWriter) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 	return len(p), nil
 }
 
-var Stdout *StringWriter
-var Stderr *StringWriter
-
-func fakeStdout() {
-	Stdout = NewStringWriter(&PB.Stdout)
-	Stderr = NewStringWriter(&PB.Stderr)
-}
-
 /*
 func main() {
 	// 1. Declare the string variable that will be our output destination.
diff --git a/init.go b/init.go
index a05acdf..68ee54f 100644
--- a/init.go
+++ b/init.go
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ func Init(dest any, APPNAME string, anyString string, VERSION string) {
 	me.pb = new(Argv)
 	PB = me.pb
 
+	// needed by bash for autocomplete, help & debugging
+	Stdout = NewStringWriter(&PB.Stdout) // bash uses this to match strings
+	Stderr = NewStringWriter(&PB.Stderr) // bash dumps this as "help" about application options
+	Stddbg = NewStringWriter(&PB.Stderr) // argv writes it's internal debugging output here
+
 	app := new(App)
 	app.APPNAME = APPNAME
 	app.VERSION = VERSION
@@ -37,7 +42,7 @@ func Init(dest any, APPNAME string, anyString string, VERSION string) {
 	}
 	me.pb.AppInfo = app
 
-	fakeStdout()
+	// shouldn't be needed but is because this code doesn't work right yet
 	me.pb.Uuid = uuid.New().String()
 
 	// set the start time of the binary