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diff --git a/argv.SendStrings.go b/argv.SendStrings.go
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+package argvpb
+
+// sends the autocomplete strings to the shell
+// also where custom strings are pulled in from the application
+// calls into go-args for strings parsed by MustParse()
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+
+	"go.wit.com/log"
+)
+
+// the application must send a string "help run list"
+func (pb *Argv) SendString(sendthis string) {
+	pb.SendStrings(strings.Split(sendthis, " "))
+}
+
+// the application must send an array []string{"help", "run", "list"}
+func (pb *Argv) SendStrings(parts []string) {
+	// parts := strings.Split(sendthis, " ")
+	var all []string
+	for _, part := range parts {
+		var found bool
+		for _, s := range os.Args {
+			if s == part {
+				found = true
+			}
+		}
+		if found {
+			continue
+		}
+		all = append(all, part)
+	}
+	fmt.Printf("%s", strings.Join(all, " "))
+}
+
+// try out a new name. also, this whole thing is dumb and needs to be redone
+func (pb *Argv) GenerateSubCommandStrings(cmd ...string) {
+	pb.SubCommand(cmd...)
+}
+
+func (pb *Argv) SubCommand(cmd ...string) {
+	partial := strings.Trim(pb.Partial, "'")
+	if pb.Debug {
+		if me.examples == nil {
+			pb.Debugf("WRITE DEBUG: argv.Examples() not defined")
+			// log.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "\n")
+			// log.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "examples was nil\n")
+			// log.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "\n")
+		} else {
+			log.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "\n")
+			log.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "\n")
+			log.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Examples:\n")
+			for _, line := range strings.Split(me.examples(), "\n") {
+				log.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "  %s\n", line)
+			}
+			// log.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "\n")
+		}
+		me.pp.WriteHelpForAutocomplete(os.Stderr, os.Stdout, partial, cmd...)
+		// me.pp.GetUsageForSubcommand(os.Stdout, os.Stderr, partial, cmd)
+		// me.pp.GetUsageForSubcommand(os.Stdout, nil, partial, cmd)
+	} else {
+		f, _ := os.OpenFile("/tmp/outlook", os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, 0644)
+		me.pp.WriteHelpForAutocomplete(f, os.Stdout, partial, cmd...)
+		// me.pp.GetUsageForSubcommand(os.Stdout, nil, partial, cmd)
+	}
+	os.Exit(0)
+}