add a goroutine and channel to trigger window redraw

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/init.go b/init.go
index c1e8dc9..14fe610 100644
--- a/init.go
+++ b/init.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"os"
 	"runtime/debug"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/awesome-gocui/gocui"
 	"go.wit.com/log"
@@ -51,6 +52,9 @@ func init() {
 	me.myTree.SetChecked = queueSetChecked
 	me.myTree.ToolkitClose = queueToolkitClose
 
+	me.newWindowTrigger = make(chan bool, 1)
+	go newWindowTrigger()
+
 	log.Log(NOW, "Init() start pluginChan")
 	log.Sleep(.1) // probably not needed, but in here for now under development
 	go mainGogui()
@@ -184,3 +188,17 @@ func gocuiMain() {
 		panic("gocuiTKmainloop OOPS")
 	}
 }
+
+func newWindowTrigger() {
+	log.Log(NOW, "newWindowTriggerl() START")
+	for {
+		log.Log(NOW, "newWindowTrigger() for loop")
+		select {
+		case a := <-me.newWindowTrigger:
+			log.Log(NOW, "newWindowTrigger() got new window", a)
+			time.Sleep(200 * time.Millisecond)
+			redoWindows(1, -1)
+			log.Log(NOW, "newWindowTrigger() after sleep")
+		}
+	}
+}