add a -nogui option for debugging

Signed-off-by: Jeff Carr <jcarr@wit.com>

Makefile

@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ run:
 	go build
 	./cloud-control-panel
 
+nogui:
+	go build
+	./cloud-control-panel -nogui
+
 gaper:
 	# 'gaper' is a simple and smart golang tool that just rebuilds every time you change a file
 	# go get -u github.com/maxcnunes/gaper

config.go

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ var customUsage = func() {
 
 func parseFlags() {
 	var version       string
-	var race          bool
+	var nogui         bool
 	var hostname      string
 	var width         int
 	var height        int
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func parseFlags() {
 	flag.IntVar     (&width,         "width",         400,          "Width of the Window")
 	flag.IntVar     (&height,        "height",        600,          "Height of the Window")
 
-	flag.BoolVar    (&race,          "race",          race,         "Use race detector")
+	flag.BoolVar    (&nogui,         "nogui",         nogui,        "Do not display the GUI")
 
 	// Set the output if something fails to stdout rather than stderr
 	flag.CommandLine.SetOutput(os.Stdout)
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ func parseFlags() {
 	config.Set("width", width)
 	config.Set("height", height)
 	config.Set("hostname", hostname)
+	config.Set("nogui", nogui)
 }
 
 func parseConfig() {
@@ -101,4 +102,8 @@ func parseConfig() {
 		hostname := config.String("cloud." + account + ".hostname")
 		fmt.Println(hostname, port, proto)
 	}
+
+	if (config.String("nogui") == "true") {
+		log.Println("DO NOT DISPLAY THE GUI")
+	}
 }

main.go

@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ import "git.wit.com/wit/gui"
 func main() {
 	parseConfig()
 
+	// only test the socket code if no GUI
+	if (config.String("nogui") == "true") {
+		retrySocket()
+		onExit()
+	}
+
 	go gui.DoGUI()
 	go retrySocket()