diff --git a/doGui.go b/doGui.go
index d8b3538..382297d 100644
--- a/doGui.go
+++ b/doGui.go
@@ -197,8 +197,9 @@ func drawWindow(win *gadgets.GenericWindow) {
 		patchesWin = makePatchesWin(notdone)
 	})
 
+	gridM.NextRow()
 	var howtoWin *gadgets.GenericWindow
-	gridM.NewButton("Howto", func() {
+	gridM.NewButton("Tutorial", func() {
 		if howtoWin != nil {
 			howtoWin.Toggle()
 			return
@@ -206,6 +207,9 @@ func drawWindow(win *gadgets.GenericWindow) {
 		howtoWin = makeHowtoWin()
 	})
 
+	gridM.NextRow()
+	gridM.NewLabel("")
+
 	group1 := win.Stack.NewGroup("Forge Mode (deprecated)")
 	grid = group1.RawGrid()
 	me.forgeMode = grid.NewLabel("")
diff --git a/find.go b/find.go
index d8f2231..8dbe55b 100644
--- a/find.go
+++ b/find.go
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ func findPublishable() {
 	}
 }
 
-func findReposWithPatches() {
+func findReposWithPatches() *gitpb.Repos {
 	for repo := range me.forge.Repos.IterByFullPath() {
 		if repo.GetTargetVersion() != "" {
 			// add everything that has a target version set
@@ -148,4 +148,5 @@ func findReposWithPatches() {
 			continue
 		}
 	}
+	return me.found
 }
diff --git a/windowHowto.go b/windowHowto.go
index a4c7eed..35c9f09 100644
--- a/windowHowto.go
+++ b/windowHowto.go
@@ -41,14 +41,15 @@ func makeHowtoWin() *gadgets.GenericWindow {
 	grid.NewLabel("") // a stupid way to add padding
 	grid.NextRow()
 
-	howtoWin.Group.NewLabel("Working dir: " + me.forge.GetGoSrc())
+	// howtoWin.Group.NewLabel("Working dir: " + me.forge.GetGoSrc())
+
 	grid = howtoWin.Group.RawGrid()
-	grid.NewButton("Download", func() {
+	grid.NewButton("Download into "+me.forge.GetGoSrc(), func() {
 		howtoWin.Disable()
 		defer howtoWin.Enable()
 		downloadForge()
 	})
-	grid.NewButton("Build", func() {
+	grid.NewButton("Build forge & GUI GO plugins", func() {
 		howtoWin.Disable()
 		defer howtoWin.Enable()
 		buildForge()
diff --git a/windowReposFix.go b/windowReposFix.go
index d7cb964..ef525c3 100644
--- a/windowReposFix.go
+++ b/windowReposFix.go
@@ -112,12 +112,6 @@ func makeReposWin() *stdReposTableWin {
 
 	rwin.boxTB = win.Bottom.Box()
 
-	grid.NewButton("dirty on bottom", func() {
-		log.Info("try to show dirty repos on bottom")
-		found := findDirty()
-		rwin.doReposTable(found)
-
-	})
 	grid.NextRow()
 
 	found = develRemoteProblem()
@@ -135,7 +129,7 @@ func makeReposWin() *stdReposTableWin {
 	})
 	grid.NextRow()
 
-	makeHackModeWindow(win)
+	makeHackModeWindow(rwin)
 	return rwin
 }
 
@@ -175,8 +169,8 @@ func (rwin *stdReposTableWin) doReposTable(pb *gitpb.Repos) {
 	rwin.TB = t
 }
 
-func makeHackModeWindow(win *gadgets.GenericWindow) {
-	group := win.Top.NewGroup("This is a work in progress")
+func makeHackModeWindow(stdwin *stdReposTableWin) {
+	group := stdwin.win.Top.NewGroup("This is a work in progress")
 	grid := group.RawGrid()
 	grid.NewButton("git pull", func() {
 		log.Info("todo: run git pull on each repo")
@@ -187,8 +181,8 @@ func makeHackModeWindow(win *gadgets.GenericWindow) {
 		_, box := makeStandardReposWindow("repos to merge from user to devel", found)
 		hbox := box.Box().Horizontal()
 		hbox.NewButton("merge all", func() {
-			win.Disable()
-			defer win.Enable()
+			stdwin.win.Disable()
+			defer stdwin.win.Enable()
 			all := found.SortByFullPath()
 			for all.Scan() {
 				repo := all.Next()
@@ -221,26 +215,26 @@ func makeHackModeWindow(win *gadgets.GenericWindow) {
 	})
 	grid.NextRow()
 
-	group2 := win.Top.NewGroup("Merge")
+	group2 := stdwin.win.Top.NewGroup("Merge")
 	grid = group2.RawGrid()
 
 	grid.NewButton("merge to devel", func() {
-		win.Disable()
-		defer win.Enable()
+		stdwin.win.Disable()
+		defer stdwin.win.Enable()
 
 		mergeUserToDevel(true)
 	})
 
 	grid.NewButton("merge to master", func() {
-		win.Disable()
-		defer win.Enable()
+		stdwin.win.Disable()
+		defer stdwin.win.Enable()
 
 		mergeDevelToMaster(true)
 	})
 
 	grid.NewButton("merge all", func() {
-		win.Disable()
-		defer win.Enable()
+		stdwin.win.Disable()
+		defer stdwin.win.Enable()
 
 		me.argvCheckoutUser = false
 		me.argvCheckoutDevel = true
@@ -265,7 +259,13 @@ func makeHackModeWindow(win *gadgets.GenericWindow) {
 		mergeDevelToMaster(true)
 	})
 
-	group3 := win.Top.NewGroup("work in progress")
+	grid.NewButton("show dirty repos on win.Bottom", func() {
+		log.Info("try to show dirty repos on bottom")
+		found := findDirty()
+		stdwin.doReposTable(found)
+	})
+
+	group3 := stdwin.win.Top.NewGroup("work in progress")
 	grid = group3.RawGrid()
 
 	grid.NewButton("forge ConfigSave()", func() {
diff --git a/windowReposNew.go b/windowReposNew.go
index 994374c..68c2178 100644
--- a/windowReposNew.go
+++ b/windowReposNew.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func (w *stdReposTableWin) Toggle() {
 }
 
 func makeWindowForPB() *gadgets.GenericWindow {
-	win := gadgets.NewGenericWindow("Forge Repos Raw Protobuf View", "Filter Git Repositories")
+	win := gadgets.NewGenericWindow("Forge Repos Protobuf View", "Display Git Repositories")
 
 	return win
 }
@@ -64,23 +64,17 @@ func makeReposWinNew() *gadgets.GenericWindow {
 		log.Info("table has uuid", t.GetUuid())
 	})
 
-	grid.NewButton("with patches", func() {
+	grid.NewButton("to publish", func() {
 		if t != nil {
 			t.Delete()
 			t = nil
 		}
-		found := new(gitpb.Repos)
-		all := me.forge.Repos.SortByFullPath()
-		for all.Scan() {
-			repo := all.Next()
-			if me.forge.Config.IsReadOnly(repo.GetGoPath()) {
-				continue
-			}
-			found.AppendByGoPath(repo)
-		}
+		me.found = new(gitpb.Repos)
+		findReposWithPatches()
+		me.forge.PrintHumanTable(me.found)
 
 		// make the window for the first time
-		t = addWindowPB(insertWin, found)
+		t = addWindowPB(insertWin, me.found)
 		f := func(repo *gitpb.Repo) {
 			log.Info("got to ReposTable.Custom() id =", repo.GetGoPath(), repo.GetCurrentVersion())
 		}