From 4d4dcf31cb466d441024978420f548346c088537 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Carr <jcarr@wit.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2025 15:24:20 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] slowly working out autocomplete kinks

---
 argv.go    | 17 +++++------------
 main.go    |  9 +++++----
 structs.go |  3 +--
 3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/argv.go b/argv.go
index 35c3246..fcc5a91 100644
--- a/argv.go
+++ b/argv.go
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ func DoAutoComplete(autoArgv *prep.Auto) {
 	if dur < time.Millisecond*200 {
 		autoArgv.Debug = true
 		autoArgv.Debugf("TODO: show extended help here '%s' '%s' %v dur=%v\n", autoArgv.Arg0, autoArgv.Arg1, autoArgv.Argv, shell.FormatDuration(dur))
-		autoArgv.AutoDebug()
+		autoArgv.PrintDebug()
 		fmt.Println(" ")
 	}
 
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ func DoAutoComplete(autoArgv *prep.Auto) {
 			autoArgv.Debugf("user:   checkout the user branches on all repos")
 		}
 		// argv.Checkout.Autocomplete("devel master user")
-		autoArgv.Autocomplete(argv.Checkout, "devel master user")
+		autoArgv.Autocomplete2("devel master user")
 	case "clean":
 		// me.pp.WriteHelp(os.Stderr)
 		// me.pp.WriteUsageForSubcommand(os.Stderr, me.pp.SubcommandNames()...)
@@ -185,14 +185,7 @@ func DoAutoComplete(autoArgv *prep.Auto) {
 		// me.pp.WriteHelpForSubcommand(os.Stderr, "clean")
 		fmt.Println("--force verify --repo")
 	case "commit":
-		autoArgv.Debugf("WTF")
-		autoArgv.Autocomplete(argv.Commit, "--all")
-		if dur > time.Millisecond*200 {
-			if dur < time.Millisecond*800 {
-				// fmt.Println("a b")
-				fmt.Println("")
-			}
-		}
+		autoArgv.Autocomplete2("--all")
 	case "config":
 		fmt.Println("add fix list")
 	case "dirty":
@@ -210,7 +203,7 @@ func DoAutoComplete(autoArgv *prep.Auto) {
 	case "list":
 		fmt.Println("--mine --favorites --dirty")
 	case "merge":
-		fmt.Println("devel master")
+		autoArgv.Autocomplete2("devel master --all")
 	case "normal":
 		fmt.Println("on off")
 	case "pull":
@@ -231,7 +224,7 @@ func DoAutoComplete(autoArgv *prep.Auto) {
 		// if argv.ArgName == ARGNAME {
 		// }
 		// list the subcommands here
-		fmt.Println("help list checkout clean commit dirty fetch gui normal merge patch pull tag --gui")
+		autoArgv.Autocomplete2("help list checkout clean commit dirty fetch gui normal merge patch pull tag --gui")
 	}
 	os.Exit(0)
 }
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index d581730..8286376 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
-	"go.wit.com/dev/alexflint/arg"
 	"go.wit.com/lib/gui/prep"
 	"go.wit.com/lib/gui/shell"
 	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/forgepb"
@@ -44,9 +43,11 @@ func getVersion(repo *gitpb.Repo, name string) string {
 
 func main() {
 	me = new(mainType)
-	me.auto = prep.Bash2(ARGNAME, argv.DoAutoComplete) // this line should be:  prep.Bash(&argv)
-	me.myGui = prep.Gui()                              // prepares the GUI package for go-args
-	me.pp = arg.MustParse(&argv)                       // these three lines are becoming terrible syntax
+	// prep.Bash2(ARGNAME, argv.DoAutoComplete)                  // this line should be:  prep.Bash(&argv)
+	me.myGui = prep.Gui()                                     // prepares the GUI package for go-args
+	me.auto = prep.Bash3(ARGNAME, argv.DoAutoComplete, &argv) // this line should be:  prep.Bash(&argv)
+	// arg.MustParse(&argv)                                      // these three lines are becoming terrible syntax
+	// me.auto = prep.MustParse(&argv)          // try to make this work?
 
 	me.forge = forgepb.Init() // init forge.pb
 	me.forge.ScanRepoDir()    // looks for new dirs, checks existing repos for changes
diff --git a/structs.go b/structs.go
index 53edd9b..15b17bc 100644
--- a/structs.go
+++ b/structs.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"go.wit.com/dev/alexflint/arg"
 	"go.wit.com/gui"
 	"go.wit.com/lib/gadgets"
 	"go.wit.com/lib/gui/prep"
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@ func myServer() string {
 
 // this app's variables
 type mainType struct {
-	pp         *arg.Parser    // for parsing the command line args.  Yay to alexflint!
+	// pp         *arg.Parser    // for parsing the command line args.  Yay to alexflint!
 	auto       *prep.Auto     // more experiments for bash handling
 	forge      *forgepb.Forge // for holding the forge protobuf files
 	myGui      *prep.GuiPrep  // for initializing the GUI toolkits