cleaner argv autocomplete

argv.go

@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ type args struct {
 	Daemon   bool      `arg:"--daemon"                             help:"run as a daemon"`
 	Force    bool      `arg:"--force"                              help:"try to strong arm things"`
 	Verbose  bool      `arg:"--verbose"                            help:"show more output"`
-	Bash     bool      `arg:"--bash"                               help:"generate bash completion"`
-	BashAuto []string  `arg:"--auto-complete"                      help:"todo: move this to go-arg"`
 }
 
 type EmptyCmd struct {
@@ -40,37 +38,13 @@ func init() {
 	arg.MustParse(&argv)
 }
 
-// prints help to STDERR // TODO: move everything below this to go-args
-func (args) doBashHelp() {
-	if len(argv.BashAuto) < 2 {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "something went wrong with the GO args autocomplete in %s\n", ARGNAME)
-		return
-	}
-	if argv.BashAuto[1] != "''" {
-		// if this is not blank, then the user has typed something
-		return
-	}
-	if argv.BashAuto[0] != ARGNAME {
-		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, argv.BashAuto[0])
-		// if this is not the name of the command, the user already started doing something
-		return
-	}
-	if argv.BashAuto[0] == ARGNAME {
-		me.pp.WriteHelp(os.Stderr)
-		return
-	}
-	fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "")
-	fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "something went wrong with the GO args package")
-	fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "")
-}
-
-func (args) doBashAuto() {
+func (a args) DoAutoComplete(argv []string) {
 	// argv.doBashHelp()
-	switch argv.BashAuto[0] {
+	switch argv[0] {
 	case "merge":
 		fmt.Println("--force")
 	default:
-		if argv.BashAuto[0] == ARGNAME {
+		if argv[0] == ARGNAME {
 			// list the subcommands here
 			fmt.Println("list merge")
 		}

main.go

@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"go.wit.com/dev/alexflint/arg"
-	"go.wit.com/gui"
-	"go.wit.com/lib/fhelp"
+	"go.wit.com/lib/gui/prep"
 	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/forgepb"
 	"go.wit.com/log"
 )
@@ -28,18 +27,10 @@ var LIBDIR string = "/var/lib/forged/" // need to deprecate this
 
 func main() {
 	me = new(mainType)
-	gui.InitArg()
+	prep.Bash(ARGNAME, argv.DoAutoComplete) // todo: this line should be:  prep.Bash(argv)
+	me.myGui = prep.Gui()                   // prepares the GUI package for go-args
 	me.pp = arg.MustParse(&argv)
 
-	if argv.Bash {
-		fhelp.DoBash(ARGNAME)
-		os.Exit(0)
-	}
-	if len(argv.BashAuto) != 0 {
-		argv.doBashAuto()
-		os.Exit(0)
-	}
-
 	if argv.Hostname != "" {
 		HOSTNAME = argv.Hostname
 	}