From c24d78fac2e6984616f2de7ccfab154adc526a14 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Carr <jcarr@wit.com>
Date: Wed, 29 May 2019 11:10:12 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] correctly dereference the AreaHandler

Signed-off-by: Jeff Carr <jcarr@wit.com>
---
 area.go   | 28 +++++++++++++---------------
 splash.go |  5 +++--
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/area.go b/area.go
index 62058d2..73279aa 100644
--- a/area.go
+++ b/area.go
@@ -20,12 +20,11 @@ func findFB(button *ButtonMap) *ButtonMap {
 	return a
 }
 
-func makeSplashArea() *AreaHandler {
+func makeSplashArea(ah *AreaHandler) {
 	// make this button just to get the default font (but don't display the button)
 	// There should be another way to do this (?)
-	myAH	= new(AreaHandler)
 	newB		:= CreateFontButton("AREA")
-	myAH.FontButton = newB.FB
+	ah.FontButton = newB.FB
 
 	time.Sleep(200 * time.Millisecond)
 	tmp := findFB(newB)
@@ -39,30 +38,29 @@ func makeSplashArea() *AreaHandler {
 	tmp = findFB(newB)
 	log.Println("makeSplashArea() tmp =", tmp, "newB", newB)
 
-	Data.AllButtons[1].AH = myAH
+	Data.AllButtons[1].AH = ah
 
 	time.Sleep(200 * time.Millisecond)
 	tmp = findFB(newB)
 	log.Println("makeSplashArea() tmp =", tmp, "newB", newB)
 
-	// log.Println("makeSplashArea() ah =", myAH)
-	log.Println("makeSplashArea() ah.FontButton =", myAH.FontButton)
+	// log.Println("makeSplashArea() ah =", ah)
+	log.Println("makeSplashArea() ah.FontButton =", ah.FontButton)
 	//	DefaultFont:	ah.FontButton.Font(),
 
-	myAH.Attrstr	= makeAttributedString()
-	myAH.Area	= ui.NewArea(myAH)
-	newB.A		= myAH.Area
-	Data.AllButtons[1].A = myAH.Area
-	myAH.FontButton = Data.AllButtons[1].FB
-	myAH.Button	= &Data.AllButtons[1]
+	ah.Attrstr	= makeAttributedString()
+	ah.Area	= ui.NewArea(ah)
+	newB.A		= ah.Area
+	Data.AllButtons[1].A = ah.Area
+	ah.FontButton = Data.AllButtons[1].FB
+	ah.Button	= &Data.AllButtons[1]
 
 	if (Data.Debug) {
-		spew.Dump(myAH.Area)
+		spew.Dump(ah.Area)
 		log.Println("DEBUGGING", Data.Debug)
 	} else {
-		log.Println("NOT DEBUGGING AREA mhAH.Button =", myAH.Button)
+		log.Println("NOT DEBUGGING AREA mhAH.Button =", ah.Button)
 	}
-	return myAH
 }
 
 func appendWithAttributes(newText *ui.AttributedString, what string, attrs ...ui.Attribute) {
diff --git a/splash.go b/splash.go
index 8558beb..96a360b 100644
--- a/splash.go
+++ b/splash.go
@@ -14,12 +14,13 @@ func ShowSplashBox() *ui.Box {
 	newbox := ui.NewVerticalBox()
 	newbox.SetPadded(true)
 
+	// initialize the AreaHandler{}
 	myAH    = new(AreaHandler)
 	newText := makeAttributedString()
 	myAH.Attrstr = newText
-	newAH	:= makeSplashArea()
+	makeSplashArea(myAH)
 
-	newbox.Append(newAH.Area, true)
+	newbox.Append(myAH.Area, true)
 
 	if runtime.GOOS == "linux" {
 		newbox.Append(ui.NewLabel("OS: Linux"), false)