wtf. this should work

argv.go

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ type args struct {
 	Add      string       `arg:"--add"                                help:"add a new chat"`
 	Format   *EmptyCmd    `arg:"subcommand:format"                    help:"add a conversation"`
 	Playback *PlaybackCmd `arg:"subcommand:playback"                  help:"dump your prior conversations to the terminal'"`
+	Output   string       `arg:"--output"                             help:"should get a string from gemini-cli"`
 	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"`

doOutput.go

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+package main
+
+func doOutput(s string) {
+}

main.go

@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ func main() {
 		me.chats.ConfigSave()
 	}
 
+	if argv.Output != "" {
+		doOutput(argv.Output)
+		okExit("")
+	}
+
 	if argv.Add != "" {
 		newChats, err := addFile(argv.Add)
 		if err != nil {

prettyFormat.go

@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ func printLeftAligned(author, timestamp, content string) {
 
 func printRightAligned(author, timestamp, content string) {
 	prefix := fmt.Sprintf("(%s) %s ✦", timestamp, author)
-	
+
 	// Print the prefix first, right-aligned.
 	fmt.Printf("%*s\n", termWidth, prefix)
 
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ func printCodeSnippet(snippet *chatpb.CodeSnippet) {
 	language := filepath.Base(snippet.GetFilename()) // Still useful for display
 
 	fmt.Println() // Add extra line feed for spacing
-	
+
 	// --- Top Border ---
 	topBorder := fmt.Sprintf("┌─[ Code Snippet: %s ]", language)
 	fmt.Printf("%s%s┐\n", topBorder, strings.Repeat("─", termWidth-len(topBorder)-1))