rm junk

.gitignore

@@ -3,4 +3,6 @@ go.mod
 go.sum
 /resources/*.so
 /files/*
-gemini
+regex
+/tmp/*
+*.json

GEMINI.md

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+## Gemini Added Memories
+- The user and I were analyzing a RISC-V Go panic. The user provided a panic log showing a 'SIGQUIT: quit' signal. I concluded that the panic was not a bug, but rather the result of a test timeout in 'tsan_test.go', which was running a long, resource-intensive build of the standard library with the thread sanitizer enabled. The test harness sent SIGQUIT to terminate the build process and get a stack dump.
+- Assume my base directory is `/home/jcarr/go/src`
+- The gemini-cli application is located in github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli and is a Node.js project.
+- To test the build of gemini-cli, always run exactly: cd github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli && make build
+- The "regex" application is located in `go.wit.com/apps/regex` and is written in Go
+- To build the 'regex' application, I must first change into the `go.wit.com/apps/regex` directory and then run the `make regex` command.
+- The "Google Gemini AI GO API" is located in `google.golang.org/genai`.
+- I must not search for anything. Instead, I must stop and ask the user for the location of files or information.
+- When committing to git, I will use the author name 'Castor Regex' and the email 'regex@wit.com'. 
+- My git workflow is: 1. `git status`. 2. `git add <files>`. 3. `GIT_AUTHOR_NAME='Castor Regex' GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL='regex@wit.com' git commit -m '...'`. I will not run `git push`.
+- When asked to commit code with git, I should follow the git workflow
+- My standard workflow: Upon completing a task and verifying the solution, I will automatically commit the changes. Then follow my git workflow
+- My standard git workflow: Upon completing a task and verifying the solution, I will automatically commit the changes following the standard workflow.
+- New operational rule: If a fix or modification I make results in an error, I will NOT revert the changes with `git checkout`. I will leave the modified files in their current state for the user to inspect and debug.
+- CRITICAL WORKFLOW RULE: After making any code changes and before committing, I MUST always attempt to build the project (e.g., run 'make' or the appropriate build command). I am only allowed to commit changes that compile successfully. If a build fails, I must fix the compilation error before proceeding with the commit. I will not commit broken code.
+- WORKFLOW UPDATE: If a build fails and the user subsequently tells me to commit, I will assume the user has fixed the compilation errors. My next step is to re-run the build command to verify. If this verification build succeeds, I will then proceed with committing my original changes. If it still fails, I will report the new error.

Makefile

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 VERSION = $(shell git describe --tags)
 BUILDTIME = $(shell date +%Y.%m.%d_%H%M)
 
-default: verbose
+default: install
+	regex clean
 
 vet:
 	@GO111MODULE=off go vet
@@ -15,30 +16,30 @@ build: goimports
 	GO111MODULE=off go build \
 		-ldflags "-X main.VERSION=${VERSION} -X main.BUILDTIME=${BUILDTIME} -X gui.GUIVERSION=${VERSION}"
 
-install: goimports vet
+install: goimports
 	GO111MODULE=off go install \
 		-ldflags "-X main.VERSION=${VERSION} -X main.BUILDTIME=${BUILDTIME} -X gui.GUIVERSION=${VERSION}"
 
-regex:
+regex: goimports
 	GO111MODULE=off go install \
 		-ldflags "-X main.VERSION=${VERSION} -X main.BUILDTIME=${BUILDTIME} -X gui.GUIVERSION=${VERSION}"
 
+CUI: install
+	regex --gui gocui
+
+GTK: clean install
+	regex --gui andlabs
+
+
 dumb-build:
-	go install \
+	go install -v -x \
 		-ldflags "-X main.VERSION=${VERSION} -X main.BUILDTIME=${BUILDTIME} -X gui.GUIVERSION=${VERSION}"
 
 install-raw: goimports vet
 	go install \
 		-ldflags "-X main.VERSION=${VERSION} -X main.BUILDTIME=${BUILDTIME} -X gui.GUIVERSION=${VERSION}"
 
-andlabs: clean install
-	regex --gui gocui --gui-verbose --gui-file ../../toolkits/andlabs/andlabs.so
-
-gocui: install
-	regex --gui gocui --gui-verbose --gui-file ../../toolkits/gocui/gocui.so >/tmp/regex.log 2>&1
-
 goimports:
-	reset
 	goimports -w *.go
 	@# // to globally reset paths:
 	@# // gofmt -w -r '"go.wit.com/gui/gadgets" -> "go.wit.com/lib/gadgets"' *.go
@@ -55,3 +56,5 @@ playback:
 	regex playback
 	# regex playback --uuid a1b2c3d4-e5f6-4a5b-8c9d-1e2f3a4b5c6d
 
+tmpfiles:
+	ls -tl /tmp/regex.* |head

README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+Gemini is the engine. Vertex AI is the entire car.
+
+   * Gemini is the name of the powerful, multimodal AI model family itself. It's the "brain" that performs the reasoning, understands text, images, audio, and video, and
+     generates responses.
+   * Vertex AI is the comprehensive, enterprise-grade platform on Google Cloud where you can access, deploy, manage, and even customize models like Gemini. It's the
+     infrastructure, the dashboard, the security features, and the MLOps (Machine Learning Operations) toolkit that surrounds the engine.
+
+Here is a more detailed breakdown:
+
+  Gemini AI
+
+   * What it is: A family of highly capable large language models (LLMs).
+   * What it does: It's the core technology that processes information and generates output. It comes in different sizes and capabilities, like Gemini 1.5 Pro, Gemini 
+     1.5 Flash, and Gemini Ultra, each optimized for different tasks (speed, cost, power).
+   * Key Features:
+       * Multimodality: Natively understands and reasons across text, code, images, audio, and video.
+       * Long Context: Can process massive amounts of information at once (e.g., Gemini 1.5 Pro has a 1 million token context window).
+       * Advanced Reasoning: Capable of complex, multi-step reasoning tasks.
+   * How you access it: You access Gemini through an API. That API can be part of Vertex AI or part of a simpler platform like Google AI Studio.
+
+  Vertex AI
+
+   * What it is: A fully-managed Machine Learning (ML) platform on Google Cloud.
+   * What it does: It provides all the tools and infrastructure needed to build, deploy, and manage ML models in a production environment. It's not just for Gemini; you
+     can use it for custom models built with TensorFlow or PyTorch, or other foundation models.
+   * Key Features:
+       * Model Garden: A central place to discover and use Google's foundation models (like Gemini) and hundreds of open-source models.
+       * Enterprise Security & Governance: Integrates with Google Cloud's robust security features like IAM (Identity and Access Management), VPC Service Controls, and
+         data encryption. Your data remains within your cloud environment.
+       * Data Integration: Seamlessly connects to other Google Cloud services like BigQuery and Cloud Storage, allowing you to use your own data with the models.
+       * Tuning and Customization: Provides tools to fine-tune foundation models like Gemini on your own data to make them experts in your specific domain.
+       * MLOps: A full suite of tools for automating, monitoring, and managing the entire ML lifecycle (pipelines, versioning, etc.).
+
+  How They Work Together
+
+  You don't choose between Vertex AI and Gemini. You choose how you want to use Gemini, and Vertex AI is the professional, enterprise-grade way to do it.
+
+   * When you call the Gemini API via Vertex AI, you get all the benefits of the Google Cloud platform: security, data privacy, scalability, and integration with your
+     other cloud resources. This is the path for building production applications.
+   * There is another way to access Gemini: Google AI Studio. This is a web-based tool designed for rapid prototyping and experimentation. It's great for developers who
+     want to quickly try out prompts and build an API key, but it doesn't have the enterprise-level MLOps and governance features of Vertex AI.
+
+  Summary Table
+

add.go

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
@@ -14,15 +13,15 @@ import (
 func addFile(filename string) (*chatpb.Chats, error) {
 	data, err := os.ReadFile(filename)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to read file %s: %w", filename, err)
+		return nil, log.Errorf("failed to read file %s: %w", filename, err)
 	}
 
 	logData, err := chatpb.UnmarshalChatsTEXT(data)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to unmarshal log file %s: %w", filename, err)
+		return nil, log.Errorf("failed to unmarshal log file %s: %w", filename, err)
 	}
 
-	log.Infof("Successfully parsed log file: %s", filename)
+	log.Info("Successfully parsed log file: %s", filename)
 
 	// Get the directory of the log file to resolve relative content paths.
 	logDir := filepath.Dir(filename)
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@ func addFile(filename string) (*chatpb.Chats, error) {
 				contentPath := filepath.Join(logDir, contentFile)
 				contentBytes, err := os.ReadFile(contentPath)
 				if err != nil {
-					entry.Content = fmt.Sprintf("--- ERROR: Could not read content file %s: %v ---", contentPath, err)
+					entry.Content = log.Sprintf("--- ERROR: Could not read content file %s: %v ---", contentPath, err)
 				} else {
 					entry.Content = string(contentBytes)
 				}
@@ -48,7 +47,7 @@ func addFile(filename string) (*chatpb.Chats, error) {
 						snippetPath := filepath.Join(logDir, snippetFile)
 						contentBytes, err := os.ReadFile(snippetPath)
 						if err != nil {
-							snippet.Content = fmt.Sprintf("--- ERROR: Could not read snippet file %s: %v ---", snippetPath, err)
+							snippet.Content = log.Sprintf("--- ERROR: Could not read snippet file %s: %v ---", snippetPath, err)
 						} else {
 							snippet.Content = string(contentBytes)
 						}

addResponse.go

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"go.wit.com/log"
+	"google.golang.org/genai"
+)
+
+func addResponse(resp *genai.GenerateContentResponse) {
+	pb := convertToPB(resp)
+	log.Info(resp)
+	me.lastChat.AppendEntry(pb)
+	me.chats.ConfigSave()
+}

apiExampleCode.go

@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+package main
+
+// this is just example code the GO API's wrapper for handling statelessness
+// it doesn't really compile and is just junk Gemini AI sent back but I saved it here anyway
+
+/*
+func statelessnessExample() {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	// Get the API key from an environment variable
+	apiKey := os.Getenv("GEMINI_API_KEY")
+	if apiKey == "" {
+		log.Fatal("GEMINI_API_KEY environment variable not set")
+	}
+
+	// Create a new client
+	client, err := genai.NewClient(ctx, option.WithAPIKey(apiKey))
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer client.Close()
+
+	// Choose the model
+	model := client.GenerativeModel("gemini-1.5-flash")
+
+	// ---- Start a new chat session ----
+	cs := model.StartChat()
+	cs.History = []*genai.Content{} // Start with a clean history
+
+	// --- First message ---
+	fmt.Println("User: My brother's name is Paul.")
+	resp, err := cs.SendMessage(ctx, genai.Text("My brother's name is Paul."))
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	printResponse(resp)
+
+	// --- Second message ---
+	// The ChatSession now remembers the previous exchange.
+	fmt.Println("\nUser: What is my brother's name?")
+	resp, err = cs.SendMessage(ctx, genai.Text("What is my brother's name?"))
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	printResponse(resp)
+
+	// You can inspect the history at any time
+	// fmt.Println("\n--- Full Chat History ---")
+	// for _, content := range cs.History {
+	//     for _, part := range content.Parts {
+	//         fmt.Printf("Role: %s, Text: %v\n", content.Role, part)
+	//     }
+	// }
+}
+
+// Helper function to print the response
+func printResponse(resp *genai.GenerateContentResponse) {
+	for _, cand := range resp.Candidates {
+		if cand.Content != nil {
+			for _, part := range cand.Content.Parts {
+				fmt.Printf("Gemini: %v\n", part)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+*/

argv.go

@@ -10,29 +10,33 @@ package main
 var argv args
 
 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 regex-cli"`
-	Input            string       `arg:"--input"                              help:"should get a string from regex-cli"`
-	Editor           *EmptyCmd    `arg:"subcommand:editor"                    help:"open env EDITOR"`
-	ImportFile       string       `arg:"--import"                             help:"import a file from regex-cli"`
-	Stats            []string     `arg:"--stats"                              help:"add stats to a chat"`
-	NewChat          []string     `arg:"--new-chat"                           help:"create a new chat"`
-	GetNextAutoTopic bool         `arg:"--get-next-auto-topic"                help:"get the next auto topic name"`
-	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"`
+	Uuid     string       `arg:"--uuid"                               help:"look at this uuid"`
+	Topic    string       `arg:"--topic"                              help:"set the topic"`
+	JsonFile string       `arg:"--json"                               help:"import a JSON file from gemini-cli"`
+	Interact *EmptyCmd    `arg:"subcommand:interact"                  help:"open env EDITOR"`
+	Playback *PlaybackCmd `arg:"subcommand:playback"                  help:"dump your prior conversations to the terminal'"`
+	NewChat  *PlaybackCmd `arg:"subcommand:newchat"                   help:"used by gemini-cli on startup"`
+	Clean    *CleanCmd    `arg:"subcommand:clean"                     help:"cleanup the files in /tmp"`
+	Stats    string       `arg:"--stats"                              help:"add stats to a chat"`
+	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 {
 }
 
+type CleanCmd struct {
+	Match string `arg:"positional"`
+}
+
 type PlaybackCmd struct {
-	List *EmptyCmd `arg:"subcommand:list"                      help:"list memories"`
-	Long *EmptyCmd `arg:"subcommand:long"                      help:"show info on each chat"`
-	Uuid string    `arg:"--uuid"                               help:"look at this uuid"`
+	Last   *EmptyCmd `arg:"subcommand:last"                      help:"dump the last one"`
+	List   *EmptyCmd `arg:"subcommand:list"                      help:"list memories"`
+	Long   *EmptyCmd `arg:"subcommand:long"                      help:"show info on each chat"`
+	Purge  *EmptyCmd `arg:"subcommand:purge"                     help:"verify chat uuids & purge empty chats"`
+	Submit *EmptyCmd `arg:"subcommand:submit"                    help:"convert and submit the last entry"`
 }
 
 func (args) Version() string {

argvAutoshell.go

@@ -21,16 +21,16 @@ func deleteMatch() {
 }
 
 func (args) doBashAuto() {
-	argv.doBashHelp()
+	// argv.doBashHelp()
 	switch argv.BashAuto[0] {
 	case "playback":
-		fmt.Println("long --uuid")
+		fmt.Println("long --uuid purge last submit")
 	case "clean":
-		fmt.Println("user devel master")
+		fmt.Println("")
 	default:
 		if argv.BashAuto[0] == ARGNAME {
 			// list the subcommands here
-			fmt.Println("--add format playback editor")
+			fmt.Println("--json interact playback clean")
 		}
 	}
 	os.Exit(0)

convertToGenai.go

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/chatpb"
+	"google.golang.org/genai"
+)
+
+// convertToGenai transforms the parsed JSON request into the genai.Content format.
+func convertToGenai(req *chatpb.GeminiRequest) ([]*genai.Content, error) {
+	var contents []*genai.Content
+	for _, c := range req.GetContents() {
+		var genaiParts []*genai.Part
+		for _, p := range c.GetParts() {
+			switch v := p.GetPartType().(type) {
+			case *chatpb.Part_Text:
+				part := &genai.Part{Text: v.Text}
+				genaiParts = append(genaiParts, part)
+			}
+		}
+		contents = append(contents, &genai.Content{
+			Role:  c.GetRole(),
+			Parts: genaiParts,
+		})
+	}
+	return contents, nil
+}

convertToPB.go

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/chatpb"
+	"google.golang.org/genai"
+)
+
+func convertToPB(resp *genai.GenerateContentResponse) *chatpb.ChatEntry {
+	entry := &chatpb.ChatEntry{}
+
+	if resp == nil || len(resp.Candidates) == 0 || resp.Candidates[0].Content == nil {
+		return entry
+	}
+
+	content := resp.Candidates[0].Content
+	for _, part := range content.Parts {
+		if part.Text != "" {
+			entry.Parts = append(entry.Parts, &chatpb.Part{
+				PartType: &chatpb.Part_Text{Text: part.Text},
+			})
+		}
+		if fc := part.FunctionCall; fc != nil {
+			fmt.Printf("Gemini API requested to execute command: %s\n", fc.Name)
+			entry.Parts = append(entry.Parts, &chatpb.Part{
+				PartType: &chatpb.Part_FunctionCall{
+					FunctionCall: &chatpb.FunctionCall{
+						Name: fc.Name,
+						Args: &chatpb.ArgsInfo{}, // TODO: Properly map args from fc.Args map[string]any
+					},
+				},
+			})
+		}
+		if fr := part.FunctionResponse; fr != nil {
+			// Convert the FunctionResponse to the protobuf equivalent
+			entry.Parts = append(entry.Parts, &chatpb.Part{
+				PartType: &chatpb.Part_FunctionResponse{
+					FunctionResponse: &chatpb.FunctionResponse{
+						Name: fr.Name,
+						// TODO: Properly map the response content
+					},
+				},
+			})
+		}
+	}
+	return entry
+}

debugger.go

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package main
+
+/*
+	enables GUI options and the debugger in your application
+*/
+
+import (
+	"go.wit.com/lib/debugger"
+	"go.wit.com/log"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	if debugger.ArgDebug() {
+		log.Info("cmd line --debugger == true")
+		go func() {
+			log.Sleep(2)
+			debugger.DebugWindow()
+		}()
+	}
+}

doClean.go

@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+
+	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/chatpb"
+	"go.wit.com/log"
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/types/known/timestamppb"
+)
+
+func doClean() {
+	log.Info("find all files")
+	scanTmp()
+}
+
+func scanTmp() {
+	var count int
+	filepath.WalkDir("/tmp", func(path string, d os.DirEntry, err error) error {
+		if err != nil {
+			// Handle possible errors, like permission issues
+			// fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "error accessing path %q: %v\n", path, err)
+			// ignore all these problems
+			return err
+		}
+
+		/*
+			if d.IsDir() {
+				// log.Info("path is dir", path)
+				return nil
+			}
+		*/
+
+		_, fname := filepath.Split(path)
+		if !strings.HasPrefix(fname, "regex.") {
+			return nil
+		}
+		if count > 100 {
+			return log.Errorf("count exceeded")
+		}
+		if strings.HasPrefix(fname, "regex.gemini-api-response") {
+			// log.Info("response file:", fname)
+			return nil
+		}
+		if strings.Contains(fname, "gemini-api-request") {
+			// log.Info("response file:", fname)
+			if err := cleanGeminiFile(path); err == nil {
+				count += 1
+				return nil
+			} else {
+				return nil
+			}
+		}
+		if strings.HasSuffix(fname, ".stats") {
+			cleanStatsFile(path)
+			return nil
+		}
+		log.Info("check file:", path)
+		return nil
+	})
+}
+
+func cleanStatsFile(fullname string) {
+	log.Info("stats file", fullname)
+}
+
+func cleanGeminiFile(fullname string) error {
+	_, fname := filepath.Split(fullname)
+	if !strings.HasSuffix(fname, ".json") {
+		return log.Errorf("not really gemini-api-request .json")
+	}
+	parts := strings.Split(fname, ".")
+	if len(parts) == 5 {
+		if parts[2] != "gemini-api-request" {
+			return log.Errorf("not really gemini-api-request")
+		}
+	}
+	// log.Info("PARSE FILE:", fullname)
+	pb, err := parsePB(fullname)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Info("parsePB() %s err %v\n", fullname, err)
+		return log.Errorf("parsePB() %s err %v", fullname, err)
+	}
+	if pb == nil {
+		log.Info("parsePB() == nil\n")
+		return log.Errorf("parsePB() == nil")
+	}
+	uuid := parts[1]
+	if argv.Clean != nil && argv.Clean.Match != "" {
+		if !strings.HasPrefix(uuid, argv.Clean.Match) {
+			return log.Errorf("uuid %s does not match %s", uuid, argv.Clean.Match)
+		}
+	}
+	if chat := me.chats.FindUuid(uuid); chat != nil {
+		log.Info("found uuid in chat", uuid, pb.Model, chat.Uuid)
+		statf, err := os.Stat(fullname)
+		if err == nil {
+			age := statf.ModTime()
+			if chat.AddGeminiRequest(fname, age, pb) {
+				me.chats.ConfigSave()
+			} else {
+				log.Info("file was perfect. os.Remove() here", fullname)
+				chat.PrintChatGeminiTable()
+				os.Remove(fullname)
+
+			}
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+	id := parts[3]
+	if id == "1" {
+		log.Info("Insert new chat here", fullname, id)
+		statf, err := os.Stat(fullname)
+		if err == nil {
+			age := statf.ModTime()
+			c := new(chatpb.Chat)
+			c.Ctime = timestamppb.New(age)
+			c.Uuid = uuid
+			c.ChatName = "auto clean"
+			log.Info("new chat:", c.Uuid, c.Ctime)
+			me.chats.Append(c)
+			me.chats.ConfigSave()
+			okExit("")
+		}
+	}
+	log.Info("gemini JSON file uuid not found", fullname, id)
+	return log.Errorf("gemini JSON file uuid %s not found", uuid)
+}

doConnect.go

@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
+	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/chatpb"
+	"go.wit.com/log"
+	"google.golang.org/genai"
+)
+
+func initGeminiAPI() error {
+	if me.ctx != nil {
+		// already initialized
+		return nil
+	}
+	apiKey := os.Getenv("GEMINI_API_KEY")
+	if apiKey == "" {
+		return log.Errorf("GEMINI_API_KEY environment variable not set")
+	}
+
+	me.ctx = context.Background()
+	var err error
+	me.client, err = genai.NewClient(me.ctx, &genai.ClientConfig{APIKey: apiKey})
+	if err != nil {
+		return log.Errorf("failed to create new genai client: %w", err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// doConnect initializes the Gemini client and handles the request flow.
+func doConnect() error {
+	initGeminiAPI()
+
+	if me.lastChat == nil {
+		log.Info("WTF. lastChat is nil")
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	//	if me.lastChat.Entries == nil {
+	//		me.lastChat.Entries = new(chatpb.ChatEntry)
+	//	}
+
+	// In a real application, you would get user input here.
+	// For now, we'll use a hardcoded prompt.
+	if len(me.lastChat.GetEntries()) == 0 {
+		me.lastChat.Entries = append(me.lastChat.Entries, &chatpb.ChatEntry{
+			Parts: []*chatpb.Part{
+				{PartType: &chatpb.Part_Text{Text: "hello, how are you"}},
+			},
+		})
+	}
+
+	lastEntry := me.lastChat.GetEntries()[len(me.lastChat.GetEntries())-1]
+	genaiContents, err := convertToGenai(lastEntry.GetGeminiRequest())
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	resp, err := me.client.Models.GenerateContent(me.ctx, "gemini-2.5-flash", genaiContents, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return log.Errorf("error sending message: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if resp == nil || len(resp.Candidates) == 0 || resp.Candidates[0].Content == nil {
+		log.Info("Received an empty response from the API. Stopping.")
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// Append the model's response to the history
+	me.lastChat.Entries = append(me.lastChat.Entries, convertToPB(resp))
+
+	// Check for a function call
+	hasFunctionCall := false
+	for _, part := range resp.Candidates[0].Content.Parts {
+		if fc := part.FunctionCall; fc != nil {
+			hasFunctionCall = true
+			functionResponse := handleFunctionCall(fc)
+			// Append the function response to the history for the next turn
+			me.lastChat.Entries = append(me.lastChat.Entries, &chatpb.ChatEntry{
+				Parts: []*chatpb.Part{
+					{PartType: &chatpb.Part_FunctionResponse{
+						FunctionResponse: &chatpb.FunctionResponse{
+							Name: functionResponse.Name,
+							// TODO: map response
+						},
+					}},
+				},
+			})
+		}
+	}
+
+	// If there was no function call, print the text and stop.
+	if !hasFunctionCall {
+		log.Info("Response from API:")
+		for _, cand := range resp.Candidates {
+			if cand.Content != nil {
+				for _, part := range cand.Content.Parts {
+					if part.Text != "" {
+						fmt.Println(part.Text)
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// sampleHello sends a hardcoded prompt to the model and prints the response.
+func simpleHello() error {
+	log.Info("Sending 'hello, how are you' to the Gemini API...")
+
+	// Create the parts slice
+	parts := []*genai.Part{
+		{Text: "What is my brothers name?"},
+	}
+
+	content := []*genai.Content{{Parts: parts}}
+
+	resp, err := me.client.Models.GenerateContent(me.ctx, "gemini-2.5-flash", content, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return log.Errorf("error sending message: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	log.Info("Response from API:")
+	for _, cand := range resp.Candidates {
+		if cand.Content != nil {
+			for _, part := range cand.Content.Parts {
+				fmt.Println(part)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}

doConnect.go.notyet

@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"fmt"
-	"os"
-
-	"github.com/google/generative-ai-go/genai"
-	"google.golang.org/api/option"
-)
-
-// doConnect initializes and returns a Gemini client.
-// It reads the API key from the GEMINI_API_KEY environment variable.
-func doConnect() (*genai.GenerativeModel, error) {
-	apiKey := os.Getenv("GEMINI_API_KEY")
-	if apiKey == "" {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("GEMINI_API_KEY environment variable not set")
-	}
-
-	ctx := context.Background()
-	client, err := genai.NewClient(ctx, option.WithAPIKey(apiKey))
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create new genai client: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	model := client.GenerativeModel("gemini-pro")
-	return model, nil
-}

doGui.go

@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+// Copyright 2017-2025 WIT.COM Inc. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by the GPL 3.0
+
+package main
+
+// An app to submit patches for the 30 GO GUI repos
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"time"
+
+	"go.wit.com/gui"
+	"go.wit.com/lib/debugger"
+	"go.wit.com/lib/gadgets"
+	"go.wit.com/lib/gui/logsettings"
+	"go.wit.com/lib/gui/shell"
+	"go.wit.com/log"
+)
+
+func debug() {
+	time.Sleep(2 * time.Second)
+	for {
+		log.Info("idle loop() todo: could check for things here")
+		time.Sleep(90 * time.Second)
+	}
+}
+
+func doGui() {
+	me.myGui = gui.New()
+	// me.myGui.SetAppDefaultPlugin(me.forge.Config.DefaultGui)
+	me.myGui.Default()
+
+	win := gadgets.NewGenericWindow("regex: a WIT Cloud private AI tool", "Current Conversations")
+
+	drawWindow(win)
+
+	win.Custom = func() {
+		log.Warn("MAIN WINDOW CLOSE")
+		me.myGui.StandardExit()
+		os.Exit(0)
+	}
+	me.mainWindow = win
+
+	// sits here forever
+	debug()
+
+}
+
+func drawWindow(win *gadgets.GenericWindow) {
+	grid := win.Group.RawGrid()
+
+	grid.NewLabel("label worked")
+	grid.NextRow()
+
+	var insertWin *gadgets.GenericWindow
+	s := fmt.Sprintf("Show Chat Entries (%d)", me.chats.Len())
+	grid.NewButton(s, func() {
+		// if the window exists, just toggle it open or closed
+		if insertWin != nil {
+			insertWin.Toggle()
+			return
+		}
+
+		insertWin = makeChatsWindow()
+	})
+
+	grid.NewButton("simple hello", func() {
+		err := simpleHello()
+		if err != nil {
+			badExit(err)
+		}
+	})
+	grid.NewButton("submit question", func() {
+		doEditorOnce()
+	})
+	grid.NewButton("print playback", func() {
+		shell.RunVerbose([]string{"regex", "playback"})
+	})
+	grid.NewButton("clean", func() {
+		doClean()
+	})
+	grid.NextRow()
+
+	grid.NewButton("debugger", func() {
+		debugger.DebugWindow()
+	})
+	grid.NewButton("logging", func() {
+		logsettings.LogWindow()
+	})
+}
+
+// old things before they are removed, deprecated, fixed, etc
+func makeOldStuff() *gadgets.GenericWindow {
+	oldWin := gadgets.NewGenericWindow("old code", "old code on it's way out")
+
+	grid := oldWin.Group.RawGrid()
+
+	grid.NewButton("Release Window", func() {
+		log.Info("todo: move releaser here")
+	})
+
+	return oldWin
+}

doImport.go

@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-	"io/ioutil"
-	"time"
-
-	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/chatpb"
-	"go.wit.com/log"
-	"google.golang.org/protobuf/types/known/timestamppb"
-)
-
-func doImport(filename string) {
-	content, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filename)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Warn("Error reading import file:", err)
-		return
-	}
-
-	s := string(content)
-
-	// Load the existing chats.
-	all := chatpb.NewChats()
-	if err := all.ConfigLoad(); err != nil {
-		log.Warn("Error loading config, can't add to auto chat:", err)
-		return
-	}
-
-	// Find the "auto" chat.
-	var autoChat *chatpb.Chat
-	for _, chat := range all.GetChats() {
-		if chat.GetChatName() == "auto" {
-			autoChat = chat
-			break
-		}
-	}
-
-	// If the "auto" chat is found, add the new entry.
-	if autoChat != nil {
-		newEntry := &chatpb.ChatEntry{
-			From:  chatpb.Who_REGEX,
-			Ctime: timestamppb.New(time.Now()),
-			ToolCalls: []*chatpb.ToolCall{
-				{
-					Name:  "Shell",
-					Input: s,
-				},
-			},
-		}
-		autoChat.Entries = append(autoChat.Entries, newEntry)
-		if err := all.ConfigSave(); err != nil {
-			log.Warn("Error saving config after adding to auto chat:", err)
-		} else {
-			log.Info("Added new entry to 'auto' chat.")
-		}
-	}
-}

doInput.go

@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-	"os"
-	"time"
-
-	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/chatpb"
-	"go.wit.com/log"
-	"google.golang.org/protobuf/types/known/timestamppb"
-)
-
-func doInput(s string) {
-	filename := "/tmp/regex-input.log"
-	f, err := os.OpenFile(filename, os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, 0644)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Println(err)
-		return
-	}
-	defer f.Close()
-	if _, err := f.WriteString(s + "\n"); err != nil {
-		log.Println(err)
-	}
-
-	log.Info("INPUT LOGGED TO", filename)
-
-	// Load the existing chats.
-	all := chatpb.NewChats()
-	if err := all.ConfigLoad(); err != nil {
-		log.Warn("Error loading config, can't add to auto chat:", err)
-		return
-	}
-
-	// Find the "auto" chat.
-	var autoChat *chatpb.Chat
-	for _, chat := range all.GetChats() {
-		if chat.GetChatName() == "auto" {
-			autoChat = chat
-			break
-		}
-	}
-
-	// If the "auto" chat is found, add the new entry.
-	if autoChat != nil {
-		newEntry := &chatpb.ChatEntry{
-			From:    chatpb.Who_USER,
-			Content: s,
-			Ctime:   timestamppb.New(time.Now()),
-		}
-		autoChat.Entries = append(autoChat.Entries, newEntry)
-		if err := all.ConfigSave(); err != nil {
-			log.Warn("Error saving config after adding to auto chat:", err)
-		} else {
-			log.Info("Added new entry to 'auto' chat.")
-		}
-	}
-}

doInteract.go

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"go.wit.com/log"
 )
 
-func doEditor() error {
+func doInteract() error {
 	for {
 		filename, err := doEditorOnce()
 		if err != nil {
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func doEditor() error {
 			log.Error(err)
 		}
 		os.Remove("/tmp/regex.ready")
-		log.Infof("SessionID: %s", string(content))
+		log.Info("SessionID: %s", string(content))
 
 		logContent, err := ioutil.ReadFile("/tmp/regex.log")
 		if err != nil {

doJSON.go

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+// Copyright 2017-2025 WIT.COM Inc. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by the GPL 3.0
+
+package main
+
+// An app to submit patches for the 30 GO GUI repos
+
+import (
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+
+	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/chatpb"
+	"go.wit.com/log"
+)
+
+func doJSON() {
+	// now try to Marshal() into a protobuf
+	pb, err := parsePB(argv.JsonFile)
+	if err != nil {
+		badExit(err)
+	}
+	log.Info("GeminiContent pb.Marshal() worked pb.Contents len =", len(pb.Contents))
+	_, filename := filepath.Split(argv.JsonFile)
+	parts := strings.Split(filename, ".")
+
+	if len(parts) == 5 {
+		uuid := parts[1]
+		num, _ := strconv.Atoi(parts[3])
+		log.Info(uuid, parts)
+		if chat := me.chats.FindByUuid(uuid); chat != nil {
+			log.Info("FOUND CHAT", uuid, num)
+			newEntry := new(chatpb.ChatEntry)
+			newEntry.GeminiRequest = pb
+			newEntry.ContentFile = filename
+			newEntry.RequestCounter = int32(num)
+			chat.AppendEntry(newEntry)
+			me.chats.ConfigSave()
+		}
+	} else {
+	}
+	okExit("")
+}

doNewChat.go

@@ -1,28 +1,24 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
-
 	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/chatpb"
 	"go.wit.com/log"
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/types/known/timestamppb"
 )
 
 func doNewChat() {
-	if len(argv.NewChat) != 2 {
-		log.Error(fmt.Errorf("expected 2 arguments for --new-chat"))
+	if found := me.chats.FindByUuid(argv.Uuid); found != nil {
+		found.ChatName = argv.Topic
+		me.chats.ConfigSave()
 		return
 	}
-	uuid := argv.NewChat[0]
-	topic := argv.NewChat[1]
-
 	chat := &chatpb.Chat{
-		Uuid:     uuid,
-		ChatName: topic,
+		Uuid:     argv.Uuid,
+		ChatName: argv.Topic,
 		Ctime:    timestamppb.Now(),
 	}
 
 	me.chats.Chats = append(me.chats.Chats, chat)
 	me.chats.ConfigSave()
-	log.Info("created new chat for", uuid)
+	log.Info("created new chat for", argv.Uuid)
 }

doPlayback.go

@@ -1,20 +1,38 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
 	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/chatpb"
 	"go.wit.com/log"
 )
 
-func doPlayback() {
-	if argv.Playback.Uuid != "" {
-		showChat(argv.Playback.Uuid)
-		return
+func doPlayback() error {
+	if argv.Uuid != "" {
+		showChat(argv.Uuid)
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	if argv.Playback.Purge != nil {
+		doPurge()
+		return nil
 	}
 
 	listChats(me.chats)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func doPurge() {
+	changed := false
+	for _, chat := range me.chats.GetChats() {
+		if len(chat.GetEntries()) == 0 {
+			me.chats.Delete(chat)
+			changed = true
+		}
+	}
+	if changed {
+		me.chats.ConfigSave()
+	}
 }
 
 func showChat(uuid string) {
@@ -34,8 +52,8 @@ func listChats(chats *chatpb.Chats) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	log.Infof("Found %d chat topic(s) in the log.", len(chats.GetChats()))
-	fmt.Println("-------------------------------------------------")
+	log.Info("Found %d chat topic(s) in the log.", len(chats.GetChats()))
+	log.Println("-------------------------------------------------")
 
 	for _, chat := range chats.GetChats() {
 		entryCount := len(chat.GetEntries())
@@ -47,20 +65,28 @@ func listChats(chats *chatpb.Chats) {
 			formattedTime = "No Timestamp"
 		}
 
-		fmt.Printf("Topic: %-25s | Entries: %-4d | Started: %s | UUID: %s\n",
-			chat.GetChatName(),
+		log.Printf("Entries: %-4d | Started: %-25s | UUID: %s | %-25s\n",
 			entryCount,
 			formattedTime,
 			chat.GetUuid(),
+			chat.GetChatName(),
 		)
 	}
-	fmt.Println("-------------------------------------------------")
+	log.Println("-------------------------------------------------")
+
+	// Get the last chat
+	numChats := len(chats.GetChats())
+	if numChats > 0 {
+		me.lastChat = chats.GetChats()[numChats-1]
+		log.Printf("The current Gemini API session is UUID: %s\n", me.lastChat.GetUuid())
+		dumpchat(me.lastChat)
+	}
 }
 
 // print out one line for each chat entry
 func listEntries(chat *chatpb.Chat) {
-	fmt.Printf("--- Entries for Topic: %s ---\n", chat.GetChatName())
-	width := getTerminalWidth()
+	log.Printf("--- Entries for Topic: %s ---\n", chat.GetChatName())
+	width, _ := getTerminalWidth()
 
 	// Determine the maximum length of the author and time string
 	maxAuthorAndTimeLen := 0
@@ -73,7 +99,7 @@ func listEntries(chat *chatpb.Chat) {
 		} else {
 			formattedTime = "No Time"
 		}
-		authorAndTime := fmt.Sprintf("[%s] (%s)", author, formattedTime)
+		authorAndTime := log.Sprintf("[%s] (%s)", author, formattedTime)
 		if len(authorAndTime) > maxAuthorAndTimeLen {
 			maxAuthorAndTimeLen = len(authorAndTime)
 		}
@@ -94,7 +120,7 @@ func listEntries(chat *chatpb.Chat) {
 		// Replace newlines with spaces for a clean one-line view
 		contentPreview = strings.ReplaceAll(contentPreview, "\n", " ")
 
-		authorAndTime := fmt.Sprintf("[%s] (%s)", author, formattedTime)
+		authorAndTime := log.Sprintf("[%s] (%s)", author, formattedTime)
 
 		availableWidth := width - maxAuthorAndTimeLen - 1 // -1 for a space
 		if len(contentPreview) > availableWidth {
@@ -112,14 +138,14 @@ func listEntries(chat *chatpb.Chat) {
 			if authorAndTimePadding < 0 {
 				authorAndTimePadding = 0
 			}
-			fmt.Printf("%s%s%s%s\n", contentPreview, strings.Repeat(" ", padding), strings.Repeat(" ", authorAndTimePadding), authorAndTime)
+			log.Printf("%s%s%s%s\n", contentPreview, strings.Repeat(" ", padding), strings.Repeat(" ", authorAndTimePadding), authorAndTime)
 		} else {
 			padding := maxAuthorAndTimeLen - len(authorAndTime)
 			if padding < 0 {
 				padding = 0
 			}
-			fmt.Printf("%s%s %s\n", authorAndTime, strings.Repeat(" ", padding), contentPreview)
+			log.Printf("%s%s %s\n", authorAndTime, strings.Repeat(" ", padding), contentPreview)
 		}
 	}
-	fmt.Println("-------------------------------------------------")
+	log.Println("-------------------------------------------------")
 }

doStats.go

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
-	"fmt"
 
 	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/chatpb"
 	"go.wit.com/log"
@@ -10,12 +9,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 func doStats() {
-	if len(argv.Stats) != 2 {
-		log.Error(fmt.Errorf("expected 2 arguments for --stats"))
-		return
-	}
-	sessionUuid := argv.Stats[0]
-	statsString := argv.Stats[1]
+	sessionUuid := argv.Uuid
+	statsString := "todo: set this somehow"
 
 	// Find the "auto" chat, or create it if it doesn't exist.
 	var autoChat *chatpb.Chat
@@ -36,7 +31,7 @@ func doStats() {
 	var stats chatpb.SessionStats
 	err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(statsString), &stats)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Error(fmt.Errorf("error unmarshalling stats: %w", err))
+		log.Printf("error unmarshalling stats: %w", err)
 		return
 	}
 

dumpchat.go

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/chatpb"
+	"go.wit.com/log"
+)
+
+func dumpEntry(entry *chatpb.ChatEntry) {
+	log.Printf(entry.FormatTEXT())
+}
+
+func dumpchat(chat *chatpb.Chat) error {
+	entries := chat.GetEntries()
+	var lastEntry *chatpb.ChatEntry
+	if len(entries) > 0 {
+		lastEntry = entries[len(entries)-1]
+	} else {
+		return log.Errorf("no entries")
+	}
+	if argv.Playback.Last != nil {
+		dumpEntry(lastEntry)
+	}
+	if argv.Playback.Submit != nil {
+		if lastEntry.GeminiRequest == nil {
+			return log.Errorf("lastEntry.GeminiRequest == nil")
+		}
+		aichat, err := convertToGenai(lastEntry.GetGeminiRequest())
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Info("convertToGenai() returned with error", err)
+			return err
+		}
+		err = submitChat(aichat)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Info("submitChat() returned with error", err)
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}

getNextAutoTopic.go

@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+
+	"go.wit.com/log"
 )
 
-func doGetNextAutoTopic() {
-	if err := me.chats.ConfigLoad(); err != nil {
-		badExit(err)
-	}
+func getNextAutoTopic() {
 	max := 0
 	for _, chat := range me.chats.GetChats() {
 		if strings.HasPrefix(chat.GetChatName(), "Auto ") {
@@ -20,5 +18,5 @@ func doGetNextAutoTopic() {
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	fmt.Printf("Auto %d", max+1)
+	log.Printf("Auto %d", max+1)
 }

handleFunctionCall.go

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"go.wit.com/log"
+	"google.golang.org/genai"
+)
+
+// handleFunctionCall executes a command requested by the Gemini API and returns the result.
+func handleFunctionCall(fc *genai.FunctionCall) *genai.FunctionResponse {
+	if fc == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	if fc.Name != "run_shell_command" {
+		log.Infof("Unsupported function call: %s", fc.Name)
+		return &genai.FunctionResponse{
+			Name: fc.Name,
+			Response: map[string]any{
+				"error": fmt.Sprintf("Unsupported function call: %s", fc.Name),
+			},
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Extract arguments
+	cmd, _ := fc.Args["command"].(string)
+	dir, _ := fc.Args["directory"].(string)
+
+	if cmd == "" {
+		return &genai.FunctionResponse{
+			Name: fc.Name,
+			Response: map[string]any{
+				"error": "missing command argument",
+			},
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Execute the command (this is a placeholder for the actual execution)
+	// In a real implementation, you would use the run_shell_command tool here.
+	log.Infof("Executing command: '%s' in directory: '%s'", cmd, dir)
+	// For now, we'll return a dummy response.
+	// TODO: Replace this with actual command execution.
+
+	return &genai.FunctionResponse{
+		Name: fc.Name,
+		Response: map[string]any{
+			"output": "command executed successfully (dummy response)",
+		},
+	}
+}

json.go

@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"os"
+
+	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/chatpb"
+	"go.wit.com/log"
+)
+
+// GeminiRequest matches the overall structure of the gemini-cli JSON output.
+type GeminiRequest struct {
+	Model    string    `json:"model"`
+	Contents []Content `json:"contents"`
+	// Config is left as a raw message because its structure is complex and not needed for now.
+	Config json.RawMessage `json:"config"`
+}
+
+// Content matches the 'contents' array elements.
+type Content struct {
+	Role  string `json:"role"`
+	Parts []Part `json:"parts"`
+}
+
+// Part matches the 'parts' array elements.
+// It can contain one of several types of data.
+type Part struct {
+	Text             string            `json:"text,omitempty"`
+	ThoughtSignature string            `json:"thoughtSignature,omitempty"`
+	FunctionCall     *FunctionCall     `json:"functionCall,omitempty"`
+	FunctionResponse *FunctionResponse `json:"functionResponse,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// FunctionCall matches the 'functionCall' object.
+type FunctionCall struct {
+	Name string            `json:"name"`
+	Args map[string]string `json:"args"`
+}
+
+// FunctionResponse matches the 'functionResponse' object.
+type FunctionResponse struct {
+	ID       string                 `json:"id"`
+	Name     string                 `json:"name"`
+	Response map[string]interface{} `json:"response"`
+}
+
+func parsePB(filename string) (*chatpb.GeminiRequest, error) {
+	// Read the entire file
+	data, err := os.ReadFile(filename)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, log.Errorf("failed to read file %s: %w", filename, err)
+	}
+	pb := new(chatpb.GeminiRequest)
+	if err := pb.UnmarshalJSON(data); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return pb, nil
+}
+
+// parseJSON opens the given file, reads it, and unmarshals it into our structs.
+func parseJSON(filename string) (*GeminiRequest, error) {
+	log.Infof("Attempting to parse file: %s\n", filename)
+
+	// Read the entire file
+	data, err := os.ReadFile(filename)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, log.Errorf("failed to read file %s: %w", filename, err)
+	}
+
+	// Unmarshal the JSON data
+	var req *GeminiRequest
+	req = new(GeminiRequest)
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &req); err != nil {
+		return nil, log.Errorf("failed to unmarshal JSON from %s: %w", filename, err)
+	}
+
+	dumpSummaryJSON(req)
+	return req, nil
+}
+
+func dumpSummaryJSON(req *GeminiRequest) {
+	var totalFC, totalTexts, totalFR int
+
+	// Log the parsed data to confirm it worked
+
+	// Example of accessing deeper data
+	for _, content := range req.Contents {
+		// log.Infof("Content[%d] Role: %s", i, content.Role)
+		for _, part := range content.Parts {
+			if part.Text != "" {
+				// log.Infof("  Part[%d] Text: %.60s...", j, part.Text) // Print snippet
+				totalTexts += 1
+			}
+			if part.FunctionCall != nil {
+				// log.Infof("  Part[%d] FunctionCall: %s", j, part.FunctionCall.Name)
+				totalFC += 1
+			}
+			if part.FunctionResponse != nil {
+				// log.Infof("  Part[%d] FunctionCall: %s", j, part.FunctionCall.Name)
+				totalFR += 1
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	log.Printf("Parsed JSON (Model: %s) (# of content blocks %d) (Text #=%d) (FC=%d) (FR=%d)\n", req.Model, len(req.Contents), totalTexts, totalFC, totalFR)
+}
+
+func dumpFullJSON(req *GeminiRequest) {
+	// Log the parsed data to confirm it worked
+	log.Info("Successfully parsed JSON file.")
+	log.Infof("Model: %s", req.Model)
+	log.Infof("Number of content blocks: %d", len(req.Contents))
+
+	// Example of accessing deeper data
+	for i, content := range req.Contents {
+		log.Infof("Content[%d] Role: %s", i, content.Role)
+		for j, part := range content.Parts {
+			if part.Text != "" {
+				log.Infof("  Part[%d] Text: %.60s...", j, part.Text) // Print snippet
+			}
+			if part.FunctionCall != nil {
+				log.Infof("  Part[%d] FunctionCall: %s", j, part.FunctionCall.Name)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}

main.go

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ var ARGNAME string = "regex"
 var configSave bool
 
 func main() {
+	var err error
 	me = new(mainType)
 	gui.InitArg()
 	me.pp = arg.MustParse(&argv)
@@ -45,21 +46,47 @@ func main() {
 		os.Exit(0)
 	}
 
+	// load the default chat protobuf
 	me.chats = chatpb.NewChats()
 	if err := me.chats.ConfigLoad(); err != nil {
 		badExit(err)
 	}
+
+	// verify all the chats have Uuid's
 	if verifyUuids(me.chats) {
 		me.chats.ConfigSave()
 	}
 
-	if argv.GetNextAutoTopic {
-		doGetNextAutoTopic()
+	// Get the last chat
+	numChats := len(me.chats.GetChats())
+	if numChats > 0 {
+		me.lastChat = me.chats.GetChats()[numChats-1]
+		log.Printf("The current Gemini API session is UUID: %s\n", me.lastChat.GetUuid())
+	}
+
+	err = initGeminiAPI()
+	if err != nil {
+		badExit(err)
+	}
+
+	if argv.JsonFile != "" {
+		doJSON()
 		okExit("")
 	}
 
-	if argv.Editor != nil {
-		doEditor()
+	if argv.Interact != nil {
+		log.Info("testing AI client with simpleHello()")
+		err = simpleHello()
+		if err != nil {
+			badExit(err)
+		}
+
+		doInteract()
+		okExit("")
+	}
+
+	if argv.Stats != "" {
+		doStats()
 		okExit("")
 	}
 
@@ -68,61 +95,24 @@ func main() {
 		okExit("")
 	}
 
-	if argv.Stats != nil {
-		doStats()
-		okExit("")
-	}
-
-	if argv.Output != "" {
-		doOutput(argv.Output)
-		okExit("")
-	}
-
-	if argv.Input != "" {
-		doInput(argv.Input)
-		okExit("")
-	}
-
-	if argv.ImportFile != "" {
-		doImport(argv.ImportFile)
-		okExit("")
-	}
-
-	if argv.Add != "" {
-		newChats, err := addFile(argv.Add)
-		if err != nil {
-			badExit(err)
-		}
-		verifyUuids(newChats)
-
-		for _, newChat := range newChats.GetChats() {
-			me.chats.AppendByUuid(newChat)
-			log.Info("Attempting to add chat", newChat.ChatName)
-		}
-
-		me.chats.ConfigSave()
-		okExit("")
-	}
-
 	if argv.Playback != nil {
-		if argv.Playback.Uuid != "" {
-			showChat(argv.Playback.Uuid)
+		if argv.Uuid != "" {
+			showChat(argv.Uuid)
 		} else {
 			doPlayback()
 		}
 		okExit("")
 	}
 
-	// if opening the GUI, always check git for dirty repos
-	log.Info("look for 'auto' here")
-	// Find the "auto" chat.
-	for _, chat := range me.chats.GetChats() {
-		if chat.GetChatName() == "auto" {
-			prettyFormatChat(chat)
-			okExit("")
-		}
+	if argv.Clean != nil {
+		doClean()
+		okExit("")
 	}
-	// doGui()
+
+	doGui()
+
+	// by default, start interacting with gemini-cli
+	// me.pp.WriteHelp(os.Stdout)
 	okExit("")
 }
 

prettyFormat.go

@@ -7,20 +7,20 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
 	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/chatpb"
+	"go.wit.com/log"
 )
 
 const termWidth = 100 // The target width for the formatted output boxes.
 
 // prettyFormatChat is the main entry point to print a detailed view of a Chat topic.
 func prettyFormatChat(chat *chatpb.Chat) {
-	fmt.Printf("\n========================================================\n")
-	fmt.Printf("== Chat Topic: %s (UUID: %s)\n", chat.GetChatName(), chat.GetUuid())
-	fmt.Printf("========================================================\n\n")
+	log.Printf("\n========================================================\n")
+	log.Printf("== Chat Topic: %s (UUID: %s)\n", chat.GetChatName(), chat.GetUuid())
+	log.Printf("========================================================\n\n")
 
 	for _, entry := range chat.GetEntries() {
 		author := entry.GetFrom().String()
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func prettyFormatChat(chat *chatpb.Chat) {
 				printCodeSnippet(snippet)
 			}
 		}
-		fmt.Println()
+		log.Println()
 	}
 }
 
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ func printContent(author, timestamp, content string) {
 }
 
 func printLeftAligned(author, timestamp, content string) {
-	prefix := fmt.Sprintf("✦ %s (%s):", author, timestamp)
-	fmt.Println(prefix)
+	prefix := log.Sprintf("✦ %s (%s):", author, timestamp)
+	log.Println(prefix)
 
 	indent := "\t"
 	contentWidth := termWidth - 8 // 8 spaces for a standard tab
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func printLeftAligned(author, timestamp, content string) {
 	for _, paragraph := range paragraphs {
 		words := strings.Fields(paragraph)
 		if len(words) == 0 {
-			fmt.Println() // Preserve paragraph breaks
+			log.Println() // Preserve paragraph breaks
 			continue
 		}
 
@@ -85,19 +85,19 @@ func printLeftAligned(author, timestamp, content string) {
 			if len(currentLine)+1+len(word) <= contentWidth {
 				currentLine += " " + word
 			} else {
-				fmt.Println(currentLine)
+				log.Println(currentLine)
 				currentLine = indent + word
 			}
 		}
-		fmt.Println(currentLine)
+		log.Println(currentLine)
 	}
 }
 
 func printRightAligned(author, timestamp, content string) {
-	prefix := fmt.Sprintf("(%s) %s ✦", timestamp, author)
+	prefix := log.Sprintf("(%s) %s ✦", timestamp, author)
 
 	// Print the prefix first, right-aligned.
-	fmt.Printf("%*s\n", termWidth, prefix)
+	log.Printf("%*s\n", termWidth, prefix)
 
 	// The available width for the text.
 	contentWidth := termWidth - 8 // Leave a tab's worth of margin on the left
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ func printRightAligned(author, timestamp, content string) {
 	for _, paragraph := range paragraphs {
 		words := strings.Fields(paragraph)
 		if len(words) == 0 {
-			fmt.Println() // Preserve paragraph breaks
+			log.Println() // Preserve paragraph breaks
 			continue
 		}
 
@@ -117,12 +117,12 @@ func printRightAligned(author, timestamp, content string) {
 				currentLine += " " + word
 			} else {
 				// Print the completed line, right-aligned.
-				fmt.Printf("%*s\n", termWidth, currentLine)
+				log.Printf("%*s\n", termWidth, currentLine)
 				currentLine = word
 			}
 		}
 		// Print the last remaining line of the paragraph, right-aligned.
-		fmt.Printf("%*s\n", termWidth, currentLine)
+		log.Printf("%*s\n", termWidth, currentLine)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -130,11 +130,11 @@ func printTable(table *chatpb.Table) {
 	if table == nil || len(table.GetRows()) == 0 {
 		return
 	}
-	fmt.Println("┌─[ Table Data ]──────────────────────────────────────────")
+	log.Println("┌─[ Table Data ]──────────────────────────────────────────")
 	for _, row := range table.GetRows() {
-		fmt.Printf("│ %s\n", strings.Join(row.GetFields(), " │ "))
+		log.Printf("│ %s\n", strings.Join(row.GetFields(), " │ "))
 	}
-	fmt.Printf("└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────\n\n")
+	log.Printf("└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────\n\n")
 }
 
 func printCodeSnippet(snippet *chatpb.CodeSnippet) {
@@ -142,11 +142,11 @@ func printCodeSnippet(snippet *chatpb.CodeSnippet) {
 	code := snippet.GetContent()
 	language := filepath.Base(snippet.GetFilename()) // Still useful for display
 
-	fmt.Println() // Add extra line feed for spacing
+	log.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))
+	topBorder := log.Sprintf("┌─[ Code Snippet: %s ]", language)
+	log.Printf("%s%s┐\n", topBorder, strings.Repeat("─", termWidth-len(topBorder)-1))
 
 	// --- Content Lines ---
 	for _, line := range strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(code), "\n") {
@@ -155,17 +155,17 @@ func printCodeSnippet(snippet *chatpb.CodeSnippet) {
 		if padding < 0 {
 			padding = 0 // Should not happen with wrapping, but as a safeguard
 		}
-		fmt.Printf("│ %s%s │\n", line, strings.Repeat(" ", padding))
+		log.Printf("│ %s%s │\n", line, strings.Repeat(" ", padding))
 	}
 
 	// --- Bottom Border ---
-	fmt.Printf("└%s┘\n\n", strings.Repeat("─", termWidth-2))
+	log.Printf("└%s┘\n\n", strings.Repeat("─", termWidth-2))
 }
 
 func printToolCallBox(tc *chatpb.ToolCall) {
 	boxWidth := termWidth - 2
-	fmt.Printf(" ╭%s╮\n", strings.Repeat("─", boxWidth))
-	header := fmt.Sprintf(" ✔  %s %s (%s)", tc.GetName(), tc.GetInput(), tc.GetDescription())
+	log.Printf(" ╭%s╮\n", strings.Repeat("─", boxWidth))
+	header := log.Sprintf(" ✔  %s %s (%s)", tc.GetName(), tc.GetInput(), tc.GetDescription())
 	printWrappedLine(header, boxWidth)
 	printEmptyLine(boxWidth)
 	if stdout := tc.GetOutputStdout(); stdout != "" {
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ func printToolCallBox(tc *chatpb.ToolCall) {
 		}
 	}
 	printEmptyLine(boxWidth)
-	fmt.Printf(" ╰%s╯\n", strings.Repeat("─", boxWidth))
+	log.Printf(" ╰%s╯\n", strings.Repeat("─", boxWidth))
 }
 
 func printWrappedLine(text string, width int) {
@@ -188,12 +188,12 @@ func printWrappedLine(text string, width int) {
 		return
 	}
 	for len(text) > width {
-		fmt.Printf(" │ %-*s │\n", width, text[:width])
+		log.Printf(" │ %-*s │\n", width, text[:width])
 		text = text[width:]
 	}
-	fmt.Printf(" │ %-*s │\n", width, text)
+	log.Printf(" │ %-*s │\n", width, text)
 }
 
 func printEmptyLine(width int) {
-	fmt.Printf(" │ %*s │\n", width, "")
+	log.Printf(" │ %*s │\n", width, "")
 }

stats.go

@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+package main
+
+/*
+	// The following are the Go equivalents of the gemini-cli's TypeScript
+	// interfaces for session statistics. You can use these to collect and
+	// store metrics in your application.
+
+	// ToolCallDecision represents the user's decision on a tool call.
+	type ToolCallDecision string
+
+	const (
+		Accept     ToolCallDecision = "accept"
+		Reject     ToolCallDecision = "reject"
+		Modify     ToolCallDecision = "modify"
+		AutoAccept ToolCallDecision = "auto_accept"
+	)
+
+	// ToolCallStats holds the statistics for a single tool.
+	type ToolCallStats struct {
+		Count      int
+		Success    int
+		Fail       int
+		DurationMs int
+		Decisions  map[ToolCallDecision]int
+	}
+
+	// ModelMetrics holds the statistics for a single model.
+	type ModelMetrics struct {
+		API struct {
+			TotalRequests  int
+			TotalErrors    int
+			TotalLatencyMs int
+		}
+		Tokens struct {
+			Prompt     int
+			Candidates int
+			Total      int
+			Cached     int
+			Thoughts   int
+			Tool       int
+		}
+	}
+
+	// SessionMetrics holds all the statistics for a session.
+	type SessionMetrics struct {
+		Models map[string]ModelMetrics
+		Tools  struct {
+			TotalCalls      int
+			TotalSuccess    int
+			TotalFail       int
+			TotalDurationMs int
+			TotalDecisions  map[ToolCallDecision]int
+			ByName          map[string]ToolCallStats
+		}
+		Files struct {
+			TotalLinesAdded   int
+			TotalLinesRemoved int
+		}
+	}
+
+	// You will need to initialize and update this struct as your application
+	// makes API calls and runs tools.
+	var sessionMetrics SessionMetrics
+
+	// Example of how you might update the metrics after an API call:
+	// modelMetrics := sessionMetrics.Models["gemini-pro"]
+	// modelMetrics.API.TotalRequests++
+	// ... and so on.
+*/

structs.go

@@ -4,16 +4,24 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"context"
+
 	"go.wit.com/dev/alexflint/arg"
 	"go.wit.com/gui"
+	"go.wit.com/lib/gadgets"
 	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/chatpb"
+	"google.golang.org/genai"
 )
 
 var me *mainType
 
 // this app's variables
 type mainType struct {
-	pp    *arg.Parser   // for parsing the command line args.  Yay to alexf lint!
-	chats *chatpb.Chats // all our prior conversations with regex
-	myGui *gui.Node     // the gui toolkit handle
+	pp         *arg.Parser            // for parsing the command line args.  Yay to alexf lint!
+	chats      *chatpb.Chats          // all our prior conversations with regex
+	client     *genai.Client          // the Google Gemini AI client variable
+	ctx        context.Context        // global context. what does this acutally mean?
+	lastChat   *chatpb.Chat           // the last chat. append to here
+	myGui      *gui.Node              // the gui toolkit handle
+	mainWindow *gadgets.GenericWindow // the main GUI window
 }

submitChat.go

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"go.wit.com/log"
+	"google.golang.org/genai"
+)
+
+func submitChat(content []*genai.Content) error {
+	resp, err := me.client.Models.GenerateContent(me.ctx, "gemini-2.5-flash", content, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return log.Errorf("error sending message: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	log.Info("Response from API:")
+	for _, cand := range resp.Candidates {
+		if cand.Content != nil {
+			for _, part := range cand.Content.Parts {
+				fmt.Println(part)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	// TODO: add the response to the protobuf
+	addResponse(resp)
+	return nil
+}

termSize.go

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"log"
+	"os"
+
+	"golang.org/x/term"
+)
+
+// getTerminalWidth returns the width of the active terminal.
+// If the output is not an interactive terminal (e.g., it's being piped to a file
+// or another command), it returns a default width and false.
+func getTerminalWidth() (int, bool) {
+	// term.IsTerminal checks if the given file descriptor is connected to a terminal.
+	// We use os.Stdout.Fd() to check the standard output.
+	if term.IsTerminal(int(os.Stdout.Fd())) {
+		// term.GetSize returns the dimensions of the given terminal.
+		width, _, err := term.GetSize(int(os.Stdout.Fd()))
+		if err != nil {
+			// If we can't get the size for some reason, fall back to the default.
+			log.Printf("could not get terminal size: %v", err)
+			return 120, false
+		}
+		return width, true
+	}
+
+	// If it's not a terminal, return the default width.
+	return 120, false
+}
+
+// truncateString shortens a string to the specified length, adding an ellipsis if truncated.
+func truncateString(s string, maxLength int) string {
+	if len(s) <= maxLength {
+		return s
+	}
+	// Subtract 3 to make room for the ellipsis "..."
+	if maxLength < 3 {
+		return "..."
+	}
+	return s[:maxLength-3] + "..."
+}

terminal_width.go

@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-	"os"
-
-	"golang.org/x/term"
-)
-
-func getTerminalWidth() int {
-	width, _, err := term.GetSize(int(os.Stdout.Fd()))
-	if err != nil {
-		// Return a default width if there's an error
-		return 80
-	}
-	return width
-}

windowBook.go

@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+// Copyright 2017-2025 WIT.COM Inc. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by the GPL 3.0
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+
+	"go.wit.com/lib/gadgets"
+	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/chatpb"
+	"go.wit.com/log"
+)
+
+func makeBookWindow(all *chatpb.Books) *gadgets.GenericWindow {
+	bookWin := gadgets.NewGenericWindow("regex Books", "Display Books")
+	bookWin.Win.Custom = func() {
+		log.Info("test delete window here")
+	}
+	grid := bookWin.Group.RawGrid()
+
+	var t *chatpb.BooksTable
+	grid.NewButton("show", func() {
+		if t != nil {
+			log.Info("Delete the table first")
+			return
+		}
+		// display the protobuf
+		t = addBooksPB(bookWin, all)
+		f := func(chat *chatpb.Book) {
+			log.Info("got to BookTable.Custom() id =", chat.GetUuid(), chat.GetTitle())
+		}
+		t.Custom(f)
+		log.Info("table has uuid", t.GetUuid())
+	})
+
+	grid.NewButton("delete PB table", func() {
+		if t != nil {
+			t.Delete()
+			t = nil
+			log.Info("Table should have been deleted")
+		}
+	})
+	// display the protobuf
+	t = addBooksPB(bookWin, all)
+	f := func(chat *chatpb.Book) {
+		log.Info("got to BookTable.Custom() id =", chat.GetUuid(), chat.GetTitle())
+	}
+	t.Custom(f)
+	log.Info("table has uuid", t.GetUuid())
+
+	return bookWin
+}
+
+func addBooksPB(win *gadgets.GenericWindow, pb *chatpb.Books) *chatpb.BooksTable {
+	t := pb.NewTable("testForgeRepos")
+	t.NewUuid()
+	tbox := win.Bottom.Box().SetProgName("TBOX")
+	t.SetParent(tbox)
+
+	sf := t.AddStringFunc("uuid", func(r *chatpb.Book) string {
+		return r.GetUuid()
+	})
+	sf.Custom = func(r *chatpb.Book) {
+		log.Info("todo: fix mouseClick() on stringFunc in GUI table", r.GetUuid())
+	}
+
+	// add a general show button
+	bf := t.AddButtonFunc("cur version", func(chat *chatpb.Book) string { return "submit" })
+	bf.Custom = func(book *chatpb.Book) {
+		log.Info("convert pb to genai GO API HERE", book.GetUuid())
+		if book.GetGeminiRequest() == nil {
+			return
+		}
+		aichat, err := convertToGenai(book.GetGeminiRequest())
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Info("convertToGenai() returned with error", err)
+			return
+		}
+		err = submitChat(aichat)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Info("submitChat() returned with error", err)
+			return
+		}
+		log.Info("submitChat() appears to have worked?")
+	}
+
+	// show the age of the chat
+	t.AddTimeFunc("age", func(book *chatpb.Book) time.Time {
+		return book.GetCtime().AsTime()
+	})
+	t.AddTitle()
+	// t.AddVersion()
+
+	// make a button to show content in the *genai.GeminiRequest structures
+	genaiButton := t.AddButtonFunc("# of parts", func(book *chatpb.Book) string {
+		if book.GeminiRequest == nil {
+			return "nil"
+		}
+		var req = book.GeminiRequest
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%d", len(req.Contents))
+	})
+	genaiButton.Custom = func(book *chatpb.Book) {
+		log.Info("show *genai.GeminiRequsts for", book.GetUuid())
+		book.GeminiRequest.PrintGeminiTable()
+	}
+
+	// draw the tabel (send the gui protobuf to the GO plugin)
+	t.ShowTable()
+	return t
+}

windowChats.go

@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+// Copyright 2017-2025 WIT.COM Inc. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by the GPL 3.0
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+
+	"go.wit.com/lib/gadgets"
+	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/chatpb"
+	"go.wit.com/log"
+)
+
+/*
+type stdReposTableWin struct {
+	sync.Mutex
+	win    *gadgets.GenericWindow // the machines gui window
+	boxTB  *gui.Node              // the machines gui parent box widget
+	TB     *gitpb.ReposTable      // the gui table buffer
+	pb     *gitpb.Repos           // the current repos protobuf
+	update bool                   // if the window should be updated
+}
+
+func (w *stdReposTableWin) Toggle() {
+	if w == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	if w.win == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	w.win.Toggle()
+}
+*/
+
+func makeChatsWindow() *gadgets.GenericWindow {
+	insertWin := gadgets.NewGenericWindow("regex Chats", "Display Chats")
+	insertWin.Win.Custom = func() {
+		log.Info("test delete window here")
+		insertWin.Hide()
+	}
+	grid := insertWin.Group.RawGrid()
+
+	var t *chatpb.ChatsTable
+	grid.NewButton("show", func() {
+		if t != nil {
+			log.Info("Delete the table first")
+			return
+		}
+		// display the protobuf
+		t = addChatsPB(insertWin, me.chats)
+		f := func(chat *chatpb.Chat) {
+			log.Info("got to ChatTable.Custom() id =", chat.GetUuid(), chat.GetChatName())
+		}
+		t.Custom(f)
+		log.Info("table has uuid", t.GetUuid())
+	})
+
+	grid.NewButton("delete PB table", func() {
+		if t != nil {
+			t.Delete()
+			t = nil
+			log.Info("Table should have been deleted")
+		}
+	})
+	// display the protobuf
+	t = addChatsPB(insertWin, me.chats)
+	f := func(chat *chatpb.Chat) {
+		log.Info("got to ChatTable.Custom() id =", chat.GetUuid(), chat.GetChatName())
+	}
+	t.Custom(f)
+	log.Info("table has uuid", t.GetUuid())
+
+	return insertWin
+}
+
+func addChatsPB(win *gadgets.GenericWindow, pb *chatpb.Chats) *chatpb.ChatsTable {
+	t := pb.NewTable("testForgeRepos")
+	t.NewUuid()
+	tbox := win.Bottom.Box().SetProgName("TBOX")
+	t.SetParent(tbox)
+
+	sf := t.AddStringFunc("uuid", func(r *chatpb.Chat) string {
+		return r.GetUuid()
+	})
+	sf.Custom = func(r *chatpb.Chat) {
+		log.Info("todo: fix mouseClick() on stringFunc in GUI table", r.GetUuid())
+	}
+
+	// add a general show button
+	bf := t.AddButtonFunc("cur version", func(chat *chatpb.Chat) string { return "show" })
+	bf.Custom = func(r *chatpb.Chat) {
+		log.Info("todo: show a chat window here", r.GetUuid())
+	}
+
+	// show the age of the chat
+	t.AddTimeFunc("age", func(chat *chatpb.Chat) time.Time {
+		return chat.GetCtime().AsTime()
+	})
+	t.AddChatName()
+
+	// make a button to show the ChatEntries
+	entryButton := t.AddButtonFunc("Entries", func(chat *chatpb.Chat) string {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%d", len(chat.GetEntries()))
+	})
+	entryButton.Custom = func(chat *chatpb.Chat) {
+		log.Info("show entries for", chat.GetUuid())
+		chat.PrintChatEntriesTable()
+	}
+
+	// make a button to show the Stats (old stuff from gemini-cli)
+	statsButton := t.AddButtonFunc("Stats", func(chat *chatpb.Chat) string {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%d", len(chat.GetSession()))
+	})
+	statsButton.Custom = func(chat *chatpb.Chat) {
+		log.Info("show gemini-cli /stats for", chat.GetUuid())
+		chat.PrintChatStatsTable()
+	}
+
+	// make a button to show content in the *genai.GeminiRequest structures
+	genaiButton := t.AddButtonFunc("# of genai.Req's", func(chat *chatpb.Chat) string {
+		var counter int
+		for _, entry := range chat.GetEntries() {
+			if entry.GeminiRequest != nil {
+				counter += 1
+			}
+		}
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%d", counter)
+	})
+	genaiButton.Custom = func(chat *chatpb.Chat) {
+		log.Info("show *genai.GeminiRequsts for", chat.GetUuid())
+		chat.PrintChatGeminiTable()
+		pb := makeBooksTable(chat)
+		makeBookWindow(pb)
+	}
+
+	// draw the tabel (send the gui protobuf to the GO plugin)
+	t.ShowTable()
+	return t
+}
+
+func makeBooksTable(chat *chatpb.Chat) *chatpb.Books {
+	var pb *chatpb.Books
+
+	pb = chatpb.NewBooks()
+	pb.TitleUuid = chat.Uuid
+
+	for _, entry := range chat.GetEntries() {
+		if entry.GeminiRequest == nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		newb := new(chatpb.Book)
+		newb.Ctime = entry.Ctime
+		newb.Uuid = entry.Uuid
+		newb.From = entry.From
+		newb.Title = entry.ContentFile
+		newb.GeminiRequest = entry.GeminiRequest
+		pb.Append(newb)
+	}
+	pb.ConfigSave()
+	return pb
+}