diff --git a/argv.go b/argv.go
index a8082e3..4da88d5 100644
--- a/argv.go
+++ b/argv.go
@@ -41,41 +41,12 @@ and with the right geometries. TODO: restore the bash working paths
 	`
 }
 
-func deleteMatch() {
-	// f := forgedb.InitSimple()
-	fmt.Println("go.wit.com/lib/gui/repostatus todo: need to do this")
-}
-
-// 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 {
-		// 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() {
-	argv.doBashHelp()
-	switch argv.BashAuto[0] {
+func (a args) DoAutoComplete(argv []string) {
+	switch argv[0] {
 	case "dump":
 		fmt.Println("--terminals")
 	default:
-		if argv.BashAuto[0] == ARGNAME {
+		if argv[0] == ARGNAME {
 			// list the subcommands here
 			fmt.Println("--restore save dump dumpx")
 		}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 1dca01f..8557d36 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -7,11 +7,9 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"os"
 
 	"go.wit.com/dev/alexflint/arg"
-	"go.wit.com/gui"
-	"go.wit.com/lib/fhelp"
+	"go.wit.com/lib/gui/prep"
 	"go.wit.com/log"
 )
 
@@ -29,18 +27,10 @@ var configFile string = "/home/jcarr/.config/startxplacement.out"
 
 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.DumpX != nil {
 		doDumpX()
 	}
diff --git a/structs.go b/structs.go
index 178a187..6251719 100644
--- a/structs.go
+++ b/structs.go
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"go.wit.com/dev/alexflint/arg"
-	"go.wit.com/gui"
+	"go.wit.com/lib/gui/prep"
 )
 
 var me *mainType
 
 // this app's variables
 type mainType struct {
-	pp    *arg.Parser // for parsing the command line args.  Yay to alexf lint!
-	myGui *gui.Node   // the gui toolkit handle
+	pp    *arg.Parser   // for parsing the command line args.  Yay to alexf lint!
+	myGui *prep.GuiPrep // the gui toolkit handle
 }