diff --git a/gocuiView.proto b/gocuiView.proto
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--- a/gocuiView.proto
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@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-syntax = "proto3";
-
-// including this in a plugin seems to keep it from loading at this point
-
-package main;
-
-import "google/protobuf/timestamp.proto"; // Import the well-known type for Timestamp
-
-// maybe put all the gocui specific stuff here.
-message GocuiState {                              // `autogenpb:nomutex`
-        bool                  visible       = 1;
-        bool                  internal      = 2;
-        int64                 w0            = 3;
-        int64                 h0            = 4;
-        int64                 w1            = 5;
-        int64                 h1            = 6;
-}
-
-message ViewSettings {                            // `autogenpb:nomutex`
-        bool                  pack          = 1;
-        int64                 framesize     = 5;
-}
-
-message Tree {
-        View                  parent        = 1;
-        repeated View         children      = 2;
-        View                  node          = 3;
-}
-
-// this is the gocui 'view' in binary tree form
-message GocuiView {
-        int64                 widgetId      = 3;  // `autogenpb:unique` `autogenpb:sort`
-        string                name          = 4;  // `autogenpb:unique` `autogenpb:sort`
-        GocuiState            state         = 7;
-}
-
-message GocuiViews {                                   // `autogenpb:marshal` `autogenpb:mutex`
-        string                uuid          = 1;  // `autogenpb:uuid:d19c1fbb-32c2-4957-aee6-f8128a511dca`
-        string                version       = 2;  // `autogenpb:version:v0.0.1`
-        repeated GocuiView         GocuiViews         = 3;
-        Tree                  tree          = 4;
-        map<string, string>   junk          = 5;
-        ViewSettings          settings      = 6;
-}