nicer help menu & stdout behavior

eventBindings.go

@@ -32,25 +32,23 @@ func registerHandlers(g *gocui.Gui) {
 	g.SetKeybinding("", keyForced, modForced, handle_ctrl_z)          // CTRL-Z :cleverly let's you background gocui (breaks cursor mouse on return)
 
 	// regular keys
-	g.SetKeybinding("", '?', gocui.ModNone, theHelp)       // '?' toggles on and off the help menu
+	g.SetKeybinding("", 'H', gocui.ModNone, theHelp)   // '?' toggles on and off the help menu
-	g.SetKeybinding("", 'w', gocui.ModNone, doWindow)      // 'w' close all windows
+	g.SetKeybinding("", 'O', gocui.ModNone, theStdout) // 'o' toggle the STDOUT window
-	g.SetKeybinding("", 'r', gocui.ModNone, widgetRefresh) // 'r' screen refresh
+	g.SetKeybinding("", 'q', gocui.ModNone, doExit)    // 'q' exit
-	g.SetKeybinding("", 'q', gocui.ModNone, doExit)        // 'q' exit
 
 	// debugging
-	g.SetKeybinding("", 'f', gocui.ModNone, theFind)               // 'f' shows what is under your mouse
+	g.SetKeybinding("", '2', gocui.ModNone, theNotsure)            // '2' use this to test new ideas
-	g.SetKeybinding("", 'S', gocui.ModNone, setSuperMouse)         // 'S' Super Mouse mode!
+	g.SetKeybinding("", 'S', gocui.ModNone, theSuperMouse)         // 'S' Super Mouse mode!
-	g.SetKeybinding("", 'h', gocui.ModNone, theHide)               // 'h' hide all widgets
 	g.SetKeybinding("", 'M', gocui.ModNone, printWidgetPlacements) // 'M' list all widgets with positions
 	g.SetKeybinding("", 'L', gocui.ModNone, printWidgetTree)       // 'L' list all widgets in tree view
+	g.SetKeybinding("", 'f', gocui.ModNone, theFind)               // 'f' shows what is under your mouse
 	g.SetKeybinding("", 'd', gocui.ModNone, theLetterD)            // 'd' toggles on and off debugging buttons
-	g.SetKeybinding("", '2', gocui.ModNone, theNotsure)            // '2' for testing new ideas
 	g.SetKeybinding("", 'q', gocui.ModNone, quit)                  // 'q' only exits gocui. plugin stays alive (?)
 }
 
-// flips on 'super mouse' mode
+// flips on 'super mouse' mode  // this was awesome for debugging gocui. never remove this code.
 // while this is turned on, it will print out every widget found under the mouse
-func setSuperMouse(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
+func theSuperMouse(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 	if me.supermouse {
 		log.Log(GOCUI, "supermouse off")
 		me.supermouse = false
@@ -93,18 +91,22 @@ func addDropdown() *tree.Node {
 	return addDropdownNew(-222)
 }
 
-// use this to test code ideas
+// use this to test code ideas // put whatever you want here and hit '2' to activate it
 func theNotsure(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 	log.Info("got keypress 2. now what?")
 	// w, h := g.MousePosition()
-	me.newWindowTrigger <- true
+	// me.newWindowTrigger <- true
 	return nil
 }
 
-func theHide(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
+func theStdout(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
-	var w *guiWidget
+	if me.outputOnTop {
-	w = me.treeRoot.TK.(*guiWidget)
+		me.outputOnTop = false
-	w.hideWidgets()
+		me.baseGui.SetViewOnBottom("msg")
+	} else {
+		me.outputOnTop = true
+		me.baseGui.SetViewOnTop("msg")
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -173,16 +175,6 @@ func theHelp(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func widgetRefresh(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
-	log.Log(GOCUI, "todo: refresh windows here")
-	return nil
-}
-
-func doWindow(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
-	log.Log(GOCUI, "todo: close all windows here")
-	return nil
-}
-
 // todo: find and give credit to the person that I found this patch in their forked repo
 // handle ctrl+z
 func handle_ctrl_z(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {

eventMouseMove.go

@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ func (tk *guiWidget) moveNew() {
 	w, h := me.baseGui.MousePosition()
 	if tk.node.WidgetType == widget.Window {
 		tk.redrawWindow(w-tk.dragW, h-tk.dragH) // TODO: fix these hard coded things with offsets
-		helpTop()                               // sets the help window as the top view
+		setThingsOnTop()                        // sets help, Stdout, etc on the top after windows have been redrawn
 		return
 	}
 	if tk.node.WidgetType == widget.Flag {
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ func (tk *guiWidget) moveNew() {
 		*/
 	}
 	// always place the help menu on top
-	helpTop() // sets the help window as the top view
+	setThingsOnTop() // sets help, Stdout, etc on the top after windows have been redrawn
 }
 
 func createStdout(g *gocui.Gui) bool {

help.go

@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ import (
 
 var helpText []string = []string{"KEYBINDINGS",
 	"",
-	"?: toggle help",
+	"H: toggle (H)elp",
+	"O: toggle (O)output (os.STDOUT)",
 	"S: super mouse",
 	"M: list all widgets positions",
 	"L: list all widgets in tree form",
@@ -34,7 +35,6 @@ var helpText []string = []string{"KEYBINDINGS",
 
 	"q: quit()",
 	"p: panic()",
-	"o: show Stdout",
 	"l: log to /tmp/witgui.log",
 	"Ctrl-D: Toggle Debugging",
 	"Ctrl-V: Toggle Verbose Debugging",
@@ -93,10 +93,18 @@ func showHelp() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func helpTop() {
+// in the very end of redrawing things, this will place the help and stdout on the top or botton
+// depending on the state the user has chosen
+func setThingsOnTop() {
 	if me.showHelp { // terrible variable name. FIXME
 		// log.Info("help is hidden")
 		return
 	}
 	me.baseGui.SetViewOnTop("help")
+
+	if me.outputOnTop {
+		me.baseGui.SetViewOnTop("msg")
+	} else {
+		me.baseGui.SetViewOnBottom("msg")
+	}
 }

structs.go

@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ type config struct {
 	startOutputW  int            // ?
 	startOutputH  int            // ?
 	helpLabel     *gocui.View    // ?
+	showHelp      bool           // toggle boolean for the help menu (deprecate?)
+	outputOnTop   bool           // is the STDOUT window on top?
 	// dropdownV     *guiWidget     // this is a floating widget that we show whenever the user clicks on a
 	dropdownW        *guiWidget // grab the dropdown choices from this widget
 	FramePadW        int        `default:"1" dense:"0"` // When the widget has a frame, like a button, it adds 2 lines runes on each side
@@ -65,7 +67,6 @@ type config struct {
 	margin           bool       // add space around the frames of windows
 	writeMutex       sync.Mutex // writeMutex protects writes to *guiWidget (it's global right now maybe)
 	dtoggle          bool       // is a dropdown or combobox currently active?
-	showHelp         bool       // toggle boolean for the help menu (deprecate?)
 	ecount           int        // counts how many mouse and keyboard events have occurred
 	supermouse       bool       // prints out every widget found while you move the mouse around
 	depth            int        // used for listWidgets() debugging