From 4523eda0fa2372d97fb5db800b79b53c218ef627 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Carr <jcarr@wit.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2025 05:35:57 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] remove the tmp file

---
 init.go | 13 +++++++++----
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/init.go b/init.go
index 87cec5a..b13f634 100644
--- a/init.go
+++ b/init.go
@@ -157,12 +157,15 @@ func initPlugin() {
 	}
 	// todo: make this a tmp file that goes away
 	if !me.stdout.disable {
-		log.Log(INFO, "stdout.disable == true. writing to /tmp/captureMode.log")
-		me.outf, err = os.OpenFile("/tmp/captureMode.log", os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE|os.O_APPEND, 0666)
+		tmpFile, err := os.CreateTemp("", "gocui-*.log")
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Info("error opening file:", err)
-			os.Exit(0)
+			fmt.Println("Error creating temp file:", err)
+			standardExit()
 		}
+		// defer os.Remove(tmpFile.Name())
+
+		log.Log(INFO, "stdout.disable == true. writing to", tmpFile.Name())
+		me.outf = tmpFile
 		// todo: some early output still goes to the /tmp/ file
 		//time.Sleep(200 * time.Millisecond)
 		log.CaptureMode(me.stdout)
@@ -289,6 +292,7 @@ func standardExit() {
 	if me.outf != nil {
 		log.Log(NOW, "standardExit() doing outf.Close()")
 		me.outf.Close()
+		os.Remove(me.outf.Name())
 	}
 	// log(true, "standardExit() setOutput(os.Stdout)")
 	// setOutput(os.Stdout)
@@ -305,6 +309,7 @@ func standardClose() {
 	me.baseGui.Close()
 	log.Log(NOW, "standardExit() doing outf.Close()")
 	me.outf.Close()
+	os.Remove(me.outf.Name())
 	// os.Stdin = os.Stdin
 	// os.Stdout = os.Stdout
 	// os.Stderr = os.Stderr