start working on movingMsg

eventMouse.go

@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ func mouseUp(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 
 	if msgMouseDown {
 		msgMouseDown = false
-		if movingMsg {
+		if me.movingMsg {
-			movingMsg = false
+			me.movingMsg = false
 			return nil
 		} else {
 			g.DeleteView("msg")

eventMouseMove.go

@@ -44,17 +44,24 @@ func mouseMove(g *gocui.Gui) {
 	}
 }
 
-/*
+// this is how the window gets dragged around
-func dragOutputWindow() {
+func moveMsg(g *gocui.Gui) {
-	log.Log(GOCUI, "todo: make dragOutputWindow")
+	mx, my := g.MousePosition()
+	if !me.movingMsg && (mx != initialMouseX || my != initialMouseY) {
+		me.movingMsg = true
+	}
+	g.SetView("msg", mx-xOffset, my-yOffset, mx-xOffset+outputW, my-yOffset+outputH+me.FramePadH, 0)
+	me.startOutputW = mx - xOffset
+	me.startOutputH = my - yOffset
+	g.SetViewOnBottom("msg")
 }
-*/
 
+// this somehow is letting me drag around the stdout window
 func mouseMoveOld(g *gocui.Gui) bool {
 	me.ecount += 1
 	maxX, maxY := g.Size()
 	mx, my := g.MousePosition()
-	log.Log(NOW, "handleEvent() START", maxX, maxY, mx, my, msgMouseDown)
+	// log.Log(NOW, "handleEvent() START", maxX, maxY, mx, my, msgMouseDown)
 	if _, err := g.View("msg"); msgMouseDown && err == nil {
 		moveMsg(g)
 		return true
@@ -75,6 +82,6 @@ func mouseMoveOld(g *gocui.Gui) bool {
 	} else {
 		log.Log(NOW, "output widget already exists", maxX, maxY, mx, my)
 	}
-	log.Log(NOW, "handleEvent() END  ", maxX, maxY, mx, my, msgMouseDown)
+	// log.Log(NOW, "handleEvent() END  ", maxX, maxY, mx, my, msgMouseDown)
 	return false
 }

stdoutShow.go

@@ -16,17 +16,6 @@ import (
 var outputW int = 180
 var outputH int = 40
 
-func moveMsg(g *gocui.Gui) {
-	mx, my := g.MousePosition()
-	if !movingMsg && (mx != initialMouseX || my != initialMouseY) {
-		movingMsg = true
-	}
-	g.SetView("msg", mx-xOffset, my-yOffset, mx-xOffset+outputW, my-yOffset+outputH+me.FramePadH, 0)
-	me.startOutputW = mx - xOffset
-	me.startOutputH = my - yOffset
-	g.SetViewOnBottom("msg")
-}
-
 func showMsg(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 	var l string
 	var err error

structs.go

@@ -70,12 +70,13 @@ type config struct {
 	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
+	movingMsg     bool           // means the user id dragging something around with the mouse
 }
 
 // deprecate these
 var (
 	initialMouseX, initialMouseY, xOffset, yOffset int
-	globalMouseDown, msgMouseDown, movingMsg       bool
+	globalMouseDown, msgMouseDown                  bool
 )
 
 // this is the gocui way