more work on the ever illusive floating stdout window

Makefile

@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 VERSION = $(shell git describe --tags)
 BUILDTIME = $(shell date +%Y.%m.%d)
 
-all: gocui.so
-	@#ldd gocui.so
+all: goimports vet gocui
+	@ldd gocui.so
 
-gocui.so: goimports
+vet:
+	@GO111MODULE=off go vet
+	@echo this go plugin builds okay
+
+gocui:
 	GO111MODULE=off go build -v -work -buildmode=plugin -o gocui.so \
 		-ldflags "-X main.VERSION=${VERSION} -X main.BUILDTIME=${BUILDTIME} -X gui.GUIVERSION=${VERSION}"
 

debug.go

@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ func (w *guiWidget) dumpWidget(s string) {
 	if w.node.WidgetType == widget.Box {
 		end = fmt.Sprintf("%5s %-8s %s", w.cuiName, w.node.WidgetType, w.node.State.Direction.String())
 	} else {
+		curval := w.String()
+		if curval == "" {
+			curval = w.node.GetLabel()
+		}
 		end = fmt.Sprintf("%5s %-8s %s", w.cuiName, w.node.WidgetType, w.String())
 	}
 	log.Log(NOW, s1, s, end)

eventBindings.go

@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ func doPanic(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 	log.Log(GOCUI, "do panic() here")
 	standardClose()
 	panic("forced panic in gocui")
-	return nil
 }
 
 func dumpWidgets(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {

eventMouseClick.go

@@ -132,5 +132,4 @@ func click(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 			return nil
 		}
 	*/
-	return nil
 }

init.go

@@ -77,9 +77,9 @@ func standardClose() {
 	me.baseGui.Close()
 	log.Log(NOW, "standardExit() doing outf.Close()")
 	outf.Close()
-	os.Stdin = os.Stdin
-	os.Stdout = os.Stdout
-	os.Stderr = os.Stderr
+	// os.Stdin = os.Stdin
+	// os.Stdout = os.Stdout
+	// os.Stderr = os.Stderr
 	log.Log(NOW, "standardExit() send back Quit()")
 }
 
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ func mainGogui() {
 
 	outf, err = os.OpenFile("/tmp/captureMode.log", os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE|os.O_APPEND, 0666)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Error(err, "error opening file: %v")
+		log.Info("error opening file:", err)
 		os.Exit(0)
 	}
 	origStdout = os.Stdout

plugin.go

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ func newAdd(n *tree.Node) {
 	w.Show()
 }
 
+// for gocui as a GUI plugin, SetTitle & SetLabel are identical to SetText
 func newSetTitle(n *tree.Node, s string) {
 	newSetText(n, s)
 }
@@ -48,6 +49,9 @@ func newSetLabel(n *tree.Node, s string) {
 	newSetText(n, s)
 }
 
+// newSetText() and newAddText() are simple. They take the event sent
+// to the GO plugin from the application and lookup the plugin structure
+// then pass that event to gocui. This is the transfer point
 func newSetText(n *tree.Node, s string) {
 	if n == nil {
 		log.Warn("Tree Error: Add() sent n == nil")
@@ -180,6 +184,7 @@ func (w *guiWidget) SetText(text string) {
 	}
 }
 
+/*
 func (w *guiWidget) Set(val any) {
 	if w == nil {
 		log.Log(WARN, "Set() w == nil. val =", val)
@@ -196,3 +201,4 @@ func (w *guiWidget) Set(val any) {
 		w.labelN = widget.GetString(val)
 	}
 }
+*/