From 58cb7f3d2d8cd102081ba545081f20bf0d6fd211 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Carr <jcarr@wit.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2025 14:24:43 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] still can't remove "msg" create in mouseMove()

---
 eventBindings.go  |  8 --------
 eventMouseDrag.go | 11 -----------
 help.go           |  6 ++++++
 stdoutShow.go     | 30 ++++++++++++------------------
 4 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)

diff --git a/eventBindings.go b/eventBindings.go
index 29e669c..1c0e6cc 100644
--- a/eventBindings.go
+++ b/eventBindings.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"syscall"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/awesome-gocui/gocui"
 	"go.wit.com/log"
@@ -72,13 +71,6 @@ func theSuperMouse(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 // 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? dark =", me.dark)
-	if me.clock.tk == nil {
-		makeClock()
-	} else {
-		me.clock.tk.v.Clear()
-		me.clock.tk.labelN = time.Now().Format("15:04:05")
-		me.clock.tk.v.WriteString(me.clock.tk.labelN)
-	}
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/eventMouseDrag.go b/eventMouseDrag.go
index e976d22..40f608d 100644
--- a/eventMouseDrag.go
+++ b/eventMouseDrag.go
@@ -172,14 +172,3 @@ func (tk *guiWidget) moveNew() {
 	// always place the help menu on top
 	setThingsOnTop() // sets help, Stdout, etc on the top after windows have been redrawn
 }
-
-func createStdout(g *gocui.Gui) bool {
-	makeOutputWidget(g, "this is a create before a mouse click")
-	if me.stdout.tk != nil {
-		msg := fmt.Sprintf("test out gocuiEvent() %d\n", me.ecount)
-		// me.logStdout.v.Write([]byte(msg))
-		me.stdout.tk.Write([]byte(msg))
-		log.Log(NOW, "logStdout test out")
-	}
-	return true
-}
diff --git a/help.go b/help.go
index 8ae7d7b..067d841 100644
--- a/help.go
+++ b/help.go
@@ -97,6 +97,12 @@ func showHelp() error {
 		me.clock.tk.Hide()
 		me.clock.tk.Show()
 	}
+	if me.stdout.tk == nil {
+		makeOutputWidget(me.baseGui, "made this in showHelp()")
+		msg := fmt.Sprintf("test to stdout from in showHelp() %d\n", me.ecount)
+		me.stdout.Write([]byte(msg))
+		log.Log(NOW, "log.log(NOW) test")
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/stdoutShow.go b/stdoutShow.go
index 5f980bd..e630295 100644
--- a/stdoutShow.go
+++ b/stdoutShow.go
@@ -15,24 +15,15 @@ import (
 	"go.wit.com/widget"
 )
 
-func showMsg(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
-	var l string
-	var err error
-
-	log.Log(NOW, "showMsg() v.name =", v.Name())
-	if _, err := g.SetCurrentView(v.Name()); err != nil {
-		return err
+func createStdout(g *gocui.Gui) bool {
+	if me.stdout.tk == nil {
+		makeOutputWidget(g, "this is a create before a mouse click")
+		msg := fmt.Sprintf("test out gocuiEvent() %d\n", me.ecount)
+		// me.logStdout.v.Write([]byte(msg))
+		me.stdout.tk.Write([]byte(msg))
+		log.Log(NOW, "logStdout test out")
 	}
-
-	_, cy := v.Cursor()
-	if l, err = v.Line(cy); err != nil {
-		l = ""
-	}
-
-	outv := makeOutputWidget(g, l)
-	outv.Write([]byte("test out2"))
-	log.Info("test out2")
-	return nil
+	return true
 }
 
 func makeOutputWidget(g *gocui.Gui, stringFromMouseClick string) *gocui.View {
@@ -157,10 +148,13 @@ func (w *guiWidget) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 	me.writeMutex.Lock()
 	defer me.writeMutex.Unlock()
 
-	tk := me.stdout.tk
 	lines := strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(string(p)), "\n")
 	me.stdout.outputS = append(me.stdout.outputS, lines...)
 
+	tk := me.stdout.tk
+	if tk == nil {
+		return len(p), nil
+	}
 	if tk.v == nil {
 		// optionally write the output to /tmp
 		s := fmt.Sprint(string(p))