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 # a console toolkit around gocui
 
+* to build, run 'make build'
+* TODO: make a way to trigger plugin builds. 'package plugin' maybe?
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 [terminals that support ture color](https://github.com/termstandard/colors#truecolor-support-in-output-devices)
 [more info about color](https://jvns.ca/blog/2024/10/01/terminal-colours/)