lots of code cleanup and debugging work

debug.go

@@ -16,14 +16,15 @@ func (w *guiWidget) dumpTree(s string) {
 		log.Log(ERROR, "dump w.TK == nil", w.node.WidgetId, w.WidgetType, w.String())
 		return
 	}
-	w.showWidgetPlacement("dumpTree() " + s)
+	w.dumpWidget("dumpTree() " + s)
 
 	for _, child := range w.children {
 		child.dumpTree(s)
 	}
 }
 
-func (w *guiWidget) showWidgetPlacement(s string) {
+// a standard function to print out information about a widget
+func (w *guiWidget) dumpWidget(s string) {
 	var s1 string
 	var pId int
 	if w.node.Parent == nil {

eventBindings.go

@@ -164,17 +164,18 @@ func theLetterD(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 }
 
 func theHelp(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
-	if showHelp {
+	if me.showHelp {
 		helplayout()
-		showHelp = false
+		me.showHelp = false
 		if me.dropdownV == nil {
+			log.Info("FIXME: MADE me.dropdownV AGAIN")
 			me.dropdownV = makeDropdownView("addWidget() ddview")
 		}
-		me.dropdownV.Show()
+		// me.dropdownV.Show()
 	} else {
 		me.baseGui.DeleteView("help")
-		showHelp = true
-		me.dropdownV.Hide()
+		me.showHelp = true
+		// me.dropdownV.Hide()
 	}
 	return nil
 }

eventMouse.go

@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ func mouseMove(g *gocui.Gui) {
 
 	if me.supermouse {
 		for _, tk := range findByXY(w, h) {
-			log.Log(GOCUI, fmt.Sprintf("findByXY() mouseMove() %s wId=%d cuiName=%s at (%d,%d)", tk.WidgetType, tk.node.WidgetId, tk.cuiName, w, h))
+			tk.dumpWidget("findByXY()")
+			// log.Log(GOCUI, fmt.Sprintf("findByXY() mouseMove() %s wId=%d cuiName=%s at (%d,%d)", tk.WidgetType, tk.node.WidgetId, tk.cuiName, w, h))
 		}
 	}
 

find.go

@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ func findUnderMouse() *guiWidget {
 		if w.WidgetType == widget.Checkbox {
 			return w
 		}
-		w.showWidgetPlacement("findUnderMouse() found something unknown")
+		w.dumpWidget("findUnderMouse() found something unknown")
 		found = w
 	}
 	// maybe something else was found

init.go

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-//gjcarro:pjcarrlugin
 // Copyright 2017-2025 WIT.COM Inc. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by the GPL 3.0
 

structs.go

@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import (
 var me config
 
 var showDebug bool = true
-var showHelp bool = true
 var redoWidgets bool = true
 
 // This is the window that is currently active
@@ -100,6 +99,7 @@ type config struct {
 	writeMutex sync.Mutex // TODO: writeMutex protects locks the write process
 	fakefile   *FakeFile  // JUNK? used to attempt to write to the stdout window
 	dtoggle    bool       // is a dropdown or combobox currently active?
+	showHelp   bool       // toggle boolean for the help menu (deprecate?)
 
 	// debugging things
 	ecount     int  // counts how many mouse and keyboard events have occurred

treeAdd.go

@@ -93,5 +93,5 @@ func addWidget(n *tree.Node) {
 			}
 		*/
 	}
-	nw.showWidgetPlacement("addWidget()")
+	nw.dumpWidget("in addWidget()")
 }

treeDraw.go

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ func (w *guiWidget) DrawAt(offsetW, offsetH int) {
 	w.setColor(&colorActiveW)
 	w.placeWidgets(offsetW, offsetH) // compute the sizes & places for each widget
 	w.active = false
-	w.showWidgets()
+	w.dumpWidget("DrawAt()")
 }
 
 func (w *guiWidget) toggleTree() {
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func (w *guiWidget) drawTree(draw bool) {
 	if w == nil {
 		return
 	}
-	w.showWidgetPlacement("drawTree()")
+	w.dumpWidget("in drawTree()")
 	if draw {
 		// w.textResize()
 		w.Show()
@@ -77,12 +77,12 @@ func (w *guiWidget) drawView() {
 
 	w.v, err = me.baseGui.SetView(w.cuiName, a, b, c, d, 0)
 	if err == nil {
-		w.showWidgetPlacement("drawView()")
+		w.dumpWidget("drawView() err")
 		log.Log(ERROR, "drawView() internal plugin error err = nil")
 		return
 	}
 	if !errors.Is(err, gocui.ErrUnknownView) {
-		w.showWidgetPlacement("drawView()")
+		w.dumpWidget("drawView() err")
 		log.Log(ERROR, "drawView() internal plugin error error.IS()", err)
 		return
 	}

view.go

@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func (w *guiWidget) hideFake() {
 func (w *guiWidget) showFake() {
 	if w.isFake {
 		w.drawView()
-		w.showWidgetPlacement("showFake:")
+		w.dumpWidget("in showFake()")
 	}
 	for _, child := range w.children {
 		child.showFake()