leave this code as a reminder for later

init.go

@@ -263,11 +263,21 @@ func refreshGocui() {
 						me.clock.tk.v.WriteString(me.clock.tk.labelN)
 					}
 				}
+				lastRefresh = time.Now()
 			} else {
-				// log.Info("refresh skip on mouseDown")
-				// me.baseGui.Update()
+				me.baseGui.Update(testRefresh)
+				if time.Since(lastRefresh) > 3*time.Second {
+					if me.clock.tk != nil && !me.showHelp {
+						// also double check the gocui view exists
+						if me.clock.tk.v != nil {
+							me.clock.tk.v.Clear()
+							me.clock.tk.labelN = time.Now().Format("15:04:05")
+							me.clock.tk.v.WriteString(me.clock.tk.labelN)
+						}
+					}
+					lastRefresh = time.Now()
+				}
 			}
-			lastRefresh = time.Now()
 		}
 	}
 }

stdoutShow.go

@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ func (w *guiWidget) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 		return len(p), nil
 	}
 	if tk.v == nil {
+		// redo this old code
 		v, _ := me.baseGui.View("msg")
 		if v != nil {
 			// fmt.Fprintln(outf, "found msg")
@@ -171,35 +172,6 @@ func (w *guiWidget) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 		return len(p), nil
 	}
 	tk.refreshStdout()
-	/*
-			// optionally write the output to /tmp
-			s := fmt.Sprint(string(p))
-			s = strings.TrimSuffix(s, "\n")
-			fmt.Fprintln(outf, s)
-			v, _ := me.baseGui.View("msg")
-			if v != nil {
-				// fmt.Fprintln(outf, "found msg")
-				tk.v = v
-			}
-		} else {
-			// display the output in the gocui window
-			var cur []string
-			// chop off the last lines in the buffer
-			chop := len(me.stdout.outputS) - (me.stdout.h - 1)
-			if chop < 0 {
-				chop = 0
-			}
-			if len(me.stdout.outputS) > chop {
-				cur = append(cur, me.stdout.outputS[chop:]...)
-			} else {
-				cur = append(cur, me.stdout.outputS...)
-			}
-			slices.Reverse(cur)
-			tk.v.Clear()
-			fmt.Fprintln(tk.v, strings.Join(cur, "\n"))
-		}
-	*/
-
 	return len(p), nil
 }