From b45e2ba9b4d593b617ff242a41b15219ac909598 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stewart Allen <stewart.allen@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2025 12:39:28 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] optimize load path. present menu on version change for
 changelog

---
 src/kiri/app/init/input.js |  8 ++++++--
 src/kiri/app/workspace.js  | 16 +++++++++-------
 src/kiri/core/consts.js    |  4 +++-
 3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/kiri/app/init/input.js b/src/kiri/app/init/input.js
index c1e761aa..bb9abe08 100644
--- a/src/kiri/app/init/input.js
+++ b/src/kiri/app/init/input.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import { settings as set_ctrl } from '../conf/manager.js';
 import { settingsOps } from '../conf/settings.js';
 import { slider } from '../slider.js';
 import { space } from '../../../moto/space.js';
-import { VIEWS, MODES, SEED } from '../../core/consts.js';
+import { LAST, MODES, SEED, VIEWS } from '../../core/consts.js';
 
 import STACKS from '../stacks.js';
 
@@ -77,7 +77,11 @@ function checkSeed(then) {
             });
             return true;
         }
+    } else if (sdb[LAST] !== version) {
+        sdb[LAST] = version;
+        api.help.show();
     }
+    then();
     return false;
 }
 
@@ -535,6 +539,6 @@ export function init_input() {
     };
 
     return new Promise(resolve => {
-        api.space.restore(resolve) || checkSeed(resolve) || resolve();
+        api.space.restore(() => checkSeed(resolve));
     });
 };
diff --git a/src/kiri/app/workspace.js b/src/kiri/app/workspace.js
index c8ea427e..fd0f8806 100644
--- a/src/kiri/app/workspace.js
+++ b/src/kiri/app/workspace.js
@@ -165,9 +165,7 @@ function restore(ondone, skip_widget_load) {
     }
 
     if (skip_widget_load) {
-        if (ondone) {
-            ondone();
-        }
+        ondone && ondone();
         return;
     }
 
@@ -177,8 +175,9 @@ function restore(ondone, skip_widget_load) {
     });
 
     // load any widget by name that was saved to the workspace
-    toload.forEach(function(widgetid) {
-        Widget.loadFromState(widgetid, function(widget) {
+    // after the last widget is loaded, call ondone()
+    for (let widgetid of toload) {
+        Widget.loadFromState(widgetid, (widget) => {
             if (widget) {
                 platform.add(widget, 0, position, true);
                 let ann = api.widgets.annotate(widgetid);
@@ -196,9 +195,12 @@ function restore(ondone, skip_widget_load) {
                 }
             }
         }, position);
-    });
+    };
 
-    return toload.length > 0;
+    // when there is nothing async to load, call ondone()
+    if (toload.length === 0 && ondone) {
+        ondone();
+    }
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/kiri/core/consts.js b/src/kiri/core/consts.js
index fa4e45af..365f6a7c 100644
--- a/src/kiri/core/consts.js
+++ b/src/kiri/core/consts.js
@@ -176,10 +176,12 @@ const PATHS = {
     pool: "./minion.js"
 };
 
+const LAST = 'kiri-last';
 const SEED = 'kiri-seed';
 
 export let consts = {
     COLOR,
+    LAST,
     LISTS,
     MODES,
     PATHS,
@@ -189,4 +191,4 @@ export let consts = {
     beltfact: Math.cos(Math.PI / 4)
 };
 
-export { COLOR, LISTS, MODES, VIEWS, PATHS, PMODES, SEED };
+export { COLOR, LAST, LISTS, MODES, VIEWS, PATHS, PMODES, SEED };