got a window, adding config

apps/bootstrap/pom.xml

 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
 xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-	<groupId>me.felinewith.lang_toolkit.apps</groupId>
+	<groupId>me.felinewith.lang-toolkit.apps</groupId>
 	<artifactId>bootstrap</artifactId>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	<name>Bootstrap</name>

apps/langbuilder/pom.xml

 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
 xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-	<groupId>me.felinewith.lang_toolkit.apps</groupId>
+	<groupId>me.felinewith.lang-toolkit.apps</groupId>
 	<artifactId>langbuilder</artifactId>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	<name>LangBuilder</name>
@@ -18,7 +18,15 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/ma
 
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>me.felinewith.lang_toolkit.apps</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+			<artifactId>commons-configuration2</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.freedesktop.tango</groupId>
+			<artifactId>tango-icon-theme</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>me.felinewith.lang-toolkit.apps</groupId>
 			<artifactId>bootstrap</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>

apps/langbuilder/src/main/java/me/felinewith/lang_toolkit/apps/langbuilder/LangBuilder.java

 package me.felinewith.lang_toolkit.apps.langbuilder;
 
+import java.awt.Dimension;
+import java.awt.DisplayMode;
+import java.awt.GraphicsDevice;
+import java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment;
+import java.io.File;
 import java.util.HashMap;
+import javax.swing.JDesktopPane;
 import javax.swing.JFrame;
+import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
+import javax.swing.JSplitPane;
+import javax.swing.JTree;
 import me.felinewith.lang_toolkit.apps.bootstrap.IStrappedApp;
 import me.felinewith.lang_toolkit.apps.bootstrap.IStrappedPlugin;
+import org.apache.commons.configuration2.HierarchicalConfiguration;
+import org.apache.commons.configuration2.builder.BasicConfigurationBuilder;
+import org.apache.commons.configuration2.builder.fluent.Parameters;
 
 /**
  *
@@ -13,20 +25,79 @@ public class LangBuilder implements IStrappedApp {
 
 	private String[] args;
 	private HashMap<String, IStrappedPlugin> plugins;
-	private JFrame window;
+
+	private JFrame jFrame;
+	private JSplitPane jSplitPane;
+	private JScrollPane jScrollPane;
+	private JTree jTree;
+	private JDesktopPane jDesktopPane;
 
 	@Override public void preStart(String[] argsStrings) {
 		args = argsStrings;
 		plugins = new HashMap<>();
-		window = new JFrame("LangBuilder");
 
-		// TODO: app settings, main window, toolbar menu
+		jFrame = new JFrame("LangBuilder");
+
+		// TODO: toolbar menu
+		jSplitPane = new JSplitPane(JSplitPane.HORIZONTAL_SPLIT);
+
+		jTree = new JTree();
+		jScrollPane = new JScrollPane(jTree,
+				JScrollPane.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS, JScrollPane.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_AS_NEEDED);
+
+		jDesktopPane = new JDesktopPane();
+
+		jSplitPane.setLeftComponent(jScrollPane);
+		jSplitPane.setRightComponent(jDesktopPane);
+		jFrame.add(jSplitPane);
+
+		// configure the window
+
+		// set some sensible defaults
+		GraphicsEnvironment ge = GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment();
+		DisplayMode dm;
+		int sx = 0, sy = 0;
+		int bx = 0, by = 0;
+		int tx, ty;
+		for ( GraphicsDevice gd : ge.getScreenDevices() ) {
+			dm = gd.getDisplayMode();
+
+			tx = dm.getWidth();
+			ty = dm.getHeight();
+
+			// we want the SMALLEST display in a multi-display environment
+			if ( (tx < sx) || (sx == 0) ) { sx = tx; }
+			if ( (ty < sy) || (sy == 0) ) { sy = ty; }
+
+			// and here we want the BIGGEST
+			if ( tx > bx ) { bx = tx; }
+			if ( ty > by ) { by = ty; }
+		}
+
+		jFrame.setMinimumSize(new Dimension(sx / 2, sy / 2));
+		jFrame.setMaximumSize(new Dimension(bx, by));
+		jFrame.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(sx / 2, sy / 2));
+
+		// configuration!
+		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(System.getProperty("user.home"));
+		sb.append("/.local/share/lang-toolkit/config/");
+		File f = new File(sb.toString());
+		if ( !f.exists() ) { f.mkdirs(); }
+
+		Parameters param = new Parameters();
+		param.basic().setThrowExceptionOnMissing(false);
+		param.hierarchical().setBasePath(f.getAbsolutePath());
+
+		BasicConfigurationBuilder<HierarchicalConfiguration> bcb =
+				new BasicConfigurationBuilder<HierarchicalConfiguration>(HierarchicalConfiguration.class);
 	}
 
 	@Override public void registerPlugin(IStrappedPlugin plugin) {
 	}
 
 	@Override public void start() {
+		jFrame.pack();
+		jFrame.setVisible(true);
 	}
 
 }

apps/langbuilder/src/main/java/me/felinewith/lang_toolkit/apps/langbuilder/ListenWindow.java

+package me.felinewith.lang_toolkit.apps.langbuilder;
+
+import java.awt.event.WindowAdapter;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author jlhawkwell
+ */
+public class ListenWindow extends WindowAdapter {
+	LangBuilder lb;
+
+	public ListenWindow(LangBuilder langbuilder) {
+		lb = langbuilder;
+	}
+
+}

pom.xml

@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/ma
 				<enabled>true</enabled>
 			</snapshots>
 		</repository>
-		<repository>
+		<!-- repository>
 			<id>external</id>
 			<name>SPM Externals</name>
 			<url>https://mvn.felinewith.me/repository/external</url>
@@ -121,25 +121,35 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/ma
 			<snapshots>
 				<enabled>true</enabled>
 			</snapshots>
-		</repository>
+		</repository -->
 	</repositories>
 
 	<dependencyManagement>
 		<dependencies>
 <!-- PROJECT DEPENDENCIES ********************************************************************* PROJECT DEPENDENCIES -->
 			<dependency>
+				<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+				<artifactId>commons-configuration2</artifactId>
+				<version>2.1.1</version>
+			</dependency>
+			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.apache.velocity</groupId>
 				<artifactId>velocity</artifactId>
 				<version>1.7</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
+				<groupId>org.freedesktop.tango</groupId>
+				<artifactId>tango-icon-theme</artifactId>
+				<version>0.8.90</version>
+			</dependency>
+			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.testng</groupId>
 				<artifactId>testng</artifactId>
 				<version>6.8.7</version>
 				<scope>test</scope>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
-				<groupId>me.felinewith.lang_toolkit.apps</groupId>
+				<groupId>me.felinewith.lang-toolkit.apps</groupId>
 				<artifactId>bootstrap</artifactId>
 				<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			</dependency>