not much progress, but refactored

Cargo.toml

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 eframe = "0.26.2"
+futures = "0.3.30"
 image = "0.24.9"
-tokio = { version = "0.2", features = ["macros"] }
 serenity = { default-features = false, features = ["client", "gateway", "model", "rustls_backend"], version = "0.9.0-rc.2"}
+tokio = {features =  ["macros"], version = "0.2"}

src/bot.rs

@@ -27,18 +27,21 @@ impl EventHandler for Handler {
 }
 
 pub async fn start_discord_bot() {
+    println!("Creation process started");
     let maybe_client = Client::builder(token::TOKEN)
         .event_handler(Handler)
         .await
         .map_err(|why| format!("Client error: {:?}", why));
 
+    println!("Got a result");
+
     if let Ok(mut client) = maybe_client {
         if let Err(why) = client.start().await {
-			eprintln!("Client error: {:?}", why);
-			return
+            println!("Client error: {:?}", why);
+            return;
         }
     } else {
-		eprintln!("No Client");
-		return
+        println!("No Client");
+        return;
     }
 }

src/main.rs

@@ -1,11 +1,29 @@
 use eframe::egui;
 use image::GenericImageView;
 use std::{error::Error, sync::Arc, thread, time};
+use tokio::runtime::Runtime;
+
 mod bot;
 
 const MAX_FPS: f32 = 30.0;
 
-fn main() -> Result<(), eframe::Error> {
+fn main() {
+    println!("hello there");
+
+    // Create a separate Tokio runtime for the bot
+    let bot_runtime = Runtime::new().unwrap();
+    let bot_handle = bot_runtime.handle().clone();
+
+    // Spawn the bot task onto the separate runtime
+    bot_handle.spawn(async move {
+        bot::start_discord_bot().await;
+    });
+
+    // Run the GUI on the main thread
+    gui();
+}
+
+fn gui() {
     let icon_data = load_icon().unwrap_or_default();
 
     let options = eframe::NativeOptions {
@@ -15,25 +33,17 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), eframe::Error> {
         ..Default::default()
     };
 
-	eframe::run_native(
-		"Jiji",
-		options,
-		Box::new(move |_cc| Box::from(Jiji::default())),
-	)
+    let _ = eframe::run_native("Jiji", options, Box::new(move |_cc| Box::from(Jiji::new())));
 }
 
 struct Jiji {
     next_frame: time::Instant,
-	bot: thread::JoinHandle<()>,
 }
 
-impl Default for Jiji {
-	fn default() -> Self {
+impl Jiji {
+    fn new() -> Self {
         Self {
             next_frame: time::Instant::now(),
-			bot: thread::spawn(|| {
-				bot::start_discord_bot();
-			}),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -47,6 +57,10 @@ impl eframe::App for Jiji {
 
         self.draw_feed(ctx);
     }
+
+    fn on_exit(&mut self, _gl: std::option::Option<&eframe::glow::Context>) {
+        //self.runtime.shutdown_background();
+    }
 }
 
 impl Jiji {
@@ -55,7 +69,6 @@ impl Jiji {
             ui.label("Hello there");
         });
     }
-	
 }
 
 pub fn load_icon() -> Result<egui::IconData, Box<dyn Error>> {