Wont start on AWS

[mrx23dot]

trying to install and run ash on Debian:

sudo pip3 install ash-editor

admin:~$ ash
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/ash", line 8, in <module>
    sys.exit(run())
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/ash/ash_main.py", line 16, in run
    app.run()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/ash/main.py", line 112, in run
    ret_code = curses.wrapper(self.app_main)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/curses/__init__.py", line 94, in wrapper
    return func(stdscr, *args, **kwds)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/ash/main.py", line 153, in app_main
    self.theme_manager = ThemeManager(self)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/ash/formatting/themeManager.py", line 15, in __init__
    self.init_colors()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/ash/formatting/themeManager.py", line 45, in init_colors
    set_colors(colors, element_colors)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/ash/formatting/colors.py", line 148, in set_colors
    curses.init_color(index, rgb[0], rgb[1], rgb[2])
_curses.error: init_color() returned ERR

I'm connected via Putty, and it supports colors (eg. htop is green)

[mrx23dot]

Or is there a compatibility black-white mode to test?

[akashnag]

Seems to be a problem with the curses library, but will have to investigate. No compatibility mode at present, will look into adding it in an upcoming release.

[mrx23dot]

Thanks, looks like there is some incompatiblity with init_color() and putty

" allows can_change_color() to succeed, but then init_color() would fail"

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47686906/ncurses-init-color-has-no-effect

It also fails the same way in MobaXterm, which should have full color support based on this link.

[akashnag]

Thanks for the info :) will close this issue then

[mrx23dot]

Well a solution would be nice before closing :)

[akashnag]

If putty and curses are incompatible there's nothing much I can do here. However, adding a black-n-white option would be a new feature (and not a bug patch) I will consider in an upcoming release. You can create a new issue as a feature-request for such a color mode.

[mrx23dot]

No worries, I found https://github.com/zyedidia/micro it's a great alternative.
cheers!

[akashnag]

Yes micro is great! Good luck!