heapwolf/lev

TUI on windows?

remoe opened this issue · 17 comments

remoe commented

Does anyone know how to run TUI on windows? The default console (cmd.exe) doesn't support it.

chjj commented

cmd.exe can't render ansi codes. It has its own weird system, which node doesn't provide an api for (although node does convert ansi color codes to their windows equivalents automatically as far as I know, and the other way around for keypress events).

There are multiple ways you could still use lev on windows: cygwin, for example, but you'll have to install a whole unix system. tty.js if you don't mind it running in the browser. winpty by itself might somehow be able to make it possible to render ansi escape sequences on the windows console. I would look into those.

remoe commented

@juliangruber, I don't need a ssh-shell. I use putty for it on windows. But I need a shell on a local windows system that supports TUI ansi codes. I use leveldb locally on a windows system for a cache.

heapwolf commented

@remoe the thing @juliangruber is suggesting will give you that, its actually really nice. for a long time, chrome was the shell to my os x kernel!

remoe commented

Yeah, for mac osx. But on windows you don't have an ssh server. You only have this "really nice" cmd.exe 😷

heapwolf commented

I believe it uses the appropriate thing for windows; did you try it?

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remoe commented

Yes, I've tried. It is only an SSH-client.

heapwolf commented

Too bad. I'd love to find out what the best solution for this is. Since occasionally there are people use windows and it would be nice to have a solution for them. Is it quite challenging to set up an SSH server on Windows?

remoe commented

No, but it is annoying :)

I've tried now cygwin. But then the app crashes here:

$ lev

node_modules\lev\lev:72
  throw err
        ^
Error: EINVAL, invalid argument
    at new Socket (net.js:156:18)
    at process.stdin (node.js:664:19)
    at new Program (node_modules\lev\node_modules\blessed\lib\program.js:41:40)
    at Function.Program (node_modules\lev\node_modules\blessed\lib\program.js:28:12)
    at Object.<anonymous> (node_modules\lev\lib\ui\output.js:2:23)
    at Module._compile (module.js:456:26)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
    at Module.require (module.js:364:17)
remoe commented

Ok, when I give a path then I see:

$ cd /path
$ lev . --keys

lev version 2.1.2
To create a database use -c

But on cmd.exe I see all keys of this db. So lev don't find the leveldb on cygwin ?! That is what I mean with "annoying". Cygwin is not a real solution!

But I think @chjj can help ;)

heapwolf commented

Also, the person who I know who knows the most about using node with Windows is probably @domenic

remoe commented

"lev ./ --keys" runs on cygwin. But no TUI :/

heapwolf commented

@remoe does the REPL work for you on windows?

remoe commented

yeah, but "get" with a key that has for example an underscore in it cannot get it. But i don't know the details.

juliangruber commented

cygwin isn't a supported node platform...

heapwolf commented

there is a branch with the TUI code in it in case anyone is still interested. this just simply wasn't valuable enough for people to learn or care about.