xterm.js VS isomorphic-git

Here is a screenshot: https://github.com/xtermjs/xterm.js/pull/4519#issue-17129655...

I'm on the VS Code team and maintain xterm.js which is what Hyper's frontend is based on. There are actually multiple developments happening in this area.

First, there's a contribution from the author of DomTerm which adds grapheme cluster support to xterm.js, which will correctly merge and size things like emoji that are called out in the post. This is currently based on Unicode 15. See https://github.com/xtermjs/xterm.js/pull/4519

Second, while Windows Terminal does seem to work with emoji sometimes, it doesn't all the time. I'm not 100% sure, but I think it may only work on Windows ptys, not in WSL for example. Last time I spoke with the team they said they're working on a rewrite which could lead to proper emoji support.

Ooh, I lack the time to play with this, but I think someone could compile the lib to WebAssembly and tie it in to https://xtermjs.org/

Then you could have a web page with static DOM elements that do this effect!

xterm is a JavaScript library that provides a web-based terminal emulator with ANSI escape sequences, Unicode characters, and other features. It is easy to use and customize, making it a popular choice for adding a terminal interface to web applications.

Setting scrollback to infinite? #518

The simpler path would be starting the WASM port using Emacs character mode running alongside an in-browser terminal emulator such as XTerm.js.

A microcosm of the wasm issue was captured in this thread about implementing a web based git in JavaScript from scratch vs. compiling libgit

https://github.com/isomorphic-git/isomorphic-git/issues/268

I think one big missing part still with static sites is how you host the CMS to edit it.

Correct me if I'm wrong but Decap CMS (previously Netlify CMS) runs in the browser and makes reads/edits via GitHub which can then trigger rebuilds and deploys, but it still needs a small server/proxy I think because CORS stops your browser communicating directly with the GitHub API. Netlify hosts a GitHub backend that proxies requests for you but now you're tied to Netlify.

GitLab and BitBucket will have the same issue I think: https://github.com/isomorphic-git/isomorphic-git#cors-suppor...

Is there a simple solution here with minimal configuration?

ssh isn't supported on mobile for technical reasons

This article is an attempt to classify knowledge about using git in a nodejs environment. Particularly, this is going to tell about isomorphic-git library and how to implement it in web applications.

I recently had to implement git cloning into a full stack project and I found a very useful library OP can use. isomorphic-git which would solve this issue and allow them to clone into a virtual filesystem which can help save speed, storage, and possibly keep it secure. Plus if the memfs package is used the OP can just dumb the JSON of the Volume object into the request.

I always wanted to make a command line interface/prompt but didn't actually start it till a few months ago. I decided to go with Xterm.js for the basic terminal interface along with a modified local-echo to add basic required functionality. Then I set about duplicating every command I could find. I was able to link the terminal directly to the file system so all commands show real information. You can run help to view all commands/aliases. I've also included things such as Git, Python & Wapm.io support.