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netxs-group/VTM

A Text-based Desktop Environment, aka Monotty Desktop (#desktopio)

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Dmitry Sapozhnikov

@o-sdn-o

Ok 😎

JaydenMWSoftwareDevelopment

@JaydenMWSoftwareDevelopment

https://github.com/JMWSoftware2020/tmp/blob/main/install.sh

I put the commands you gave me in a script

Dmitry Sapozhnikov

@o-sdn-o

Only the sudo bash in the script is redundant. The script itself will need to be run with sudo.

JaydenMWSoftwareDevelopment

@JaydenMWSoftwareDevelopment

I know

I will be adding comments in the script

Is VTM configurable with a config file?

Dmitry Sapozhnikov

@o-sdn-o

Not yet

JaydenMWSoftwareDevelopment

@JaydenMWSoftwareDevelopment

You could add the ability to set a background

Dmitry Sapozhnikov

@o-sdn-o

I have not yet figured out how to configure it so that it does not depend as much as possible on the platform used

JaydenMWSoftwareDevelopment

@JaydenMWSoftwareDevelopment

If you use a plain text config file the platform used shouldn't matter.

Dmitry Sapozhnikov

@o-sdn-o

The entire interface will be as configurable as possible

Currently the vtm.conf file from the current directory is used. The name of the region is taken from it.

JaydenMWSoftwareDevelopment

@JaydenMWSoftwareDevelopment

where is this vtm.conf located?

Dmitry Sapozhnikov

@o-sdn-o

It is read directly from the current folder if it is there.

Right where vtm is typed

The region name is a text string that is written in the window title. And it's all.

JaydenMWSoftwareDevelopment

@JaydenMWSoftwareDevelopment

VTM works on Windows Terminal with powershell

Dmitry Sapozhnikov

@o-sdn-o

Latest builds

https://dice.netxs.online/cloud/vtm/builds/

Dmitry Sapozhnikov

@o-sdn-o

Tested platforms

Ubuntu 16.04
Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 20.04
Windows 10 32/64
- cmd/powershell (conhost.exe)
  - font: DejaVu Sans Mono, cp UTF-8/65001
- Windows Terminal (wt.exe)
Windows Server 2019 32/64 Core/Desktop Experience
- cmd/powershell (conhost.exe)
  - font: Consolas, cp UTF-8/65001

JaydenMWSoftwareDevelopment

@JaydenMWSoftwareDevelopment

Is there anything new on VTM?

Dmitry Sapozhnikov

@o-sdn-o

VTM works on Windows Terminal with powershell

Oh! I just figured out what that means. The fact is that I use a modified Windows Terminal in which the mouse works in all modes. And I didn't get that when you wrote about using PowerShell. Thanks for the tip.

Is there anything new on VTM?

It is now possible to create a pseudo console (ConPTY) in Windows Server 2019.

Dmitry Sapozhnikov

@o-sdn-o

It didn't work as Windows Server adds a null byte to the end of the cmd or powershell console window title (Windows 10 doesn't do that)

Win10 behavior (cmd.exe title):
C:\\Windows\\SYSTEM32\\cmd.exe
WinSrv behavior (cmd.exe title + \0):
C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\\cmd.exe\0

Pseudo console was not created because of this zero byte at the end.

All builds are statically linked now. It can be tested on different platforms and not have *libc++ dependency issues.

Added 32-bit build for Windows.

Dmitry Sapozhnikov

@o-sdn-o

VTM works on Windows Terminal with powershell

Oh! I just figured out what that means. The fact is that I use a modified Windows Terminal in which the mouse works in all modes. And I didn't get that when you wrote about using PowerShell. Thanks for the tip.

It takes a few lines of source code changes to get Windows Terminal to start tracking the mouse for classic console applications
https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/376#issuecomment-733198098

This is a temporary hack.

Dmitry Sapozhnikov

@o-sdn-o

Note that the keyboard is not fully handled in Windows, modifier keystrokes are not handled (yet).

JaydenMWSoftwareDevelopment

@JaydenMWSoftwareDevelopment

Running a desktop environment in terminal is a new idea. It'll take a while for all terminals to support this.

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@JaydenMWSoftwareDevelopment

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Dmitry Sapozhnikov

@o-sdn-o

Dmitry Sapozhnikov

@o-sdn-o

Keyboard support implemented, Windows build is usable now.
Started changelog: https://dice.netxs.online/cloud/vtm/builds/changelog.txt

Dmitry Sapozhnikov

@o-sdn-o

Keyboard focus implemented.
Use Ctrl with mouse to activate multi focus.

Paul G

@paulie-g

Works on bleeding edge Arch Linux on x86-84 (tested with kitty 0.19.3 and alacritty 0.6.0-git-latest)

Keep in mind that terminal emulators have trouble with fine-grained mouse selection, so things like your slider widget in the refresh rate app aren't fine enough to select a given number

Menus don't work in the text editor and such, presumably because not implemented yet?

А так всё здОрово выглядит

Dmitry Sapozhnikov

@o-sdn-o

Text editor/spreadsheet is not implemented yet.

Paul G

@paulie-g

Чего сурцы зажал? Стесняешься или коммерческий проект делать будешь?

Dmitry Sapozhnikov

@o-sdn-o

Спасибо за оценку

Paul G

@paulie-g

чтобы всё так работало, это нехилый хардкор

Dmitry Sapozhnikov

@o-sdn-o

в планах делать на заказ удобные TUI интерфейсы для всего сподряд

VTM это как полигон для отладки движка который вместе с ним делаю

Paul G

@paulie-g

So the terminal has a bit of a bug, pagers don't work

less/bat/etc

Dmitry Sapozhnikov

@o-sdn-o

at the moment I am completely redesigning the terminal

Paul G

@paulie-g

I get that this is a preview build, I'm just flagging it up since I have no way of knowing whether it's not-yet-implemented/a bug/expected behaviour

понятно, сурцы будут или полностью закрыто? я не идеолог, просто интересно понимать

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