今天仍就是不願放棄將Terminal.Gui顯示在xterm裡。和agent再度討論後,終於將pty那層處理好,而神奇的是一但那層處理妥當,Terminal.Gui就能順利的在xterm裡呈現出來。並在成功能後詢問整個流程,將其記錄下來,日後做調整也比較清楚
⏺ This document describes a system that runs .NET Terminal.Gui applications in web browsers. Here's how it works:
Core Concept
Terminal.Gui is a console UI framework that normally runs in terminals. This project makes it run in browsers by creating a "pipeline" of
components.
The Pipeline
Terminal.Gui App → PTY → Node.js Server → WebSocket → Browser (xterm.js)
1. Terminal.Gui Application (.NET)
- A standard console app using Terminal.Gui v2
- Has buttons, text fields, menus - typical UI components
- Outputs ANSI escape sequences (terminal formatting codes like colors, cursor positioning)
- Located in: projects/dotnet/console-dungeon/
2. PTY (Pseudo-Terminal)
- Created by node-pty library
- Tricks the Terminal.Gui app into thinking it's running in a real terminal
- Captures all terminal output (ANSI codes, text) as binary data
- Forwards keyboard/mouse input back to the app
- Sets environment variables: TERM=xterm-256color, COLORTERM=truecolor
3. Node.js Server
- Runs on port 4041
- Spawns the .NET app inside a PTY using: /bin/bash -lc "dotnet run"
- Manages WebSocket connections from browsers
- Takes PTY output and streams it to browser
- Takes browser input (keystrokes, mouse) and sends to PTY
- Located in: projects/nodejs/pty-service/server.js
4. WebSocket
- Real-time bidirectional communication protocol
- Binary mode for terminal output (raw ANSI bytes)
- Text mode for control messages (like terminal resize)
5. Browser (xterm.js)
- xterm.js is a terminal emulator written in JavaScript
- Interprets ANSI escape sequences and renders them visually
- Captures keyboard/mouse events and sends to server
- Located in: projects/nodejs/sites/docs/src/components/XTerm.astro
而接下來要解決的部份則是在於mouse click的接受,以及可以在xterm裡可以播放audio(還不確定這是否可行)。而另一個要加入的則是能夠利用asciinema進行Terminal.Gui的行為、操控的錄製。
而在確定Terminal.Gui可以正式在網頁上呈現後,又回去console app端進行調整。主要是將架構部份再和agent進行討論。看之前想到的架構是否能調整成適合這專案使用的設計,和agent來回溝通很多次,終於又有一個比較完整但重新開始的架構。再度利用micro issue的方式讓GitHub coding agent協助重整架構後的實現,等完成後再和現有的Terminal.Gui做銜接。