Source Layout

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The vast majority of the code here lives under js/.

• audio/: Audio files (e.g. the bell alert).
• bin/: Tools for building/testing hterm.
• concat/: Compiled output of other projects we use.
• dist/: Builds of the hterm for integration with other projects.
• doc/: Documentation files.
• etc/: Scripts/snippets for hterm users to leverage terminal features.
• examples/: Example projects using hterm.
• html/:
  • hterm_test.html: Run all available unittests.
• images/: Image files (e.g. notification icons).
• js/: The majority of relevant code for hterm.
  • See the section below.
• test_data/: Various test data and helper scripts.

JavaScript Source Layout

• Core logic

  • hterm.js: Global inititalization, utility functions & classes.
  • hterm_screen.js: The currently visible screen.
  • hterm_scrollport.js: A viewport into the buffer that builds the screen.
  • hterm_terminal.js: The central Terminal object.
  • hterm_terminal_io.js: The IO object for writing data into the Terminal from the user and the connected process.
  • hterm_vt.js: Core processing of escape/control sequences.

• Keyboard related code

  • hterm_keyboard.js: Central object for capturing and processing user input.
  • hterm_keyboard_bindings.js: Helper for binding keypresses (via keypatterns) to actions.
  • hterm_keyboard_keymap.js: Default keyboard map (e.g. what happens when you press X, Ctrl+X, Alt+X, etc...).
  • hterm_keyboard_keypattern.js: Helper for matching keyboard bindings.
  • hterm_parser.js: Simple parser for handling keyboard bindings.
  • hterm_parser_identifiers.js: Constants for the parser code (such as keyboard key names and actions).

• Supplementary modules

  • hterm_accessibility_reader.js: Code related to rendering terminal output for a screen reader.
  • hterm_contextmenu.js: The context menu shown when right clicking.
  • hterm_options.js: Internal runtime settings for the Terminal object.
  • hterm_preference_manager.js: Manager for user preferences.
  • hterm_pubsub.js: Helper for managing custom events.
  • hterm_text_attributes.js: Helpers for sections of text with different attributes (e.g. colors, bold, italics, etc...).
  • hterm_vt_character_map.js: Code related to character map translations (SCS). Probably safe to ignore as it's unused by default.

• Testing related code

  • hterm_test.js: Main unittest runner logic. Locates & runs all tests.
  • hterm_mock_*.js: Various object mocks to simplify unittests.
  • *_tests.js: Each module has a corresponding set of unittests. The filename follows the convention of adding _tests. e.g. hterm_tests.js contains the tests for hterm.js.