Trying to compile and run `hello` demo from source, but I get "ReferenceError: hello is not defined"

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Issue type
Bug
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Tech stack
javascript, python
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compilers, web-dev

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Reproduce the report by running transcrypt hello with hello.htm and hello.py, then serving the directory and opening hello.html. Compare the source files with the generated __target__ output and inspect how the page loads it; done means the two buttons work without ReferenceError: hello is not defined.

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Not sure if this is the right place here, but I cannot get the hello demo get running from teh source code:

After installing transcrypt in my virtual env and activating the venv, I do the follwoing:

  1. I copy hello.htm & hello.py to a new directory myhello.

  2. In this directory I run

    transcrypt hello

    which generates stuff in a __target__ subdirectory.

  3. Now I run the web server in myhello and access http://localhost:8000/hello.html.

  4. When I click on any of the two buttons nothing happens and I get in the Firefox dev console the message "ReferenceError: hello is not defined".

What's going wrong here? I must miss something vital here...

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