moby / moby/term

Implement ReadConsoleForTermEmul for Windows?

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Go
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Forks
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Research direction

Start by reading the linked contrib/win32/win32compat/tncon.c implementation of ReadConsoleForTermEmul and rawreader_windows.go in the readline reference. Trace the corresponding terminal input code in moby/term, then verify that ReadConsoleForTermEmul behaves as os.Stdin on Windows.

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Assessment

Tech stack
c, go
Domain
cli, operating-systems
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
42/100

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