Monotty Desktopio

Text-based desktop environment inside your terminal*

* Terminal Requirements

• Unicode/UTF-8
• Grapheme Clustering
• 24-bit True Color
• xterm-style Mouse Reporting

Tested Terminals

Demo

Live SSH

• ssh vtm@netxs.online

Video

• Desktop Environment
• Collaborative Interaction
• Recursive Connection

Supported Platforms

• POSIX-oriented
  • Linux
  • macOS
  • FreeBSD
  • NetBSD
  • OpenBSD
  • ...
• Windows
  • Windows 10
  • Windows Server 2019

Building from Source

POSIX-oriented

Build-time dependencies

• git
• cmake
• gcc or clang with support for C++20

git clone https://github.com/netxs-group/VTM.git && cd ./VTM
cmake ./src -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
cmake --build .
cmake --install .

Windows

Build-time dependencies

• git
• cmake
• Visual Studio 2019

Use Developer Command Prompt for VS 2019 as a build environment

git clone https://github.com/netxs-group/VTM.git && cd ./VTM
cmake ./src -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release "-GVisual Studio 16 2019"
cmake --build . --config Release
cd ./Release
powershell ../src/install/install.ps1

Binaries for amd64

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Command Line Options

Module	Options
vtm(.exe) client	No arguments
vtmd(.exe) server	[ -d ] run in background

User Interface

	Side bar			App window				Desktop
	App list	Running apps	User list	≡ Menu	Menu bar	Interior	Resize grips	Navigation strings	Free space
Ctrl + PgUp/Dn	Switch between running apps and assign exclusive keyboard focus
LeftClick	Select default app	Go to app		Assign exclusive keyboard focus				Go to app	Clear keyboard focus
Ctrl + LeftClick				Assign/clear group keyboard focus
double LeftClick	Run app			Close app	Maximize/restore app window
RightClick		Move app window to center of view						Move app window to center of view
Left+Right or MiddleClick				Close app
LeftDrag	Adjust Side Bar width			Move app window					Scroll workspace
RightDrag						Panoramic scrolling			Run default app
Left+RightDrag	Scroll workspace
Ctrl+RightDrag or Ctrl+MiddleDrag	Copy selected area to clipboard, OSC 52
Wheel	Vertical scrolling
Shift+Wheel or Ctrl+Wheel	Horizontal scrolling

Built-in Applications

• ▀▄ Term Terminal emulator
• ▀▄ Logs Debug output console
• ▀▄ View Workspace navigation helper

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- `▀▄ Term` - UTF-8 Everywhere - Unicode clustering - TrueColor/256-color support - Auto-wrap mode `DECAWM` (with horizontal scrolling) - Focus tracking `DECSET 1004` - Bracketed paste mode `DECSET 2004` - SGR attributes: overline, double underline, strikethrough, and others - Save/restore terminal window title `XTWINOPS 22/23` - Mouse tracking `DECSET 1000/1002/1003/1006 SGR` mode - Mouse tracking `DECSET 10060 Extended SGR` mode, mouse reporting outside of the terminal viewport (outside + negative arguments) #62 - Configurable using VT-sequences Name | Sequence | Description -------------|----------------------------------|------------- `CCC_SBS` | `CSI` 24 : n : m `p` | Set scrollback buffer size, `int32_t`
`n` Buffer limit in lines, 0 is unlimited, _default is 20.000_
`m` Grow step for unlimited buffer, _default is 0_ `CCC_RST` | `CSI` 1 `p` | Reset all parameters to default `CCC_TBS` | `CSI` 5 : n `p` | Set tabulation length
`n` Length in chars, _max = 256, default is 8_ `CCC_JET` | `CSI` 11 : n `p` | Set text alignment, _default is Left_
`n = 0` default
`n = 1` Left
`n = 2` Right
`n = 3` Center `CCC_WRP` | `CSI` 12 : n `p` | Set text autowrap mode, _default is On_
`n = 0` default
`n = 1` On
`n = 2` Off (_enable horizontal scrolling_) `CCC_RTL` | `CSI` 13 : n `p` | Set text right-to-left mode, _default is Off_
`n = 0` default
`n = 1` On
`n = 2` Off - `▀▄ Logs` - Debug output console. Use double `RightClick` to clear scrollback. - `▀▄ View` - Serves for quick navigation through the desktop space using cyclic selection (left click on group title) in the `View` group on the taskbar.

Related Repositories

Desktopio Framework Documentation

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