I'm +1 to transferring the repository. I would also try to ping whoever-we-know at Microsoft, as enabling this will likely impact them the most. -- Matthias
On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 2:50 PM, Thomas Kluyver <[email protected]> wrote: > Terminado (http://terminado.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ ) is part of the > machinery that we use for interactive terminals in the browser. Xterm.js > (https://xtermjs.org/ ) provides the frontend in the browser, which is where > most of the complexity is needed, while Terminado is a relatively simple > part that runs on the server. It integrates with the Tornado web framework, > which the Jupyter Notebook is built on. > > Currently, Terminado is purely for Unix-like systems. However, there is a > library called winpty which provides the underlying feature to make similar > functionality possible on Windows. The Spyder developers have done some > impressive work to package this up in a form that is readily accessible from > Python and pip-installable, and Steven has opened a pull request on > Terminado to use this. > > It would certainly be nice to provide terminals on Windows as well, but I'm > not confident I understand the Windows side of things well enough to > maintain it. Steven has offered to help with maintenance (thanks!), but I'd > like to propose moving it into the Jupyter organisation to make this easier, > and to facilitate other people contributing to its maintenance. > > Terminado has generally been a very low-maintenance project - it's simple > glue between a Unix pty and a tornado websocket. Windows support may add > some load, but I don't see it ever needing many changes. Jupyter is the only > user I'm aware of, though over 100 people have 'starred' it, so it may have > some others. > > Thanks, > Thomas > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Project Jupyter" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jupyter/CAOvn4qhY97amb4qoajB58U%3DQuxbFKA90XpefM7CJS3FY8C-ZiA%40mail.gmail.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Project Jupyter" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jupyter/CANJQusUghzVD-PvsmmfZw6zMSLGs4iT1SNMjT6Ox%2Bew_Qn3P_A%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
