Windows - Githubissues

olls commented 10 years ago

It would be nice if we could get it running on most platforms. I sorta got it running on Windows, the main hurdle to get it running was input, then it is playable. The issues we have are:

[x] ~~The Windows input is only blocking which means we can't use arrow keys on the menu, and the game only runs while the user is inputting.~~ Fixed with 48b162926785036766063dc76bb832de42daa2b6 - non blocking input works on windows.
[x] ~~There is a problem with msvcrt.getch returning bytes instead of a string, this causes problems with arrow keys.~~ Fixed with 3a0df67f0dcce9e49f0679ef096acd004dedbb1d - fix for Windows arrow keys input.
[ ] Colours are the only real problem although it is playable without them.
[ ] In Windows the clear screen code (and all escape codes...) doesn't work, ~~and arrow keys don't work~~ (No longer used). Add support for turning them off.

geraintwhite commented 10 years ago

For colours we can use colorama or similar external module, or modify colors.py to have fallbacks (\033 for windows)

geraintwhite commented 9 years ago

None of the escape codes will work on Windows. We should probably add support for turning off escape codes.

olls commented 8 years ago

Works well under Cygwin

geraintwhite commented 8 years ago

:+1: nbinput and escape codes (incl colours)?

geraintwhite commented 8 years ago

The other problem with Windows is that CMD is too narrow and can't be made wider.

olls commented 8 years ago

Yes, only problems were with arrow keys and some Unicode characters

olls commented 8 years ago

https://github.com/adoxa/ansicon converts ANSI escape codes to the Windows functions.

Or we could do it manually: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms682088(v=vs.85).aspx#_win32_character_attributes (More fun!)

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