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opencomputeproject / OSF-OSFCI

Open Source Firmware Continuous Integration source code
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Cannot scroll to view error messages in build ouptut window #38

Open csides-hpe opened 2 years ago

csides-hpe commented 2 years ago

If a build fails with errors, only the last page or so of error output is visible. The scroll bar for the build output panel does not currently allow scrolling back over the error text.

vejmarie commented 2 years ago

The compiler output is a screen linux command output. So you can use the same trick than with screen command. To access the log you need to press CTRL + a + esc then this will activate your page up / page down keys and you can get access to the whole compilation log. ( @csides-hpe )

csides-hpe commented 2 years ago

To access the log you need to press CTRL + a + esc then this will activate your page up / page down keys and you can get access to the whole compilation log. ( @csides-hpe )

Good info! I discovered an issue when doing this from a Windows machine, though:

Pressing CTRL + A + ESC works when I'm accessing OSFCI from a Linux machine, but when done on a Windows machine, Windows catches the CTRL + ESC and it opens the start menu instead- so page up / page down doesn't get enabled.

I think it would probably also worth it to eventually add some text to inform users about the hotkeys, and/or a button to emulate those keys being pressed to give scroll access from browsers on Windows machines.

vejmarie commented 2 years ago

Use a serious operating system :) We are working at enhancing the learning curve of the workflow by adding "bubbles" which could be activated and de-activated when the end user will have discovered all the 80's cheat codes we have hidden into the UI/