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Relocate src/common/primitives and src/common/runtime to src/primitives
and src/runtime. Add src/tsconfig.json as the primitives+runtime solution.
Update tsconfigs, esbuild, webpack aliases, publish path, and docs.

Co-authored-by: Daniel Imms <Tyriar@users.noreply.github.com>
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@xterm/addon-serialize

An addon for xterm.js that enables xterm.js to serialize a terminal framebuffer into string or html. This addon requires xterm.js v4+.

⚠️ This is an experimental addon that is still under construction ⚠️

Install

npm install --save @xterm/addon-serialize

Usage

import { Terminal } from "@xterm/xterm";
import { SerializeAddon } from "@xterm/addon-serialize";

const terminal = new Terminal();
const serializeAddon = new SerializeAddon();
terminal.loadAddon(serializeAddon);

terminal.write("something...", () => {
  console.log(serializeAddon.serialize());
});

See the full API for more advanced usage.

Benchmark

⚠️ Ensure you have lolcat, hexdump programs installed in your computer

$ git clone https://github.com/xtermjs/xterm.js.git
$ cd xterm.js
$ npm ci
$ cd addons/addon-serialize
$ npm run benchmark && npm run benchmark-baseline
$ # change some code in `@xterm/addon-serialize`
$ npm run benchmark-eval