Support TUI apps running in the browser - aka Add HTML5 rendering support

[JessicaMulein]

Per side conversation with @BDisp in #1601, creating this ticket to track development of this feature/project.

At the moment, it seems like the Blazor required references might be best kept in a separate project.
I'm thinking I may not necessarily need to fork.

I may create a new repo that is more closely aligned to Gui.cs and does not also accommodate Spectre.console (that'll be a fork I suppose)..

Primary repos (at the moment)
https://github.com/HACC-ers/HACC
https://github.com/HACC-ers/HACC.Development

[BDisp]

I made this changes in gui.cs:
BDisp@4921492

The changes in HACC:
https://github.com/BDisp/HACC/commit/8bfc71b110e1d1152aec4ea89a9898764fb84c39

The changes in HACC.Development:
https://github.com/BDisp/HACC.Development/commit/70d98466ef619841078f9f41036a6344223de77a

[tig]

Would it be better for this Issue to be renamed to "Add HTML5 rendering support"??? I think that's a more customer-centric way of stating it, no?

[JessicaMulein]

Unfortunately it depends presently on a lot of newer DotNet 6 features, which could maybe be avoided- but having the demo on bleeding edge Blazor seems to make sense-ish?

[JessicaMulein]

Some seven days later, BDisp and I have made a lot of progress on this and have it a little better distilled into a usable package.
We still have a ways to go on finishing the implementation but we're a heck of a lot closer!

unlisted: https://www.nuget.org/packages/HACC/

Our project board https://github.com/orgs/HACC-ers/projects/1/views/1

[migueldeicaza]

My take is that something like HTML5 rendering support as HACC implements is a good candidate for an add-on to Gui.cs, in the same way that the terminal emulation is an add-on component to Gui.cs.

The rationale is that these are components with evolving APIs and evolving implementations, and should grow, mature and evolve on their own (also, they can be used with other libraries)

[JessicaMulein]

Yes, it so happens that I was able to inherit your structure and implement Spectre.Console's Interface pattern at the same time. I think we're going to be a multi-compatible component. Your one stop blazor gui shop!

That being said, if you ever wanted to internalize your section of the code (90%) you're welcome to it and we'd be happy to help.

[JessicaMulein]

PS @migueldeicaza I am a big fan of yours. So sad you're not at Microsoft (for selfish reasons! Still had hoped to work with you).

But of course, I am not tied to microsoft... Maybe our paths will yet cross!

[JessicaMulein]

We've basically formed a team/organization in the process of this and we're getting very close to a working version. Starting to display text in the right colors and places.

[JessicaMulein]

https://github.com/Blazor-Console/HACC/blob/main/README.md

[tznind]

Looking great!

[Trolldemorted]

are the problems on the right border caused by non-monospaced fonts?

[BDisp]

are the problems on the right border caused by non-monospaced fonts?

No, because it's a monospaced "Courier" font. It has to do with wide runes that not been yet well coded.