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It is desinged to be started via [systemd][5].\n\nThis is part of [htmshell][6].\n\n## Installation\n\n### Arch Linux\n\n#### Dependencies\n\n```\npacman -S nodejs weston \n```\nand from AUR: [webkit2gtk-unstable](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/webkit2gtk-unstable/)\n\n```\nnpm i\ncp build/node-terminal-server.service /etc/systemd/system/\ncp build/html-terminal.service /etc/systemd/system/\nsystemctl daemon-reload\nsystemctl start node-terminal-server\n```\n\nMake sure your `/etc/systemd/system/weston.service` looks somewhat like mine:\n\n```\n[Unit]\nDescription=weston\nRequiresMountsFor=/run\nRequires=dbus.service systemd-udevd.service\nAfter=dbus.service systemd-udevd.service\n\n[Service]\nType=notify\nNotifyAccess=all\nWatchdogSec=20s\nExecStartPre=/bin/mkdir -p /var/run/root/1000\nExecStartPre=/bin/chmod 0700 /var/run/root/1000\nExecStart=/usr/bin/openvt -v -e /usr/bin/weston -- --modules=systemd-notify.so  --backend=drm-backend.so --log=/var/log/weston.log\nExecStartPost=/usr/bin/bash -c \"env \u003e /var/run/root/1000/environment\"\nNice=-20\nEnvironment=XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/var/run/root/1000\n\n[Install]\nWantedBy=multi-user.target\n```\n\n# Future Plans\n\nInvent custom [ANSI Escape Sequence][7] to support rendering of HTML snippets inside the terminal window.\n\n[1]: https://github.com/macton/hterm\n[2]: https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Webkit2gtk\n[3]: https://github.com/wayland-project/weston\n[4]: https://github.com/substack/shoe\n[5]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systemd\n[6]: https://github.com/regular/htmshell\n[7]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code\n\n\n","funding_links":[],"categories":[],"sub_categories":[],"project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fregular%2Fhtml-terminal","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fregular%2Fhtml-terminal","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fregular%2Fhtml-terminal/lists"}