5 Commits

Author SHA1 Message Date
Ken Van Hoeylandt
79d3dd4fdb
Improvements for apps, filesystems, terminal and shell (#659)
app-module

- Apps now have support for:
  - environment variables (inherit from parent app)
  - current workdir
  - window size (when running in terminal)
- Add type aliases like `AppId` and `PackageId`
- Remove data duplication between ledger and app instance records: create `AppManifestSet`
- `AppManifest` usage safety improved: pass by value where needed, or use `AppId` instead of a manifest.

Terminal and shell

- Moved shell commands into coreutils-module as proper apps.
- Refine stack size for terminal and shell because apps now run with their own task and stack (including in-memory apps)

Platform

- Fix for listing root dir on ESP32: wrap posix directory functions and wire in file systems.
- Moved all platform-specific file system init code to platform subprojects

Other

- Fix for screenshot capture (issue with paths)
- Fixes for coreutils app correctness
- Memory optimizations (use more PSRAM where possible) in various locations such as app-module, shell and terminal.
- `ls` and `help` commands now use terminal width and show columns of data by default
- Created fs helpers at `TactilityKernel/include/tactility/filesystem/fs.h` (partially ported from `ShellFs`)
2026-09-25 08:29:27 +02:00
Ken Van Hoeylandt
86010186d8
Improve Terminal, App List, app starting, and more (#658)
app-module:

- Implement `AppStartContext` to reduce amount of `app_start_` and `app_exec` functions: replace them with `app_start_with_context()`
- Add support for environment variables when starting apps
- Implement support for environment variables for apps

graphics-module:

- Add this new module
- Move font-module code into this module
- Implement pixel_buffer

apps:

- Terminal app: reduce memory usage by only buffering a single row of characters, and try to buffer in IRAM when possible. Implement new pixel_buffer.
- App List: Mark apps as favourite to pin them on top. Use touch or press "x" key.
- App List: Add toolbar button that shows alert dialog with info about using favourites
2026-09-24 00:44:28 +02:00
Ken Van Hoeylandt
8556103eb1
Implemented multi-binary app packaging (#648) 2026-09-09 20:05:04 +02:00
Ken Van Hoeylandt
a0b2ee7ebc
Run executables directly (#645)
- Apps can be launched directly from file paths (including Files app support)
- Added executable detection to identify unsupported or invalid binaries before launch.
- App startup is now streamlined through separate registered-app and direct-execution interfaces.
- Existing app launch points were migrated to the updated startup APIs.
2026-09-04 21:23:08 +02:00
Ken Van Hoeylandt
6e5e35610b
Implement app streams: stdio for apps (#640)
Implement file IO for applications to facilitate text input/output capturing.

Apps can now launch apps and:
- Read their stdio output
- Write to their stdio input
2026-08-30 12:07:40 +02:00