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instancestdoutprocessrenderstdinnoderootunmountinstancesnodejs
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reactsrc/utils/debug.jsstream./frame.js./ink.js./instances.js
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import type { ReactNode } from 'react'
import { logForDebugging } from 'src/utils/debug.js'
import { Stream } from 'stream'
import type { FrameEvent } from './frame.js'
import Ink, { type Options as InkOptions } from './ink.js'
import instances from './instances.js'
export type RenderOptions = {
/**
* Output stream where app will be rendered.
*
* @default process.stdout
*/
stdout?: NodeJS.WriteStream
/**
* Input stream where app will listen for input.
*
* @default process.stdin
*/
stdin?: NodeJS.ReadStream
/**
* Error stream.
* @default process.stderr
*/
stderr?: NodeJS.WriteStream
/**
* Configure whether Ink should listen to Ctrl+C keyboard input and exit the app. This is needed in case `process.stdin` is in raw mode, because then Ctrl+C is ignored by default and process is expected to handle it manually.
*
* @default true
*/
exitOnCtrlC?: boolean
/**
* Patch console methods to ensure console output doesn't mix with Ink output.
*
* @default true
*/
patchConsole?: boolean
/**
* Called after each frame render with timing and flicker information.
*/
onFrame?: (event: FrameEvent) => void
}
export type Instance = {
/**
* Replace previous root node with a new one or update props of the current root node.
*/
rerender: Ink['render']
/**
* Manually unmount the whole Ink app.
*/
unmount: Ink['unmount']
/**
* Returns a promise, which resolves when app is unmounted.
*/
waitUntilExit: Ink['waitUntilExit']
cleanup: () => void
}
/**
* A managed Ink root, similar to react-dom's createRoot API.
* Separates instance creation from rendering so the same root
* can be reused for multiple sequential screens.
*/
export type Root = {
render: (node: ReactNode) => void
unmount: () => void
waitUntilExit: () => Promise<void>
}
/**
* Mount a component and render the output.
*/
export const renderSync = (
node: ReactNode,
options?: NodeJS.WriteStream | RenderOptions,
): Instance => {
const opts = getOptions(options)
const inkOptions: InkOptions = {
stdout: process.stdout,
stdin: process.stdin,
stderr: process.stderr,
exitOnCtrlC: true,
patchConsole: true,
...opts,
}
const instance: Ink = getInstance(
inkOptions.stdout,
() => new Ink(inkOptions),
)
instance.render(node)
return {
rerender: instance.render,
unmount() {
instance.unmount()
},
waitUntilExit: instance.waitUntilExit,
cleanup: () => instances.delete(inkOptions.stdout),
}
}
const wrappedRender = async (
node: ReactNode,
options?: NodeJS.WriteStream | RenderOptions,
): Promise<Instance> => {
// Preserve the microtask boundary that `await loadYoga()` used to provide.
// Without it, the first render fires synchronously before async startup work
// (e.g. useReplBridge notification state) settles, and the subsequent Static
// write overwrites scrollback instead of appending below the logo.
await Promise.resolve()
const instance = renderSync(node, options)
logForDebugging(
`[render] first ink render: ${Math.round(process.uptime() * 1000)}ms since process start`,
)
return instance
}
export default wrappedRender
/**
* Create an Ink root without rendering anything yet.
* Like react-dom's createRoot — call root.render() to mount a tree.
*/
export async function createRoot({
stdout = process.stdout,
stdin = process.stdin,
stderr = process.stderr,
exitOnCtrlC = true,
patchConsole = true,
onFrame,
}: RenderOptions = {}): Promise<Root> {
// See wrappedRender — preserve microtask boundary from the old WASM await.
await Promise.resolve()
const instance = new Ink({
stdout,
stdin,
stderr,
exitOnCtrlC,
patchConsole,
onFrame,
})
// Register in the instances map so that code that looks up the Ink
// instance by stdout (e.g. external editor pause/resume) can find it.
instances.set(stdout, instance)
return {
render: node => instance.render(node),
unmount: () => instance.unmount(),
waitUntilExit: () => instance.waitUntilExit(),
}
}
const getOptions = (
stdout: NodeJS.WriteStream | RenderOptions | undefined = {},
): RenderOptions => {
if (stdout instanceof Stream) {
return {
stdout,
stdin: process.stdin,
}
}
return stdout
}
const getInstance = (
stdout: NodeJS.WriteStream,
createInstance: () => Ink,
): Ink => {
let instance = instances.get(stdout)
if (!instance) {
instance = createInstance()
instances.set(stdout, instance)
}
return instance
}