feat/webworker: work in progress [might break]

com/codemirror.js

@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ AFRAME.registerComponent('codemirror', {
 
     // component events
     DOMready: function(e){
-      this.isoterminal.emulator.read_file( this.data.file )
+      this.isoterminal.worker.postMessage.promise({event:'read_file',data: this.data.file })
       .then( this.isoterminal.convert.Uint8ArrayToString )
       .then( (str) => {
         this.createEditor( str )

com/isoterminal.js

@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ if( typeof AFRAME != 'undefined '){
       transparent:  { type:'boolean', "default":false }, // need good gpu
       xterm:        { type: 'boolean', "default":true }, // use xterm.js? (=slower)
       memory:       { type: 'number',  "default":48  }, // VM memory (in MB)
-      bufferLatency:{ type: 'number', "default":200  }  // bufferlatency from worker to xterm 
+      bufferLatency:{ type: 'number', "default":300  }, // in ms: bufferlatency from webworker to xterm (batch-update every char to texture)
-                                                        // (re-uploading the canvas per character is slooow)
+      canvasLatency:{ type: 'number', "default":300  }  // in ms: time between canvas re-draws 
     },
 
     init: function(){
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ if( typeof AFRAME != 'undefined '){
         jsconsole:     "com/isoterminal/feat/jsconsole.js",
         indexhtml:     "com/isoterminal/feat/index.html.js",
         indexjs:       "com/isoterminal/feat/index.js.js",
-        //autorestore: "com/isoterminal/feat/autorestore.js",
+        autorestore: "com/isoterminal/feat/autorestore.js",
       })
 
       this.el.setAttribute("selfcontainer","")
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ if( typeof AFRAME != 'undefined '){
 
       instance.addEventListener('window.oncreate', (e) => {
         instance.dom.classList.add('blink')
-        instance.setAttribute("xterm",`cols: ${this.data.cols}; rows: ${this.data.rows}`)
+        instance.setAttribute("xterm",`cols: ${this.data.cols}; rows: ${this.data.rows}; canvasLatency: ${this.data.canvasLatency}`)
         instance.addEventListener("xterm-input", (e) => this.isoterminal.send(e.detail,0) )
         // run iso
         let opts = {dom:instance.dom}

com/isoterminal/ISOTerminal.js

@@ -126,30 +126,52 @@ ISOTerminal.prototype.start = function(opts){
     autostart: true,
   };
 
+  /*
+   * the WebWorker (which runs v86)
+   *
+   */
+
   this.worker = new Worker("com/isoterminal/worker.js");
   this.worker.onmessage = (e) => {
+    const xr = this.instance.sceneEl.renderer.xr
     const {event,data} = e.data
-    this.emit(event,data,"worker")
+    const cb = (event,data) => () => {
+      if( data.promiseId ){
+        this.workerPromise.resolver(data)     // forward to promise resolver 
+      }else this.emit(event,data,"worker")    // forward event to world
+      
+    }
+    // don't let workers cause framerate dropping
+    if( xr.isPresenting ){
+      xr.getSession().requestAnimationFrame(cb(event,data))
+    }else{
+      window.requestAnimationFrame(cb(event,data))
+    }
   }
  
-  //this.term = new window.Terminal({
+  /*
-  //  logLevel:"off",
+   * postMessage.promise basically performs this.worker.postMessage
-  //  rows: 50,
+   * in a promise way (to easily retrieve async output)
-  //  cols: 110
+   */
-  //})
-  //this.term.open( this.instance.dom )
-  //this.term.onData( (data) => {
-  //  for(let i = 0; i < data.length; i++){
-  //    this.worker.postMessage({event:"serial0-input", data: data.charCodeAt(i) })
-  //  }
-  //})
 
-  //this.instance.addEventListener('serial-output-byte', (e) => {
+  this.worker.postMessage.promise = function(data){
-  //  const byte = e.detail
+    if( typeof data != 'object' ) data = {data}
-  //  this.term.write(byte)
+    this.resolvers = this.resolvers || {}
-  //})
+    this.id        = this.id == undefined ? 0 : this.id
+    data.id = this.id++
+    // Send id and task to WebWorker
+    this.worker.postMessage(data)
+    return new Promise(resolve => this.resolvers[data.id] = resolve);
+  }.bind(this.worker.postMessage)
 
-  this.emit('runISO',opts)
+  this.worker.postMessage.promise.resolver = function(data){
+    if( !data || !data.promiseId ) throw 'promiseId not given'
+    this.resolvers[ data.promiseId ](data);
+    delete this.resolvers[ data.promiseId ]; // Prevent memory leak
+  }.bind(this.worker.postMessage)
+
+
+  this.emit('runISO',{...opts, bufferLatency: this.opts.bufferLatency })
   const loading = [
     'loading quantum bits and bytes',
     'preparing quantum flux capacitors',
@@ -194,40 +216,34 @@ ISOTerminal.prototype.start = function(opts){
     //}
 
     let line = ''
-    let ready = false
+    this.ready = false
-    this.addEventListener(`serial0-output-byte`, async (e) => {
-        const byte = e.detail
-        //this.emit("serial-output-byte",byte) // send to xterm
-        this.bufferOutput(`serial-output-byte`, byte)
-        var chr = String.fromCharCode(byte);
-        if(chr < " " && chr !== "\n" && chr !== "\t" || chr > "~") return 
 
-        if(chr === "\n")
+    this.addEventListener(`serial0-output-string`, async (e) => {
-        {
+      const str = e.detail
-            var new_line = line;
-            line = "";
-        } else if(chr >= " " && chr <= "~"){ line += chr }
 
-        if( !ready && line.match(/^(\/ #|~%|\[.*\]>)/) ){
+      // lets scan for a prompt so we can send a 'ready' event to the world
+      if( !this.ready && str.match(/\n(\/ #|~%|\[.*\]>)/) ){
         this.emit('postReady',{})
+        this.ready = true
         setTimeout( () => this.emit('ready',{}), 500 )
-          ready = true
       }
-    });    
+      if( this.ready ) this.emit('serial-output-string', e.detail )
+    })
   });
 
 }
 
-ISOTerminal.prototype.bufferOutput = function(type,byte){
+ISOTerminal.prototype.bufferOutput = function(byte,cb,latency){
-  this.buffer = this.buffer || {str:""}
+  const resetBuffer = () => ({str:""})
-  if( this.buffer.id ) this.buffer.str += String.fromCharCode(byte)
+  this.buffer = this.buffer || resetBuffer()
-  else{
+  this.buffer.str += String.fromCharCode(byte)
-    this.emit(type, byte )                // leading call
+  if( !this.buffer.id ){ 
-    this.buffer.id = setTimeout( () => {  // trailing calls
+    cb(this.buffer.str)                   // send out leading call
-      if( this.buffer.str ){
+    this.buffer = resetBuffer()
-        this.emit('serial-output-string', this.buffer.str )
+    this.buffer.id = setTimeout( () => {  // accumulate succesive calls 
-      }
+      if( this.buffer.str ) cb(this.buffer.str)
-      this.buffer = {str:""}
+      this.buffer = resetBuffer()
-    }, this.opts.bufferLatency || 250)
+    }, this.latency || 250)
   }
 }
+

com/isoterminal/feat/autorestore.js

@@ -1,9 +1,23 @@
-ISOTerminal.addEventListener('emulator-started', function(e){
+if( typeof emulator != 'undefined' ){
-  return console.log("TODO: autorestore.js")
+  // inside worker-thread
-  this.autorestore(e)
-})
   
-ISOTerminal.prototype.autorestore = async function(e){
+  this['emulator.restore_state'] = async function(){ 
+    await emulator.restore_state.apply(emulator, arguments[0])   
+    this.postMessage({event:"state_restored",data:false})
+  }
+  this['emulator.save_state'] = async function(){ 
+    let state = await emulator.save_state.apply(emulator, arguments[0])   
+    this.postMessage({event:"state_saved",data:state})
+  }
+
+
+}else{
+  // inside browser-thread
+  ISOTerminal.addEventListener('emulator-started', function(e){
+    this.autorestore(e)
+  })
+
+  ISOTerminal.prototype.autorestore = async function(e){
 
     localforage.setDriver([
       localforage.INDEXEDDB,
@@ -15,7 +29,8 @@ ISOTerminal.prototype.autorestore = async function(e){
         if( stateBase64 && !err && confirm('continue last session?') ){
           this.noboot = true // see feat/boot.js
           state = this.convert.base64ToArrayBuffer( stateBase64 )
-        this.emulator.restore_state(state)
+
+          this.addEventListener('state_restored', function(){
             this.emit('postReady',e)
             setTimeout( () => {
               this.emit('ready',e)
@@ -33,15 +48,22 @@ ISOTerminal.prototype.autorestore = async function(e){
               .catch( console.error )
 
             }, 500 )
+          })
+
+          this.worker.postMessage({event:'emulator.restore_state',data:state})
         } 
       })
 
       this.save = async () => {
-      const state = await this.emulator.save_state() 
+        const state = await this.worker.postMessage({event:"save_state",data:false})
         console.log( String(this.convert.arrayBufferToBase64(state)).substr(0,5) )
         localforage.setItem("state", this.convert.arrayBufferToBase64(state) )
       }
 
+      this.addEventListener('state_saved', function(data){
+          debugger
+      })
+
       window.addEventListener("beforeunload", function (e) {
         var confirmationMessage = "Sure you want to leave?\nTIP: enter 'save' to continue this session later";
         (e || window.event).returnValue = confirmationMessage; //Gecko + IE
@@ -49,5 +71,6 @@ ISOTerminal.prototype.autorestore = async function(e){
       });
 
     })
-}
+  }
 
+}

com/isoterminal/worker.js

@@ -40,15 +40,24 @@ this.runISO = function(opts){
   // event forwarding
 
   emulator.add_listener("serial0-output-byte", function(byte){
-    this.postMessage({event:"serial0-output-byte",data:byte});
+    ISOTerminal.prototype.bufferOutput(byte, (str) => { // we buffer to prevent framerate dropping
+      if( !str ) return
+      this.postMessage({event:"serial0-output-string",data:str});
+    }, opts.bufferLatency )
   }.bind(this));
 
   emulator.add_listener("serial1-output-byte", function(byte){
-    this.postMessage({event:"serial1-output-byte",data:byte});
+    ISOTerminal.prototype.bufferOutput(byte, (str) => { // we buffer to prevent framerate dropping
+      if( !str ) return
+      this.postMessage({event:"serial1-output-string",data:str});
+    }, opts.bufferLatency )
   }.bind(this));
 
   emulator.add_listener("serial2-output-byte", function(byte){
-    this.postMessage({event:"serial2-output-byte",data:byte});
+    ISOTerminal.prototype.bufferOutput(byte, (str) => { // we buffer to prevent framerate dropping
+      if( !str ) return
+      this.postMessage({event:"serial2-output-string",data:str});
+    }, opts.bufferLatency )
   }.bind(this));
 
   emulator.add_listener("emulator-started", function(){
@@ -73,6 +82,7 @@ this.runISO = function(opts){
 
   importScripts("feat/javascript.js")
   importScripts("feat/index.html.js")
+  importScripts("feat/autorestore.js")
 }
 /* 
  * forward events/functions so non-worker world can reach them

com/xterm.js

@@ -92,14 +92,9 @@ const TERMINAL_THEME = {
 
 AFRAME.registerComponent('xterm', {
   schema: Object.assign({
-    cols: {
+    cols: { type: 'number', default: 110, },
-      type: 'number',
+    rows: { type: 'number', default: Math.floor( (window.innerHeight * 0.7 ) * 0.054 ) },
-      default: 110,
+    canvasLatency:{ type:'number', default: 200 }
-    },
-    rows: {
-      type: 'number',
-      default: Math.floor( (window.innerHeight * 0.7 ) * 0.054 )
-    },
   }, TERMINAL_THEME),
 
   write: function(message) {
@@ -139,6 +134,7 @@ AFRAME.registerComponent('xterm', {
     }, {})
 
     const term = this.term = new Terminal({
+      logLevel:"off",
       theme: theme,
       allowTransparency: true,
       cursorBlink: true,
@@ -157,7 +153,7 @@ AFRAME.registerComponent('xterm', {
         //this.term._core.viewport._innerRefresh()
         this.term._core.renderer._renderDebouncer._innerRefresh() 
       }
-    },150)
+    }, this.data.canvasLatency)
 
     this.term.open(terminalElement)
     this.term.focus()
@@ -191,6 +187,7 @@ AFRAME.registerComponent('xterm', {
       const material = this.el.planeText.getObject3D('mesh').material
       if (!material.map ) return 
       if( this.cursorCanvas ) this.canvasContext.drawImage(this.cursorCanvas, 0,0)
+      else console.log("no cursorCanvas")
       material.map.needsUpdate = true
       //material.needsUpdate = true
     }