added 9pfs.create_file_from_url()

com/isoterminal.js

@@ -439,9 +439,10 @@ if( typeof AFRAME != 'undefined '){
       this.el.addEventListener('exec', (e) => this.term.exec( e.detail ) )
       this.el.addEventListener('hook', (e) => this.term.hook( e.detail[0], e.detail[1] ) )
       this.el.addEventListener('send', (e) => this.term.send( e.detail[0], e.detail[1] || 0 ) )
-      this.el.addEventListener('create_file', async (e) => await this.term.worker.create_file( e.detail[0], this.term.convert.toUint8Array(e.detail[1]) ) )
-      this.el.addEventListener('update_file', async (e) => await this.term.worker.update_file( e.detail[0], this.term.convert.toUint8Array(e.detail[1]) ) )
-      this.el.addEventListener('append_file', async (e) => await this.term.worker.append_file( e.detail[0], this.term.convert.toUint8Array(e.detail[1]) ) )
+      this.el.addEventListener('create_file', async (e) => await this.term.worker.create_file( e.detail[0], e.detail[1] ) )
+      this.el.addEventListener('create_file_from_url', async (e) => await this.term.worker.create_file_from_url( e.detail[0], e.detail[1] ) )
+      this.el.addEventListener('update_file', async (e) => await this.term.worker.update_file( e.detail[0], e.detail[1] ) )
+      this.el.addEventListener('append_file', async (e) => await this.term.worker.append_file( e.detail[0], e.detail[1] ) )
       this.el.addEventListener('read_file',   async (e) => { 
         const buf = await this.term.worker.read_file( e.detail[0] )
         const str = new TextDecoder().decode(buf)

com/isoterminal/ISOTerminal.js

@@ -17,15 +17,14 @@ function ISOTerminal(instance,opts){
 
 ISOTerminal.prototype.emit = function(event,data,sender){
   data = data || false 
+  // *TODO* wrap certain events into this.preventFrameDrop( () => { .. }) to boost performance
   const evObj = new CustomEvent(event, {detail: data} )
-  this.preventFrameDrop( () => {
   // forward event to worker/instance/AFRAME element or component-function
   // this feels complex, but actually keeps event- and function-names more concise in codebase
   this.dispatchEvent( evObj )
   if( sender !=  "instance" && this.instance                    ) this.instance.dispatchEvent(evObj)
   if( sender !=  "worker"   && this.worker                      ) this.worker.postMessage({event,data}, PromiseWorker.prototype.getTransferable(data) )
   if( sender !== undefined  && typeof this[event] == 'function' ) this[event].apply(this, data && data.push ? data : [data] )
-  })
 }
 
 ISOTerminal.addEventListener = (event,cb) => {

com/isoterminal/PromiseWorker.js

@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ function PromiseWorker(file, onmessage){
       this.resolvers = this.resolvers || {last:1,pending:{}}
       msg.data.promiseId = this.resolvers.last++
       // Send id and task to WebWorker
-      worker.postMessage(msg, PromiseWorker.prototype.getTransferable(msg.data) )
+      let dataTransferable = PromiseWorker.prototype.getTransferable(msg.data)
+      worker.postMessage(msg, dataTransferable )
       return new Promise( resolve => this.resolvers.pending[ msg.data.promiseId ] = resolve );
     },
 
@@ -72,6 +73,5 @@ PromiseWorker.prototype.getTransferable = function(data){
   for( var i in data ){
     if( isTransferable(data[i]) ) objs.push(data[i])
   }
-  if( objs.length ) debugger
   return objs.length ? objs : undefined
 }

com/isoterminal/feat/9pfs_utils.js

@@ -28,6 +28,17 @@ emulator.fs9p.update_file = async function(file,data){
     }
 }
 
+emulator.fs9p.create_file_from_url = async function(file,url){
+  const convert = ISOTerminal.prototype.convert
+  return fetch(url)
+  .then( (res) => res.arrayBuffer() )
+  .then( (buf) => {
+    let arr = new Uint8Array(buf)
+    return emulator.create_file(file, arr )
+  })
+  .catch( console.error )
+}
+
 emulator.fs9p.append_file = async function(file,data){
     const convert = ISOTerminal.prototype.convert
 

com/isoterminal/worker.js

@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ this.runISO = async function(opts){
     return arr
   }
   this.create_file          = async function(){ return emulator.create_file.apply(emulator, stripMountDir(arguments[0]) ) }
+  this.create_file_from_url = async function(){ return emulator.fs9p.create_file_from_url.apply(emulator, stripMountDir(arguments[0]) ) }
   this.read_file            = async function(){ return emulator.read_file.apply(emulator, stripMountDir(arguments[0]) )   }
   this.read_file_world      = async function(){ return emulator.fs9p.read_file_world.apply(emulator.fs9p, stripMountDir(arguments[0]) )   }
   this.append_file          = async function(){ emulator.fs9p.append_file.apply(emulator.fs9p, stripMountDir(arguments[0])) }