terminal

Go package that provides terminal bridging utilities for cmdIDE. Handles platform-specific concerns such as suppressing console windows on Windows and resolving the default working directory for new terminal sessions.

Import

import term "github.com/Command-IDE/terminal"

API

NoWindow(cmd *exec.Cmd)

Suppresses the console window that Windows would otherwise flash when spawning a background child process (CREATE_NO_WINDOW = 0x08000000). No-op on macOS and Linux.

DefaultDir(configDefault string) string

Returns the best starting directory for a new terminal session. Checks (in order):

1. The user-supplied configDefault path (if non-empty and exists)
2. The Documents folder (Windows: from the registry; macOS/Linux: ~/Documents)
3. The user's home directory

Build tags

File	Tag	Purpose
exec_windows.go	windows	CREATE_NO_WINDOW syscall
exec_other.go	!windows	no-op stub
defaultdir_windows.go	windows	Registry-based Documents lookup
defaultdir_other.go	!windows	POSIX Documents lookup

Dependencies

• golang.org/x/sys — Windows registry access for the Documents folder path

Used by

This package is a sub-module of cmdIDE and is consumed via a replace directive in the host app's go.mod during development.

License

MIT