Documenting success with lnav on Windows? #1492
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Care to share any tips? Can't get lnav to run here. |
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Hi folks, I've been trying to improve the Windows experience a bit. I've removed the dependency on the terminfo directory and the configuration is stored in the directory referred to by the https://github.com/tstack/lnav/actions/runs/16657621699 You should be able to run the binary without any extra setup. But, it still depends on the msys-2.0.dll being in the same directory. I'm testing with Windows Terminal and PowerShell/cmd. There is still an issue with emojis not showing up right. Not sure how to fix that yet. |
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This mostly works now I think. Would appreciate another tag to be able to att lnav to Winget. It should then be possible to add releases to winget via GitHub actions, perhaps using https://github.com/vedantmgoyal9/winget-releaser |
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I confirm that lnav now works without the |
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another problem i have is that the copy to clipboard functionality does not seem to function. i get this error: |
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The biggest issue I'm having at the moment is that Windows file paths cause issues in some places. For instance, the command-prompt treats backslashes as an escape character, so a Windows path needs to be single-quoted or each backslash needs to be escaped. Another problem is that the |
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I grabbed the latest RC release and got this working on a corporate Windows notebook - it's quite simple once you know what to do, and rather less obvious if you don't.
What would be the best way to share this for the lnav at large?
(the magic:
mkdir /tmpandcp -r libjust the right way...)Beta Was this translation helpful? Give feedback.
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