pyte 0.8.2 does not handle CSI S (SU — Scroll Up) or CSI T (SD —
Scroll Down). When TERM=xterm-256color, tmux sends CSI n S for bulk
scrolling instead of DECSTBM+index. pyte silently ignored these
sequences, leaving old content in the screen buffer — visible as
ghost content in SVG screenshots.
Fix: monkeypatch pyte's CSI dispatch tables to map S→scroll_up and
T→scroll_down, and implement both methods on AltScreen with proper
scroll-region (DECSTBM) support.
Adds 6 tests for SU/SD functionality.
Ink (React CLI framework) clears its output using repeated EL2+CUU1
sequences, one per previously-drawn line. When /clear resets Ink's
internal line counter, the next frame only erases a few lines instead
of the full previous output. In a real terminal the old content is in
scrollback and invisible, but pyte's fixed-size screen retains it,
producing ghost content (e.g. duplicated prompts) in SVG screenshots.
Added AltScreen.expand_clear_sequences() which detects runs of 3+
EL2+CUU1 pairs that don't reach row 0 and extends them to erase all
lines up to the top of the screen. Both DockerExecSession and
TerminalSession call this before feeding data to pyte.
Also made on_session_end() idempotent (contextlib.suppress KeyError)
to prevent a race when close_session() and natural session exit both
call it.
Added docs/ink-clear-fix.md with root cause analysis, byte-level
explanation, and reproduction script.
Detailed 8-phase implementation plan for a Go version:
- Component mapping with library recommendations
- ~13 day effort estimate
- File structure and build targets
- Docker image goal: ~20MB vs ~200MB Python
- Decision criteria for when to use Go vs Python
- Add package.json with @xterm/xterm 6.0 and all addons
- Create terminal.ts client with WebSocket protocol support
- Bundle with Bun (bun run build -> terminal.js)
- Remove textual-serve dependency from pyproject.toml
- Remove canvas monkey-patch workaround (no longer needed)
- Add scrollback support (configurable via data-scrollback)
- Update static file routing to serve from /static/
- Add Makefile targets: bundle, bundle-watch, bundle-clean
- Update tests for new static path structure
Benefits:
- Full control over xterm.js configuration
- Scrollback history now works (default 1000 lines)
- Custom font family without workarounds
- Smaller footprint (no unused Roboto Mono fonts)
- Latest xterm.js 6.0 features available
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