Mitchell Hashimoto
a8e9b413f1
Replace a bunch of type-specific Wasm allocation functions with a generic byte allocator and reusable opaque out-parameters for pointers. This makes it a lot more ergonomic (relatively) to use the Wasm interface and removes a dozen or so exports. This also updates the `ghostty_type_json` `abi` field with a maximum alignment value that host sides can use to keep every allocation aligned properly, easily, without hardcoding numbers. This adds a test to verify this all works as intended and runs in CI.
WebAssembly Key Encoder Example
This example demonstrates how to use the Ghostty VT library from WebAssembly to encode key events into terminal escape sequences.
Building
First, build the WebAssembly module:
zig build -Demit-lib-vt -Dtarget=wasm32-freestanding -Doptimize=ReleaseSmall
This will create zig-out/bin/ghostty-vt.wasm.
Running
Important: You must serve this via HTTP, not open it as a file directly.
Browsers block loading WASM files from file:// URLs.
From the root of the ghostty repository, serve with a local HTTP server:
# Using Python (recommended)
python3 -m http.server 8000
# Or using Node.js
npx serve .
# Or using PHP
php -S localhost:8000
Then open your browser to:
http://localhost:8000/example/wasm-key-encode/
Focus the text input field and press any key combination to see the encoded output.