abstract API to use with non-DOM ui

[sidorares]

Hi,

I'd like to use term.js for standalone terminal implementation running in it's own X11 window (using node-x11). Would you be interested in refactor that abstract [keyboard, mouse] -> [ lines buffer ] interaction with some kind of abstraction layer, and DOM document/window/events would be a concrete implementation on top of that layer (in my case - X11 events and custom widget - fixed grid of chars with attributes) ?

[chjj]

I've been planning on doing this for quite some time: make term.js headless, and have the user simply hook into a render method and a key emitter rather than assume the DOM's presence. I think I have my own local branch somewhere. I'll definitely look into it.

One of the reasons I want to do this is to be able to combine term.js with blessed to make some kind of Terminal widget, thus making terminal multiplexers trivial to implement.

[sidorares]

Thanks! Please post updates if you find time to work on this