Arrow keys not working on Windows about generator-loopback HOT 27 CLOSED

Hey @pavlospolianidis, the fix has landed on master. Could you please install loopback-generator from github and let me know if your problem is fixed?

npm install -g strongloop/loopback-generator
yo loopback:relation

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@ppoliani are you running under Cygwin or some other bash-on-Windows?

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I'm using cmd.exe on windows

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According to this page http://docs.strongloop.com/display/SL/Installation+troubleshooting
Cygwin is not supported on Windows.

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How do you run the generator - via slc loopback:relation or yo loopback:relation?

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In case you are using slc loopback:relation, can you reproduce the problem using yo loopback:relation too? (You need to npm install -g generator-loopback first in order to get yo loopback.)

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Tried both options; didn't work

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This is most likely a bug in inquirer (SBoudrias/Inquirer.js#48) that has been fixed last year. Unfortunately we are stuck with an older version of yeoman generator at the moment and this version explicitly uses an older version of Inquirer.

I have started work on upgrading our yeoman-generator dependency, however it is not as straightforward as I would like it - see #72. Once the upgrade is done, the issue should be resolved.

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I made good progress, the patch is almost ready. I need to get yeoman/generator#711 resolved before I can continue.

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Good news @bajtos. That was really quick. I hope the other issue is resolved soon.

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Hey @bajtos, that's great! no more problems with the arrow keys; that's wonderful.

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Thank you for verifying the fix. I have released it to npmjs.org as v1.6.1.

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@bajtos Having a problem with arrow keys on our win machines. Running windows 10, latest version of npm 2.13.4, node (io) 2.5, using standard command. Arrow keys work on slc:loopback, slc:model but do not work on relations, acl etc.

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@jamesjjk What version of loopback-generator do you use? Please upgrade to v1.11.0 released on Aug 17th and open a new GH issue if the problem is still present. Can you reproduce the bug using different yeoman generators (see http://yeoman.io/generators/)?

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@bajtos Not having the problem with other yo generators: version

strongloop v5.0.0 (node v2.5.0)
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├── [email protected] (9294f54)
├── [email protected] (bee617c)
├── [email protected] (1b220f7)
├── [email protected] (dbaa1a5)
├── [email protected] (f46e58f)
├── [email protected] (b17cbc0)
├─┬ [email protected] (539c0ce)
│ └── [email protected]
├── [email protected] (dec0654)
├── [email protected]
└── [email protected]

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Thanks @jamesjjk.

I am afraid I don't have a Windows10 machine at the moment, thus I cannot troubleshoot this myself now :(

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Quick resolve for Windows 10. Choose "Use legacy console (requires relaunch)" and compatibility mode "Windows 95" in far.exe (Far Manager) shortcut properties.

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A workaround: from my experience, git bash(maybe win cmd too) is not working with arrows but node cmd works.

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Well, win 10: my experience shows that arrow does not works if we need to select on the very first prompt (like choose not first model in relations). But on next questions arrows works fine.
So you can create a model with any selections as at first you type the name, and you can create relations for first model in a list, as you select it and then arrow works... Both slc and yo

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works with ConEmu http://www.fosshub.com/ConEmu.html

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Any update on this?

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Confirmed working on ConEmu, also couldn't get it to work even in git bash or legacy console

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For windows users, I am afraid a workaround is still this one: #69 (comment)
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f*cking windows. I'm stuck with this stupid issue. Incredibly weird arrow keys work sometimes and sometimes not. Any news or fix for this? I havent installed git bash

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Here is a temporary solution for Win10. Use this console: http://cmder.net/

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Any permanent solution in the works?

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This issue has been closed due to continued inactivity. Thank you for your understanding. If you believe this to be in error, please contact one of the code owners, listed in the CODEOWNERS file at the top-level of this repository.

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