Terminal closes immediately after opening when `bash` does not exist in PATH

[darkuranium]

I'm trying out the IDE, but I ran into a trouble with opening the terminal --- it immediately closes.

I've managed to spot an error message which sometimes flashes for just 1 frame: "No such file or directory". Following that rabbit hole, I ultimately found the problem to be the implicit assumption in various places in the code on bash existing (which does not exist by default in FreeBSD).

I think two things would be useful here:

1. Make the default shell configurable in configs/*; for example, I personally prefer mksh to bash.
   A potential hack is to use ln -s /usr/local/bin/mksh ~/.local/bin/bash, but that feels ... wrong.
2. Output an actual error/warning when opening the terminal itself fails (whether in log or in UI), it would help narrow down the problem.

[exsilium]

I've ran into this as well when trying out on different OS configurations, indeed the bash hardcoding is limiting and should be configurable. If invalid configuration is set, there should be a warning/error surfaced to the userland.

[Kreijstal]

I'm trying out the IDE, but I ran into a trouble with opening the terminal --- it immediately closes.

I've managed to spot an error message which sometimes flashes for just 1 frame: "No such file or directory". Following that rabbit hole, I ultimately found the problem to be the implicit assumption in various places in the code on bash existing (which does not exist by default in FreeBSD).

I think two things would be useful here:

1. Make the default shell configurable in `configs/*`; for example, I personally prefer mksh to bash.
   A potential hack is to use `ln -s /usr/local/bin/mksh ~/.local/bin/bash`, but that feels ... wrong.

2. Output an actual error/warning when opening the terminal itself fails (whether in log or in UI), it would help narrow down the problem.

where is this called?

[exsilium]

where is this called?

pylon/plugins-server/pylon.ide.terminal/terminal.js

Line 23 in 9d238f8

shell: 'bash',

[darkuranium]

where is this called?

pylon/plugins-server/pylon.ide.terminal/terminal.js

Line 23 in 9d238f8

shell: 'bash',

Note also

pylon/plugins-server/pylon.ide.search/search.js

Line 156 in 9d238f8

args.command = "bash";

Plus there are a ton of places where bash is hardcoded in plugins-client:

$ grep -r 'bash' plugins-client
plugins-client/lib.ace/www/worker/worker-language.js:        command: "bash",
plugins-client/lib.ace/www/worker/worker-language.js:        argv: ["bash", "-c", command],
plugins-client/lib.ace/www/mode/mode-slim.js:        bash: require("./sh").Mode,
plugins-client/lib.ace/www/mode/mode-markdown.js:        bash: require("./sh").Mode,
plugins-client/ext.linereport/linereport_base.js:        command: "bash",
plugins-client/ext.linereport/linereport_base.js:        argv: ["bash", "-c", command],
plugins-client/pylon.core/www/core/util.js:    "bash": "application/x-sh",
plugins-client/ext.gotofile/search.js:    "pl": 1, "pm": 2, "ps1": 1, "cfm": 1, "sql": 2, "sh": 1, "bash": 1,

(some like "bash": "application/x-sh" are obviously false positives here, bu tmany are not)

[exsilium]

the lib.ace/* hits are bleeding in from the Ace editor. Other hits are part of this project.