@a_Shell_iOS

A command-line interface for a full screen architecture. Unix shell for iOS, with Vim, TeX, Python, Lua, C and C++ (using webAssembly) and many commands.

holzschu.github.io/a-Shell_iOS/
Joined October 2019
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pip install -U --pre yt-dlp[default] yt-dlp-apple-webkit-jsi
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A-Shell is currently available for beta-testing, with two big Python-related changes: - Python moves from version 3.11 to 3.13 - adds support for scipy, sciait-learn, seaborn… testflight.apple.com/join/WU…

Join the a-Shell beta

Available on iOS

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Replying to @tkanthh
It’s the stock iOS keyboard, the toolbar above it is part of @a_Shell_iOS, which is such a Swiss Army knife for me
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By the way, we're also present on other social networks: a-shell-ios on Bluesky.
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Two big news today: - a-Shell has reached one million installs (cumulated for both apps: 539k for a-Shell, 461k for a-Shell mini) - we have a new version on the AppStore: 1.15.9 What's new: h.265 encoding for ffmpeg and HEIF decoding for ImageMagick, updated bc, plus bug fixes.
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And now I have to get back to everyone who asked for h.265 encoding, to whom I replied: "I can't do it, libx265 is GPL", and update the reply with: "actually I did it, using libkvazaar, which is BSD-licensed" (thanks, guys). Encode your videos with: "-c:v libkvazaar -tag:v hvc1".
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Version 1.15.7 is out on the AppStore. It fixes issues with the WebAssembly interpreters: how they scan directories, and how they set modification/acces dates. The bad news is there's a backward incompatibility: if you installed zip or xz, you'll have to reinstall them.
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Sorry for this backward incompatibility, I'm trying really hard to avoid them but this one was just unavoidable. It reverts a bad decision I made 4 years ago. On the plus side, a-Shell is now immune to the year 2038 bug.
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The changes also mean that ripgrep is now compatible with the Wasm3 engine. You'll have to reinstall it (pkg install rg), but once it's done, it's blazingly *fast*.
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Wasm3 was incorporated in a-Shell recently, resulting in a 10x speedup for some commands (xz, unzip). It's an awesome piece of code, and the best WebAssembly interpreter I've tried.
Wasm3@wasm3_engine18 Dec 2023
I regret to inform the community that since my own house was destroyed by russians who invaded my country, Wasm3 has entered a minimal maintenance phase.
At this time, I am unable to continue the development of new features. However, I am committed to keeping the project alive and will actively review and merge incoming Pull Requests. I deeply appreciate your understanding and support during this difficult period. Your contributions to Wasm3 are now more valuable than ever.

ALT At this time, I am unable to continue the development of new features. However, I am committed to keeping the project alive and will actively review and merge incoming Pull Requests. I deeply appreciate your understanding and support during this difficult period. Your contributions to Wasm3 are now more valuable than ever.

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Another update to a-Shell, v. 1.15.6. We’re still dealing with an iOS 18 bug where “Get File” sometimes deletes the file (!). In this new version, “Get File” works as before, which means it *can* delete the file. If it happens, there’s the option (as a copy), which is immune.
a-Shell@a_Shell_iOS15 Sep 2024
Two quick updates to a-Shell: - version 1.15.3 fixes an issue with Shortcuts and iOS 18. - version 1.15.4 fixes an issue with TeX and clang that was introduced with XCode 16. The same updates are still “waiting for review” for a-Shell mini.
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The fix in version 1.15.3 was to always use “(as a copy)” on iOS 18, which was safer, but had also other issues (doesn’t work with large files, doesn’t give metadata). The new fix gives users the freedom to choose… with a risk. I hope the bug will be fixed in iOS 18.1.
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Version 1.15.3 is also out for a-Shell mini (since version 1.15.4 fixes an issue that only happens in a-Shell, there’s no need to make this release for a-Shell mini)
a-Shell@a_Shell_iOS15 Sep 2024
Two quick updates to a-Shell: - version 1.15.3 fixes an issue with Shortcuts and iOS 18. - version 1.15.4 fixes an issue with TeX and clang that was introduced with XCode 16. The same updates are still “waiting for review” for a-Shell mini.
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Two quick updates to a-Shell: - version 1.15.3 fixes an issue with Shortcuts and iOS 18. - version 1.15.4 fixes an issue with TeX and clang that was introduced with XCode 16. The same updates are still “waiting for review” for a-Shell mini.
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Version 1.15.2 is out on the AppStore. It improves a lot of things with WebAssembly execution, and adds a second WebAssembly interpreter, wasm3 (@wasm3_engine ). It is faster than Apple's engine on some commands, slower on other commands, so the choice is up to the user.
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If a WebAssembly file has the suffix .wasm3, then a-Shell will use the wasm3 engine, otherwise (no suffix or .wasm suffix) it will use Apple's engine. The biggest change is with the xz command: xz.wasm3 is 10x faster.
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iPhoneでweb page からコピったデータを加工するのに a-shell mini のvim が思うより便利だった。computer 好きな人は暇な時に unix 系の知識を身につけておくと、思わぬ時に役立つのでおすすめ。
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a-Shell users are a tiny minority among iOS users. Scheme users are also a tiny minority. But for those who belong to both minorities, here comes scheme-for-iOS, available in a-Shell with “pkg install scheme-s7”. It’s a direct port of S7: ccrma.stanford.edu/software/…
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Nice review of a-Shell (from 8 months ago, I’m glad I fixed some of the bugs he shows in the meantime…): youtu.be/qOVsipr7HEQ?si=Qr8M…

OpenTerm, TermEmul, LibTerm, a-Shell: Local Terminals on iOS -...

A walkthrough of "local" terminals on iOS ( #OpenTerm, #TermEmul, #...

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Version 1.15.0 is out on the AppStore (both apps). It has an updated ffmpeg (v 7.0.0), an updated clang (v 18.1.5) aaaand: the ability to run “in Extension” Shortcuts that access application data (such as bookmarks or Python packages). Plus tons of bug fixes.
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