Unable to install

[rafaelrinaldi]

Describe the bug
I am unable to install the plugin.

With an empty configuration file, if I just add the default layout file as suggested in the readme, I am unable to open Zellij and see a "Received empty message from server" message.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Empty Zellij config to ensure nothing is interfering with plugin installation
2. Copy and paste layout code into layouts/default.kdl
3. Run zellij -s test in the terminal
4. See error: "Received empty message from server" message

Expected behavior
Zellij opens normally and I am able to see a status bar rendered by zjstatus.

Screenshots
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Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: macOS Sonoma 14.5
• Zellij version v0.40.1

Layout

How does the layout look like? Please copy it into a code block.

layout {
  default_tab_template {
    children
    pane size=1 borderless=true {
      plugin location="https://github.com/dj95/zjstatus/releases/latest/download/zjstatus.wasm" {
        format_left   "{mode} #[fg=#89B4FA,bold]{session}"
        format_center "{tabs}"
        format_right  "{command_git_branch} {datetime}"
        format_space  ""

        border_enabled  "false"
        border_char     "─"
        border_format   "#[fg=#6C7086]{char}"
        border_position "top"

        hide_frame_for_single_pane "true"

        mode_normal  "#[bg=blue] "
        mode_tmux    "#[bg=#ffc387] "

        tab_normal   "#[fg=#6C7086] {name} "
        tab_active   "#[fg=#9399B2,bold,italic] {name} "

        command_git_branch_command     "git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD"
        command_git_branch_format      "#[fg=blue] {stdout} "
        command_git_branch_interval    "10"
        command_git_branch_rendermode  "static"

        datetime        "#[fg=#6C7086,bold] {format} "
        datetime_format "%A, %d %b %Y %H:%M"
        datetime_timezone "Europe/Berlin"
      }
    }
  }
}

Additional context
N/A

[dj95]

Hi and thanks for the bug report.

Can you please try to load zjstatus via file? On macOS the https locations sometimes seem to be buggy.

[PatschD]

get the same error on macos, even when i load a file

[dj95]

Have you also tried to clean the cache? What does the logs of zellij say?

[PatschD]

do you know where the logs are located on macos? i cleared cache and that didnt help

[dj95]

You'll find the details here: https://zellij.dev/documentation/plugin-api-logging.html?highlight=logs#plugin-api---logging

Which version of zjstatus do you use? Unfortunately I cannot reproduce the issue on 2 MacBooks.

[PatschD]

ERROR |zellij_server::plugins | 2024-06-21 14:50:47.736 [wasm ] [zellij-server/src/plugins/mod.rs:784]: Plugin with id: 0 not found
ERROR |zellij_server::plugins | 2024-06-21 14:51:48.083 [wasm ] [zellij-server/src/plugins/mod.rs:784]: Plugin with id: 0 not found
ERROR |zellij_server::plugins | 2024-06-21 14:52:48.415 [wasm ] [zellij-server/src/plugins/mod.rs:784]: Plugin with id: 0 not found
ERROR |zellij_server::plugins | 2024-06-21 14:53:48.752 [wasm ] [zellij-server/src/plugins/mod.rs:784]: Plugin with id: 0 not found
ERROR |zellij_server::plugins | 2024-06-21 14:54:49.061 [wasm ] [zellij-server/src/plugins/mod.rs:784]: Plugin with id: 0 not found
ERROR |zellij_server::plugins | 2024-06-21 14:55:49.376 [wasm ] [zellij-server/src/plugins/mod.rs:784]: Plugin with id: 0 not found
ERROR |zellij_server::plugins | 2024-06-21 14:56:49.684 [wasm ] [zellij-server/src/plugins/mod.rs:784]: Plugin with id: 0 not found
ERROR |zellij_server::plugins | 2024-06-21 14:57:49.969 [wasm ] [zellij-server/src/plugins/mod.rs:784]: Plugin with id: 0 not found
ERROR |zellij_server::plugins | 2024-06-21 14:58:50.280 [wasm ] [zellij-server/src/plugins/mod.rs:784]: Plugin with id: 0 not found
ERROR |zellij_server::plugins | 2024-06-21 14:59:50.605 [wasm ] [zellij-server/src/plugins/mod.rs:784]: Plugin with id: 0 not found
ERROR |zellij_server::plugins | 2024-06-21 15:00:50.927 [wasm ] [zellij-server/src/plugins/mod.rs:784]: Plugin with id: 0 not found
ERROR |zellij_server::plugins | 2024-06-21 15:01:51.242 [wasm ] [zellij-server/src/plugins/mod.rs:784]: Plugin with id: 0 not found
ERROR |zellij_server::plugins | 2024-06-21 15:02:51.538 [wasm ] [zellij-server/src/plugins/mod.rs:784]: Plugin with id: 0 not found
ERROR |zellij_server::plugins | 2024-06-21 15:03:51.817 [wasm ] [zellij-server/src/plugins/mod.rs:784]: Plugin with id: 0 not found
ERROR |zellij_server::plugins | 2024-06-21 15:04:52.095 [wasm ] [zellij-server/src/plugins/mod.rs:784]: Plugin with id: 0 not found
INFO |zellij_client | 2024-06-21 15:05:10.737 [main ] [zellij-client/src/lib.rs:178]: Starting Zellij client!
INFO |zellij_server | 2024-06-21 15:05:10.751 [main ] [zellij-server/src/lib.rs:284]: Starting Zellij server!
ERROR |zellij_client::stdin_ansi| 2024-06-21 15:05:10.809 [stdin_handler] [zellij-client/src/stdin_ansi_parser.rs:124]: Failed to open STDIN cache file: Os { code: 2, kind: NotFound, message: "No such file or directory" }
INFO |zellij_server | 2024-06-21 15:05:10.808 [main ] [zellij-server/src/lib.rs:1068]: Compiling plugins using Cranelift
INFO |zellij_server::plugins | 2024-06-21 15:05:10.809 [wasm ] [zellij-server/src/plugins/mod.rs:203]: Wasm main thread starts
WARN |zellij_utils::ipc | 2024-06-21 15:05:10.832 [router ] [zellij-utils/src/ipc.rs:226]: Error in IpcReceiver.recv(): InvalidMarkerRead(Error { kind: UnexpectedEof, message: "failed to fill whole buffer" })
ERROR |zellij_client | 2024-06-21 15:05:10.832 [router ] [zellij-client/src/lib.rs:375]: Received empty message from server
ERROR |zellij_server::plugins | 2024-06-21 15:05:52.428 [wasm ] [zellij-server/src/plugins/mod.rs:784]: Plugin with id: 0 not found

[dj95]

After you've cleared the cache, does the permission request pop up? Does the error occur before the permissions or after you've granted them?

Which zjstatus version are you using?

[PatschD]

layout {
default_tab_template {
children
pane size=1 borderless=true {
plugin location="https://github.com/dj95/zjstatus/releases/latest/download/zjstatus.wasm" {
format_left "#[fg=0,bg=10][{session}] {tabs}"
format_right "#[fg=0,bg=10]{mode}"
format_space "#[bg=10]"

            mode_normal        "{name} "
            mode_tmux          "{name} "
            mode_locked        "{name} "
            mode_resize        "{name} "
            mode_pane          "{name} "
            mode_tab           "{name} "
            mode_scroll        "{name} "
            mode_enter_search  "{name} "
            mode_search        "{name} "
            mode_rename_tab    "{name} "
            mode_rename_pane   "{name} "
            mode_session       "{name} "
            mode_move          "{name} "

            tab_normal   "{index}:{name}  "
            tab_active   "{index}:{name}* "
        }
    }
}

}

[PatschD]

no permission request just error in plugin

[dj95]

Please do not use https as location. Please download it and use the file location with an absolute path like.

plugin location="file:/home/username/Download/zjstatus.wasm" {

https locations are bugged in zellij on macOS and won't work properly. You're experiencing download issues.

[PatschD]

indeed this works! thanks.
i initially tried it with local file but i added an additional dot.
i copied from your docs:

as

file:./path

rather than

file:/path

[dj95]

Switched it now to ~/path/, such that it will be able to load the file relative to the home directory. Relative path's also work, but I guess only when you open zellij near the layout kdl file.

[dj95]

Found another issue within zellij, if multiple tabs are loaded in parallel without a cache zjstatus version.

@rafaelrinaldi It would be great if you can confirm that loading the plugin via file works.

[dj95]

As there's no response, I assume, that there is no further issue, when setting it via the file: protocol and will close the issue.

Feel free to add any details in case something is missing.

[rafaelrinaldi]

@dj95 I was finally able to revisit this and it still doesn't work. I have manually downloaded the wasm file and moved it to ~/dev/zjstatus.wasm with this config (under ~/.config/zellij/layouts/default.kdl):

layout {
  pane split_direction="vertical" {
    pane
  }

  pane size=1 borderless=true {
    plugin location="file:~/dev/zjstatus.wasm" {
      hide_frame_for_single_pane "true"

      format_left  "{mode}#[fg=#89B4FA,bg=#181825,bold] {session}#[bg=#181825] {tabs}"
      format_right "{command_kubectx}#[fg=#424554,bg=#181825]::{command_kubens}{datetime}"
      format_space "#[bg=#181825]"

      mode_normal          "#[bg=#89B4FA] "
      mode_tmux            "#[bg=#ffc387] "
      mode_default_to_mode "tmux"

      tab_normal               "#[fg=#6C7086,bg=#181825] {index} {name} {fullscreen_indicator}{sync_indicator}{floating_indicator}"
      tab_active               "#[fg=#9399B2,bg=#181825,bold,italic] {index} {name} {fullscreen_indicator}{sync_indicator}{floating_indicator}"
      tab_fullscreen_indicator "□ "
      tab_sync_indicator       "  "
      tab_floating_indicator   "󰉈 "

      command_kubectx_command  "kubectx -c"
      command_kubectx_format   "#[fg=#6C7086,bg=#181825,italic] {stdout}"
      command_kubectx_interval "2"

      command_kubens_command  "kubens -c"
      command_kubens_format   "#[fg=#6C7086,bg=#181825]{stdout} "
      command_kubens_interval "2"

      datetime          "#[fg=#9399B2,bg=#181825] {format} "
      datetime_format   "%A, %d %b %Y %H:%M"
      datetime_timezone "Europe/Berlin"
    }
  }
}

Zellij renders but I see an error message at the bottom that says:

ERROR IN PLUGIN - check logs for more info

I can't seem to find where these logs are being stored. They're not being piped to stderr.

[dj95]

Hi @rafaelrinaldi

Can you see something in zellij log? It's somewhere hidden in /var.

Does the error on your side pop up before or after granting permissions to zjstatus?