it did not work in Windows

[lihchweb]

my code:

const ora = require('ora');
 
const spinner = ora('Loading unicorns').start();
 
setTimeout(() => {
    spinner.color = 'yellow';
    spinner.text = 'Loading rainbows';
}, 1000);

when i use git bush to build my project, it do not work.

i check the issues above, however i am still puzzled。
help !

[eidellev]

Hi,
I'm also experiencing some issues on windows.
I see dash character, but it is not animated.

[ipatalas]

It actually does work on Windows. It's just the default terminal that cannot display Unicode characters.
The following line falls back to a basic dash animation when on Windows.

ora/index.js

Line 26 in bbc82a4

this.spinner = typeof sp === 'object' ? sp : (process.platform === 'win32' ? cliSpinners.line : (cliSpinners[sp] || cliSpinners.dots)); // eslint-disable-line no-nested-ternary

I made a change there to force dot spinner and v'oila:

It does require a better console though. I'm using ConEmu, cmder will do as well (based on ConEmu).
The question is how to enable it so that nothing breaks. The only reasonable option I can see is to introduce an environment variable to allow skipping OS check explicitly.

I can make a PR if that's acceptable to @sindresorhus

[lihchweb]

It actually does work on Windows. It's just the default terminal that cannot display Unicode characters.
The following line falls back to a basic dash animation when on Windows.
ora/index.js

Line 26 in bbc82a4

this.spinner = typeof sp === 'object' ? sp : (process.platform === 'win32' ? cliSpinners.line : (cliSpinners[sp] || cliSpinners.dots)); // eslint-disable-line no-nested-ternary
I made a change there to force dot spinner and v'oila:

It does require a better console though. I'm using ConEmu, cmder will do as well (based on ConEmu).
The question is how to enable it so that nothing breaks. The only reasonable option I can see is to introduce an environment variable to allow skipping OS check explicitly.

I can make a PR if that's acceptable to @sindresorhus

You're absolutely right about that.
The reason is that terminal cannot display Unicode characters.
Then I tried ConEmu,now I love it.
thank you very much!!!

[lihchweb]

Hi,
I'm also experiencing some issues on windows.
I see dash character, but it is not animated.

you can see the newest answer. i think it will be helpful.

[ipatalas]

You're absolutely right about that.
The reason is that terminal cannot display Unicode characters.
Then I tried ConEmu,now I love it.
thank you very much!!!

You're welcome :) I fell in love with it from first use :)
It also works from other shells running under ConEmu which is for instance Git Bash or bash from WSL.
Now I think that we don't need a special flag for that. We could autodetect ConEmu based on its dedicated env vars.
They will be "visible" when app is running under ConEmu based console.
https://conemu.github.io/en/ConEmuEnvironment.html

[lihchweb]

You're absolutely right about that.
The reason is that terminal cannot display Unicode characters.
Then I tried ConEmu,now I love it.
thank you very much!!!

You're welcome :) I fell in love with it from first use :)
It also works from other shells running under ConEmu which is for instance Git Bash or bash from WSL.
Now I think that we don't need a special flag for that. We could autodetect ConEmu based on its dedicated env vars.
They will be "visible" when app is running under ConEmu based console.
https://conemu.github.io/en/ConEmuEnvironment.html

My English is poor so that I cannot understand all your mean about ConEmu env.
What a pity.

[sindresorhus]

I'm not interested in an environment variable. That creates a leaky abstraction where every package using Ora needs to document those variables too. I'm happy to accept a good PR that adds checks for specific terminals if it's guaranteed, no matter what, that they support the full Unicode range.