syscall: missing syscall.Winsize for both linux and darwin

[nsf]

Just a simple complaint. Since linux's syscall package has Termios struct, is there a
reason why it doesn't exist on darwin as well (or other OSes with similar terminal
mechanics)?

Another issue is ioctl's TIOCGWINSZ which uses 'struct winsize', I was thinking if
Termios struct is defined, why can't we define Winsize as well?

[dsymonds]

Comment 1:

syscall is inherently system-dependent. If a particular piece isn't there for a
platform, chances are someone motivated just hasn't done it yet.

Labels changed: added priority-later, removed priority-triage.

Status changed to Accepted.

[alberts]

Comment 2:

In the mean time, maintaining your own syscall-type package is quite easy with a script
like this:
#!/bin/bash
set -xe
GOARCH=386 go tool cgo -godefs types_linux.go |gofmt -s >ztypes_linux_386.go
GOARCH=amd64 go tool cgo -godefs types_linux.go |gofmt -s >ztypes_linux_amd64.go
See types_linux.go in the current syscall package for the rest of the idea.

[fsouza]

Comment 3:

I have a CL for Termios support on Mac OS and FreeBSD, but I'm waiting for Go 1 to send
the CL.

[gopherbot]

Comment 4 by issac.trotts:

franciscossouza, did you ever send your CL? Any chance you could post the patch here?

[fsouza]

Comment 5:

https://golang.org/cl/6063053/

[rsc]

Comment 6:

Labels changed: added go1.1maybe.

[davecheney]

Comment 7:

http://code.google.com/p/go/source/detail?r=b0f36fc20ab2 added Termios for darwin.

[robpike]

Comment 8:

Labels changed: removed go1.1maybe.

[rsc]

Comment 9:

Labels changed: added go1.3maybe.

[rsc]

Comment 10:

Labels changed: added release-none, removed go1.3maybe.

[rsc]

Comment 11:

Labels changed: added repo-main.

[tklauser]

The syscall package is locked down, but the Winsize type and the Ioctl{Get,Set}Winsize functions have been added to the x/sys/unix package, thus closing.