giffy-break as a non-iTerm fallback

[dsblv]

I've got inspired by this module (and by Windows not being able to run it), so I created giffy-break — a reusable module that locally serves a page with random gifs as long as supplied promise is beign resolved.

I think it'd be nicer alternative to just opening gifs repeatedly in a viewer. It also a bit faster by using mp4-encoded gifs!

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upd: here's what it looks like

[vadimdemedes]

Could you please record a short video of how it works and send the link here, so that I can check it out in action?

[dsblv]

Sure, I was planning to do it anyways.

[dsblv]

@vdemedes please take a look 😉 https://www.dropbox.com/s/wtzjm9e9dzafeib/gifi-with-giffy-break.mp4?dl=0

[dsblv]

I noticed that you support older versions of node by demand (#12). This PR will definitelty break it, so feel free to close.

[vadimdemedes]

Damn, I like it, I'd be happy to merge giffy in! Why can't it be compatible with older versions of Node.js?

[dsblv]

Thanks!

I can see it may be too early for us to force everyone go latest node (I would if I were you though).

I'll switch giffy-break to ES5 and notify you, stay tuned 😉

[dsblv]

Wait a minute, you depend on got@6 which doesn't support node < 4 either!

Is it a bug, or maybe everyone is just happy to use node 4?

[dsblv]

Hooray, @vdemedes, I finally did it!

[vadimdemedes]

Awesome, could you please rebase to fix conflicts?

[dsblv]

Done 👌 (Not sure if done right, I'm new to rebasing)

[vadimdemedes]

Just tried this PR in action and I only get to see one GIF and then "Here you go", but gifi install is still going. Any clues why this is happening?

[egoist]

I made a module to get iTerm version so that it can fallback in Iterm < 2.9 too 😅

maybe you need this https://github.com/egoist/iterm-version

[vadimdemedes]

Hell yes, @egoist, thank you!

[dsblv]

Any clues why this is happening?

Yeah, It happened because I wasn't explicitly clearing timeout after the last gif: npm process exits, but gifi lasts about 3 more seconds while timeout is still set.

Fixed and published a patch to giffy-break. Thanks for the report!

[vadimdemedes]

I tested it again and I'm seeing the same issue. Reinstalled fresh dependencies and no fix. Could you please confirm?

[dsblv]

It works perfectly well for me for some reason 😬 Not a single lag or something.

Which is actually a bad thing, I need this reproduced.