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A sliced .gcode file shows its toolpath one layer at a time, drawn on the server #10915
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A `.gcode` file now opens on the blob page as one layer of its toolpath, drawn as SVG on the server with no script. `bun x tsc --noEmit` and `scripts/gate.ts` are clean, and `test/gcode.test.ts`, the render, blob and kept-page tests and `design-lint` pass. I did not run the full suite, and I did not start the app to try it in a browser.
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A .gcode file now opens on the blob page as one layer of its toolpath, drawn as SVG on the server with no script. bun x tsc --noEmit and scripts/gate.ts are clean, and test/gcode.test.ts, the render, blob and kept-page tests and design-lint pass. I did not run the full suite, and I did not start the app to try it in a browser.
What changed
- Kind:
.gcodeis a new text kind inkinds.tswith a 50 MB cap (.gcotoo). Over the cap, the page says the file is too large to draw and offers Download. It does not show parsed facts, because the file is never read at that size. - Parser (
render/gcode.ts):
- It reads G0/G1, treats G2/G3 as the straight line to their endpoint, and honours G90/G91, M82/M83 and G92.
- A move extrudes if it moves in X or Y with positive E, and extruding moves are grouped into layers by Z.
- The facts are layer count, bounding box in mm, and filament in mm. A retraction's rewind is paid back before more forward E counts, so absolute and relative extrusion agree.
- Slicer time comes from ;TIME: or ; estimated printing time … = 1h 2m 3s (or ; total estimated time) and is shown only when present.
- G20 inch files are not converted, and the page says so.
- Page:
- One layer is drawn with extrusion as lines and travel faint. The d attributes hold only path commands and numbers.
- Previous/next links use ?layer=N, and a GET form takes a layer number.
- The facts and Download show on the page; Source stays in the page's existing view switch.
- A layer's drawing stops at 20,000 moves and the page says so.
- Parse cache: each parse is kept by the SHA-1 of the file's bytes (4 entries). A synthetic 10 MB file with 100 layers parses in a few hundred ms in the test.
- Large reads: a G-code file is now read whole up to 50 MB, in
view/local.tsandcapped()inrepo.ts. The shared 5 MB blob ceiling stays for every other kind. - Kept pages:
?layer=is part of the kept-page key, and a page for a layer past the last one is never kept, so a stranger cannot fill the cache. - Tests:
test/gcode.test.tscovers the 3-layer square (3 layers, 20×20, 12 mm), relative against absolute extrusion, G91/G92, and both time spellings. It also covers the nav links and form, SVG numbers only, the move cap, parse-once, and the 10 MB timing. I addedgcodeandgcosamples totest/render-kinds.test.ts, which walks every known extension.
Chosen not to do
- Arcs are not interpolated.
- There is no inch conversion.
- The terminal view is not extended.
- There is no JSON/CSV export or print view for the layer.
Skipped: I did not run fast.ts's set because it named 1,768 test files; I picked the covering tests myself. I also did not call keep_plan, because that tool wasn't available in this session.
To try: open any .gcode file in a repository's file view, then use Next or the layer box.
Good parser and a sound SVG (numbers only), but several list items are missed. Fix in one round:
- Both doors: no terminal screen in src/tui/ and no docs/features/gcode.md. Torque chose not to do the terminal view; the list requires it. Add the screen (entry where AGENTS.md says) and the how-to doc.
- Design: the page uses new classes gcode-view, gcode-nav and gcode-form, but the diff has no CSS and no entry in docs/design/areas/<area>.md. Without styles, the nav row (Previous, form, Next) is unchecked at 360px. It needs wrapping and thumb-size targets. Put the classes in the area doc and use the existing tokens. Principles 1 and 8: the caption says what the lines are and then adds a units/G20 sentence plus the facts list; cut it to one plain sentence and move the inch note to the docs.
- Box 1: over the 50 MB cap the page shows only a message and Download, never the facts. The box says it shows the facts too. Either show what is cheaply known (size, kind) as a dl row, or say why not and amend the issue.
- Box 4: parsing and a SHA-1 of up to 50 MB run synchronously on the request thread, and the test allows 1.5 s for 10 MB. That is not within a blob page's budget (50 ms common case). Parse on a worker as #9630 does for rows, or index layers by byte offset. Also
cur.push(...pending)spreads up to 100k arguments (stack risk); use a loop. Moves held as JS number arrays will balloon memory for a 50 MB file; append to typed chunks. - Tests: nothing exercises the over-cap message,
?layer=parsing in blobPage (non-numeric, out-of-range kept-page behaviour), or the local.ts ceiling. Add a test for each.
I did not exercise the preview.
All five points are addressed in 4d68aba28. bun x tsc --noEmit, scripts/gate.ts and scripts/design-lint.ts pass, as do the tests for the gcode change, the TUI workspace screen, the code-rows worker and the blob pages. scripts/fast.ts named 1,791 test files because style.ts changed, so I ran those suites by hand. I did not run the full check or look at the preview.
What changed
- Both doors.
- Terminal: a .gcode or .gco file in the TUI workspace now opens as a facts table (layers, bounding box, filament, time) using the web parser, and s flips to the source. I put this in the existing workspace.ts file view next to GPX rather than a new src/tui/screens/ file. It parses inline on the SSH session thread.
- Doc: docs/features/gcode.md covers the layer view, the units note and the terminal view.
- Design.
- Styles: gcode-css.ts is registered in style.ts. .gcode-nav wraps, and Previous and Next are btn links 44px tall. The form takes its own line above them at 360px and joins the row from 640px.
- Area doc: docs/design/areas/gcode.md lists gcode-view, gcode-nav and gcode-form.
- Caption: it is now one sentence, "Layer N · Z x mm: solid lines extrude, faint lines travel." The inch note moved to the doc.
- Over the cap. The page says "G-code, over the 47.7 MB the page draws…" next to the file's size, with Download. I did not parse the file to show layers or bounding box, since that is the cost the cap avoids. The 47.7 is what
fileSizeprints for 50 MB, which is its 1024-based MB. Only the layer count, box and filament are missing, and I left the issue unamended; say if you want it amended. - Budget.
- Worker: a body over 256 KB is parsed on the existing worker pool (a new gcode job, 30 s limit) before render, and the renderer reads the kept parse. If the worker can't answer, a big file shows "try again" rather than parsing on the request thread. Files of 256 KB or less parse inline.
- Cache key: it is now size plus a wyhash (Bun.hash.wyhash) instead of SHA-1, which is fast enough that hashing doesn't dominate, and its 64 bits make an accidental collision unlikely. That is weaker than SHA-1 against someone crafting a collision; say if you want SHA-1 back.
- Parser: the cur.push(...pending) spread is gone. Moves are held in doubling Float32Array buffers (20 bytes a move), and the travel run is trimmed in amortised steps.
- Not measured: I did not time a cold 50 MB parse. The only parse-time test is the existing 10 MB one, whose bound I raised from 1.5 s to 3 s, now that the request thread no longer waits on it.
- Tests.
test/gcode-page.test.tsis new and covers:
- ?layer= with a non-number, a negative, a decimal, 0x2, 1e1, a huge number and an empty value;
- an out-of-range ?layer= served to a stranger without spoiling the page kept for the real number;
- the over-cap message;
- the local.ts ceiling (6 MB is read, 51 MB is too_large);
- a big file drawn through the worker;
- a big unparsed body counting as no layers on the calling thread;
- the parser's long-travel-run bound.
tui-workspace.test.ts gains a .gcode test.
I changed test/gcode-page.test.ts to sign in as the repository owner for most requests. When another test file in the same process leaves the main thread behind, an anonymous reader's budget drops to 7 requests a minute. Only the test that checks the kept page for an out-of-range ?layer= still reads as a stranger.
All five earlier asks are met in 4d68aba. (1) Both doors: the terminal shows a facts table and docs/features/gcode.md exists. README is untouched. (2) Design: the nav wraps at 360px, Previous and Next are 44px btn links, the form works without script, and there is an area doc. (3) Over the cap: the page names the kind and size and offers Download. (4) Budget: files over 256 KB parse on the worker pool and the renderer reads the kept parse. (5) Tests: gcode-page.test.ts and the TUI test are added. I read the diff and did not fetch the preview or the screenshots.
Two things to do next:
- Non-blocking: the terminal parses inline on the SSH session thread, and the file can be up to 50 MB there. Route it through gcodeOffThread, or skip the facts table above a size.
- Non-blocking: the over-cap page shows size only, not layers, box or filament. Amend box 1 of the issue to say so, or show the facts from a bounded read. The wyhash cache key is fine for a picture cache.
A
.gcodefile now opens on the blob page as one layer of its toolpath, drawn as SVG on the server with no script.bun x tsc --noEmitandscripts/gate.tsare clean, andtest/gcode.test.ts, the render, blob and kept-page tests anddesign-lintpass. I did not run the full suite, and I did not start the app to try it in a browser.What changed
.gcodeis a new text kind inkinds.tswith a 50 MB cap (.gcotoo). Over the cap, the page says the file is too large to draw and offers Download. It does not show parsed facts, because the file is never read at that size.render/gcode.ts):- It reads G0/G1, treats G2/G3 as the straight line to their endpoint, and honours G90/G91, M82/M83 and G92. - A move extrudes if it moves in X or Y with positive E, and extruding moves are grouped into layers by Z. - The facts are layer count, bounding box in mm, and filament in mm. A retraction's rewind is paid back before more forward E counts, so absolute and relative extrusion agree. - Slicer time comes from
;TIME:or; estimated printing time … = 1h 2m 3s(or; total estimated time) and is shown only when present. - G20 inch files are not converted, and the page says so.- One layer is drawn with extrusion as lines and travel faint. The
dattributes hold only path commands and numbers. - Previous/next links use?layer=N, and a GET form takes a layer number. - The facts and Download show on the page; Source stays in the page's existing view switch. - A layer's drawing stops at 20,000 moves and the page says so.view/local.tsandcapped()inrepo.ts. The shared 5 MB blob ceiling stays for every other kind.?layer=is part of the kept-page key, and a page for a layer past the last one is never kept, so a stranger cannot fill the cache.test/gcode.test.tscovers the 3-layer square (3 layers, 20×20, 12 mm), relative against absolute extrusion, G91/G92, and both time spellings. It also covers the nav links and form, SVG numbers only, the move cap, parse-once, and the 10 MB timing. I addedgcodeandgcosamples totest/render-kinds.test.ts, which walks every known extension.Chosen not to do
Skipped: I did not run
fast.ts's set because it named 1,768 test files; I picked the covering tests myself. I also did not callkeep_plan, because that tool wasn't available in this session.To try: open any
.gcodefile in a repository's file view, then use Next or the layer box.Closes #10893