Is there a way to list folders and files in Krom? I'm targeting Krom and I need to be able to list the directories in a "Mods" folder and execute the krom.js file in every mod. As far as I can tell, the Kha API allows you to load blobs from a path, but it doesn't allow you to list directories or files within a path. I suppose that makes a certain amount of sense because that wouldn't work on all platforms, such as web, but I do need a way to do it on the Krom platform.

Normally this is done via Haxe's own sys API but so far nobody implemented that for Krom. Feel free to send a pull request.

@robert I just had an idea, would it be possible to compile the sys package from the Haxe standard library to C++ using the Haxe C++ backend, include this generated C++ code in Krom, and bind it to Javascript. That would allow us to avoid having to re-implement sys from scratch in Krom.

HashLink can also compile to C so that might be another option for sourcing the sys implementation.

Do you think this would work or would there be problems. I don't have experience in C/C++, but I'm wanting to get sys support in Krom so I thought that this might be an easy way to get a sys implementation without having to start from nothing.

There would be plenty of problems, Haxe-generated C++ or C can not simply be used like that because it depends on its own standard lib implementation and a garbage collector. It think starting from nothing would be easier - but most required functionality lingers somewhere in Kore or Krom already, a sys impl really isn't that much work and if nobody sends a pull request I'll get to it myself eventually.

OK, good to know. I might try my hand at implementing it, then, if nothing else gets in the way. I'm going to need to learn some C/C++ anyway.

Cool Spot. I'll help out if you run into any issues.

You can already do this in Krom through the use of Krom.sysCommand(). You can then redirect the output of any command into a temp file and read it back in Krom.

As an example zui has a file browser which works for Krom, tested on Windows/Linux/macOS:
https://github.com/armory3d/zui/blob/master/Sources/zui/Ext.hx#L115

It's kind of a low-level solution, I have deployed it in ArmorPaint and so far it works reliably. Having a sys api would be the best of course, also happy to help on that.

I'm so bad in marketing Krom's features. I'll start adding code for the sys api. I think file stuff and network stuff is all we need.