nodemon and inquirer.js don't work together

[imkimchi]

To use list feature of inquirer, user uses arrow keys to move list on menu.

but everytime I use arrow keys, I just get random characters like ^[[B^[[B^[[B^[[B^[[B^[[B I'm definitely sure It's nodemon's issue because It works fine when I run this without nodemon.

Does nodemon support input like arrow keys? if not, It'd be great if we can make the feature

[imkimchi]

I just found the same issue in inquirer repo
https://github.com/SBoudrias/Inquirer.js/issues/429

[remy]

I wouldn't recommend trying to use nodemon with inquirer. It becomes a mess of input. Sorry.

[imkimchi]

would you merge if I make a PR for the feature though?

[remy]

I'd rather hear how it would work first. A core design principle of nodemon
is: less features - which has already spiraled out of control, so it would
need to be careful thought through so it makes sense for a broad range of
use cases rather than just a single case..

On Tue, 30 May 2017, 22:49 Philip YoonShin, [e-mail]
wrote:

would you merge if I make a PR for the feature though?

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[elijah-schow]

Use Case: webpack currently doesn't watch its own config file for changes. I'm using nodemon to restart webpack-dev-server, but I'm also using inquirer somewhere in the mix to provide a UI for some settings before the dev server starts. This setup is broken because inquirer and nodemon aren't friends.

[boxpositron]

I found a solution to this.
You can tell nodemon to stop listening its restart command.
You can find more information about this in faq link below

https://github.com/remy/nodemon/blob/master/faq.md#nodemon-doesnt-work-with-my-repl