Fix k9s on Windows: --namespace, --command pods

- -n flag not supported on Windows k9s, use --namespace instead
- Start k9s directly in pods view with --command pods

LICENSE

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 MIT License
 
-Copyright (c) 2026 Stefan Koelle
+Copyright (c) 2026 Stefan Koelle (https://stefankoelle.de)
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal

README.md

@@ -227,4 +227,4 @@ and untested, since it has no meaningful behavior without a live cluster.
 
 ## License
 
-[MIT](LICENSE)
+Licensed under the [MIT License](LICENSE) - Copyright (c) 2026 Stefan Koelle (https://stefankoelle.de)

SPEC.md

@@ -75,9 +75,9 @@ Once start navigation is complete, the tool opens a tmux session with
 |  -> runs the kctl-tui binary in "panel" mode      |
 |  -> menu: Redeploy, secrets diff                  |
 +--------------------------------------------------+
-|  Pane 1 (middle): k9s --context <context-a> -n <ns>|
+|  Pane 1 (middle): k9s --context <context-a> --namespace <ns> --command pods|
 +--------------------------------------------------+
-|  Pane 2 (bottom): k9s --context <context-b> -n <ns>|
+|  Pane 2 (bottom): k9s --context <context-b> --namespace <ns> --command pods|
 +--------------------------------------------------+
 ```
 
@@ -92,10 +92,10 @@ Example startup command (generic placeholders):
 # Kill stale session first (separate command — tmux aborts on kill-session error).
 tmux kill-session -t kctl
 tmux new-session -d -s kctl \
-  -- "kctl-tui panel --context=$CTX_A --ns=$NS --team=$TEAM" \; \
+  "kctl-tui panel --context=$CTX_A --ns=$NS --team=$TEAM" \; \
   set-option -t kctl remain-on-exit on \; \
-  split-window -v -t kctl:0.0 -- "k9s --context $CTX_A -n $NS" \; \
+  split-window -v -t kctl:0.0 "k9s --context $CTX_A --namespace $NS --command pods" \; \
-  split-window -v -t kctl:0.1 -- "k9s --context $CTX_B -n $NS" \; \
+  split-window -v -t kctl:0.1 "k9s --context $CTX_B --namespace $NS --command pods" \; \
   select-layout -t kctl even-vertical \; \
   select-pane -t kctl:0.0 \; \
   attach -t kctl

cmd/kctl-tui/full.go

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 Stefan Koelle (https://stefankoelle.de)
+// Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE file in project root for details.
+
 package main
 
 import (
@@ -275,33 +278,43 @@ func (m *fullModel) startTmuxSession() tea.Cmd {
 
 	envA := m.cfg.Envs[0]
 	ctxA := m.cfg.ResolveContext(envA, m.selectedContext)
-	k9sCmdA := fmt.Sprintf("k9s --context %s -n %s", ctxA, m.selectedNamespace)
+	k9sCmdA := fmt.Sprintf("k9s --context %s --namespace %s --command pods", ctxA, m.selectedNamespace)
+
+	kubeexec.VerboseLog("[debug] selfPath=%s\n", selfPath)
+	kubeexec.VerboseLog("[debug] panelCmd=%s\n", panelCmd)
+	kubeexec.VerboseLog("[debug] k9sCmdA=%s\n", k9sCmdA)
 
 	// Kill stale session first (ignore error if none exists).
 	exec.Command("tmux", "kill-session", "-t", "kctl").Run()
 
-	args := []string{
+	// Run setup commands individually — this avoids the ; separator
-		"new-session", "-d", "-s", "kctl",
+	// issue on Windows where psmux doesn't handle chained args.
-		"--", panelCmd, ";",
+	setup := [][]string{
-		"set-option", "-t", "kctl", "remain-on-exit", "on", ";",
+		{"new-session", "-d", "-s", "kctl", panelCmd},
-		"split-window", "-v", "-t", "kctl:0.0", "--", k9sCmdA, ";",
+		{"set-option", "-t", "kctl", "remain-on-exit", "on"},
+		{"split-window", "-v", "-t", "kctl:0.0", k9sCmdA},
 	}
 	if len(m.cfg.Envs) > 1 {
 		envB := m.cfg.Envs[1]
 		ctxB := m.cfg.ResolveContext(envB, m.selectedContext)
-		k9sCmdB := fmt.Sprintf("k9s --context %s -n %s", ctxB, m.selectedNamespace)
+		k9sCmdB := fmt.Sprintf("k9s --context %s --namespace %s --command pods", ctxB, m.selectedNamespace)
-		args = append(args,
+		kubeexec.VerboseLog("[debug] k9sCmdB=%s\n", k9sCmdB)
-			"split-window", "-v", "-t", "kctl:0.1", "--", k9sCmdB, ";",
+		setup = append(setup, []string{"split-window", "-v", "-t", "kctl:0.1", k9sCmdB})
-		)
 	}
-	args = append(args,
+	setup = append(setup,
-		"select-layout", "-t", "kctl", "even-vertical", ";",
+		[]string{"select-layout", "-t", "kctl", "even-vertical"},
-		"select-pane", "-t", "kctl:0.0", ";",
+		[]string{"select-pane", "-t", "kctl:0.0"},
-		"attach", "-t", "kctl",
 	)
 
-	c := exec.Command("tmux", args...)
+	for _, args := range setup {
+		if out, err := exec.Command("tmux", args...).CombinedOutput(); err != nil {
+			kubeexec.VerboseLog("[debug] tmux %s failed: %v\n%s\n", args[0], err, out)
+			return func() tea.Msg { return tmuxDoneMsg{err: fmt.Errorf("tmux %s: %w", args[0], err)} }
+		}
+	}
 
+	// Only attach uses tea.ExecProcess so it takes over the terminal.
+	c := exec.Command("tmux", "attach", "-t", "kctl")
 	return tea.ExecProcess(c, func(err error) tea.Msg {
 		return tmuxDoneMsg{err: err}
 	})

cmd/kctl-tui/helpers.go

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 Stefan Koelle (https://stefankoelle.de)
+// Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE file in project root for details.
+
 package main
 
 import "github.com/skoelle/kctl-tui/internal/kctl"

cmd/kctl-tui/list_item.go

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 Stefan Koelle (https://stefankoelle.de)
+// Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE file in project root for details.
+
 package main
 
 // simpleItem is a minimal implementation of list.Item used for all

cmd/kctl-tui/main.go

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 Stefan Koelle (https://stefankoelle.de)
+// Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE file in project root for details.
+
 package main
 
 import (
@@ -37,11 +40,12 @@ func main() {
 		kubeexec.SetVerbose(true, os.Stderr)
 	}
 
-	if showHelp || len(filtered) == 0 {
+	if showHelp {
 		printUsage()
-		if showHelp && len(filtered) == 0 {
+		return
-			return
+	}
-		}
+	if len(filtered) == 0 {
+		// No subcommand — start the full TUI.
 	}
 
 	if len(filtered) > 0 {
@@ -64,6 +68,10 @@ func main() {
 				os.Exit(1)
 			}
 			return
+		default:
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "unknown command: %s\n\n", filtered[0])
+			printUsage()
+			os.Exit(1)
 		}
 	}
 

cmd/kctl-tui/panel.go

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 Stefan Koelle (https://stefankoelle.de)
+// Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE file in project root for details.
+
 package main
 
 import (

install.sh

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Copyright (c) 2026 Stefan Koelle (https://stefankoelle.de)
+# Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE file in project root for details.
 # Install script for kctl-tui.
 # Downloads the latest GitHub release binary matching the current OS/arch
 # and installs it to /usr/local/bin (or $INSTALL_DIR if set).

internal/config/config.go

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 Stefan Koelle (https://stefankoelle.de)
+// Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE file in project root for details.
+
 // Package config loads the user-specific, non-versioned kctl-tui
 // configuration (contexts, envs, templates) from a YAML file.
 package config

internal/config/config_test.go

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 Stefan Koelle (https://stefankoelle.de)
+// Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE file in project root for details.
+
 package config
 
 import (

internal/kctl/diff.go

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 Stefan Koelle (https://stefankoelle.de)
+// Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE file in project root for details.
+
 package kctl
 
 import "sort"

internal/kctl/diff_test.go

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 Stefan Koelle (https://stefankoelle.de)
+// Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE file in project root for details.
+
 package kctl
 
 import "testing"

internal/kctl/labels.go

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 Stefan Koelle (https://stefankoelle.de)
+// Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE file in project root for details.
+
 package kctl
 
 import "sort"

internal/kctl/labels_test.go

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 Stefan Koelle (https://stefankoelle.de)
+// Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE file in project root for details.
+
 package kctl
 
 import (

internal/kctl/template.go

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 Stefan Koelle (https://stefankoelle.de)
+// Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE file in project root for details.
+
 package kctl
 
 import "strings"

internal/kctl/template_test.go

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 Stefan Koelle (https://stefankoelle.de)
+// Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE file in project root for details.
+
 package kctl
 
 import "testing"

internal/kubeexec/kubeexec.go

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 Stefan Koelle (https://stefankoelle.de)
+// Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE file in project root for details.
+
 // Package kubeexec wraps kubectl/aws-cli invocations used by kctl-tui.
 // All functions here have side effects (they run external processes) and
 // are therefore not covered by unit tests; the pure logic they depend on

internal/kubeexec/log.go

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 Stefan Koelle (https://stefankoelle.de)
+// Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE file in project root for details.
+
 package kubeexec
 
 import (
@@ -26,6 +29,16 @@ func SetVerbose(enabled bool, w io.Writer) {
 	}
 }
 
+// VerboseLog writes a message to the verbose log if enabled.
+func VerboseLog(format string, args ...interface{}) {
+	mu.Lock()
+	defer mu.Unlock()
+	if !verbose {
+		return
+	}
+	fmt.Fprintf(logOut, format, args...)
+}
+
 func logCmd(name string, args ...string) {
 	mu.Lock()
 	defer mu.Unlock()