Module: Terminal

Defined in:
lib/terminal.rb,
lib/terminal/ansi.rb,
lib/terminal/text.rb,
lib/terminal/input.rb,
lib/terminal/detect.rb,
lib/terminal/version.rb,
lib/terminal/ansi/attributes.rb,
lib/terminal/input/csiu_keys.rb,
lib/terminal/input/dumb_keys.rb,
lib/terminal/text/char_width.rb,
lib/terminal/ansi/named_colors.rb,
lib/terminal/input/legacy_keys.rb

Overview

Terminal access with support for ANSI control codes and BBCode-like embedded text attribute syntax (see Ansi.bbcode).

It automagically detects whether your terminal supports ANSI features, like coloring (see Terminal.colors) or the CSIu protocol support (see Terminal.read_key and Terminal.input_mode). It calculates the display width for Unicode chars (see Text.width) and help you to display text with line formatting (see Text.each_line).

Defined Under Namespace

Modules: Ansi, Text

Constant Summary collapse

VERSION =

The version number of the gem.

'0.10.0'

Class Attribute Summary collapse

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Attribute Details

.ansi? ⇒ Boolean (readonly)

Return true when the current terminal supports ANSI control codes. When the terminal does not support it, colors will return 2 as color count and all output methods (<<, print, puts) will not forward ANSI control codes to the terminal, read_key will not support CSIu.

Returns:

  • (Boolean) —

    whether ANSI control codes are supported



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# File 'lib/terminal.rb', line 27

def ansi? = @ansi

.application ⇒ Symbol? (readonly)

Terminal application identifier.

The detection supports a wide range of terminal emulators but may return nil if an unsupported terminal was found. These are the supported application IDs:

  • :alacritty,
  • :amiga,
  • :code_edit,
  • :dg_unix,
  • :fluent,
  • :ghostty,
  • :hpterm,
  • :hyper,
  • :iterm,
  • :macos,
  • :mintty,
  • :ms_terminal,
  • :ncr260,
  • :nsterm,
  • :rio,
  • :tabby,
  • :terminator,
  • :terminology,
  • :terminus,
  • :termite,
  • :tmux,
  • :vscode,
  • :vt100,
  • :warp,
  • :wezterm,
  • :wyse,
  • :xnuppc

Returns:

  • (Symbol, nil) —

    the application identifier



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# File 'lib/terminal.rb', line 65

def application = (@application ||= Detect.application)

.colors ⇒ Integer (readonly)

Number of supported colors. The detection checks various conditions to find the correct value. The most common values are

  • 16_777_216 for 24-bit encoding (true_color? return true)
  • 256 for 8-Bit encoding
  • 52 for some Unix terminals with an extended color palette
  • 8 for 3-/4-bit encoding
  • 2 if ANSI is not supported in general (ansi? return false)

Returns:

  • (Integer) —

    number of supported colors



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# File 'lib/terminal.rb', line 79

def colors = (@colors ||= ansi? ? Detect.colors : 2)

.columns ⇒ Integer

Screen column count. See size for support and detection details.

Returns:

  • (Integer) —

    number of available columns



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# File 'lib/terminal.rb', line 86

def columns = size[1]

.input_mode ⇒ :csi_u, ... (readonly)

Supported input mode.

Returns:

  • (:csi_u) —

    when CSIu protocol support

  • (:legacy) —

    for standard terminal

  • (:dumb) —

    for non-interactive input (pipes etc.)

  • (:error) —

    when input device is closed



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# File 'lib/terminal/input.rb', line 19

def input_mode
  @input_mode ||= find_input_mode
end

.pos ⇒ [Integer, Integer]?

Current cursor position. This is only available when ANSI is supported (ansi? return true).

Returns:

  • ([Integer, Integer]) —

    cursor position as rows and columns

  • (nil) —

    for incompatible terminals



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# File 'lib/terminal.rb', line 99

def pos
  @con&.cursor
rescue IOError
  @con = nil
end

.rows ⇒ Integer

Screen row count. See size for support and detection details.

Returns:

  • (Integer) —

    number of available rows



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# File 'lib/terminal.rb', line 117

def rows = size[0]

.size ⇒ [Integer, Integer]

Screen size as a tuple of rows and columns.

If the terminal does not support the report for it's dimension or ANSI is not supported in general then environment variables will be used. If this failed [25, 80] will be returned as default.

Setting the terminal size is not widely supported.

Returns:

  • ([Integer, Integer]) —

    available screen size as rows and columns

See Also:



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# File 'lib/terminal.rb', line 137

def size
  @size ||= @inf&.winsize || _default_size
rescue IOError
  @inf = nil
  @size = _default_size
end

.true_color? ⇒ Boolean (readonly)

Returns whether true colors are supported.

Returns:

  • (Boolean) —

    whether true colors are supported

See Also:



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# File 'lib/terminal.rb', line 154

def true_color? = (colors == 16_777_216)

Class Method Details

.<<(object) ⇒ Terminal

Writes the given object to the terminal. Interprets embedded BBCode.

Parameters:

  • object (#to_s) —

    object to write

Returns:



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# File 'lib/terminal.rb', line 184

def <<(object)
  @out.write(Ansi.bbcode(object)) if @out && object != nil
  self
rescue IOError
  @out = nil
  self
end

.hide_cursor ⇒ Terminal

Hide the cursor. Will not send the control code if the cursor is already hidden.

To show the cursor again call show_cursor.

Returns:



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# File 'lib/terminal.rb', line 162

def hide_cursor
  _write(Ansi::CURSOR_HIDE) if ansi? && (@cc += 1) == 1
  self
end

.print(*objects, bbcode: true) ⇒ nil

Writes the given objects to the terminal. Optionally interprets embedded BBCode.

Parameters:

  • objects (Array<#to_s>) —

    any number of objects to write

  • bbcode (true|false) (defaults to: true) —

    whether to interpret embedded BBCode

Returns:

  • (nil) 


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# File 'lib/terminal.rb', line 198

def print(*objects, bbcode: true)
  return unless @out
  return @out.print(*objects) unless bbcode
  objects.each { @out.write(Ansi.bbcode(_1)) }
  nil
rescue IOError
  @out = nil
end

.puts(*objects, bbcode: true) ⇒ nil

Writes the given objects to the terminal. Writes a newline after each object that does not already end with a newline sequence in it's String represenation. If called without any arguments, writes a newline only.

Optionally interprets embedded BBCode.

Parameters:

  • objects (Array<#to_s>) —

    any number of objects to write

  • bbcode (true|false) (defaults to: true) —

    whether to interpret embedded BBCode

Returns:

  • (nil) 


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# File 'lib/terminal.rb', line 216

def puts(*objects, bbcode: true)
  return unless @out
  return @out.puts if objects.empty?
  return @out.puts(objects) unless bbcode
  objects.flatten!
  objects.empty? ? @out.puts : @out.puts(objects.map! { Ansi.bbcode(_1) })
rescue IOError
  @out = nil
end

.read_key(mode: :named) ⇒ String, [String, String]

Read next keyboard input.

The input will be returned as named key codes like "Ctrl+c" by default. This can be changed by mode.

Parameters:

  • mode (:named, :raw, :both) (defaults to: :named) —

    modifies the result

Returns:

  • (String) —

    key code ("as is") in :raw mode

  • (String) —

    key name in :named mode

  • ([String, String]) —

    key code and key name in :both mode



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# File 'lib/terminal/input.rb', line 32

def read_key(mode: :named)
  case input_mode
  when :dumb
    read_dumb(mode)
  when :legacy
    read_legacy(mode)
  when :csi_u
    read_csi_u(mode)
  end
end

.show_cursor ⇒ Terminal

Show the cursor. Will not send the control code if the cursor is not hidden.

When you called hide_cursor n-times you need to call show_cursor n-times to show the cursor again.

Returns:



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# File 'lib/terminal.rb', line 174

def show_cursor
  _write(Ansi::CURSOR_SHOW) if @cc > 0 && (@cc -= 1).zero?
  self
end