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vty is a terminal interface library.
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Project is hosted on github.com: https://github.com/coreyoconnor/vty
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git clone git://github.com/coreyoconnor/vty.git
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# Features
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* Automatic handling of window resizes.
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* Supports Unicode characters on output, automatically setting and
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resetting UTF-8 mode for xterm. Other terminals are assumed to support
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* Efficient output.
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* Minimizes repaint area, thus virtually eliminating the flicker
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problem that plagues ncurses programs.
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* A pure, compositional interface for efficiently constructing display
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images.
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* Automatically decodes keyboard keys into (key,[modifier]) tuples.
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* Automatically supports refresh on Ctrl-L.
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* Automatically supports timeout after 50ms for lone ESC (a barely
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noticable delay)
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* Interface is designed for relatively easy compatible extension.
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* Supports all ANSI SGR-modes (defined in console_codes(4)) with
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a type-safe interface.
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* Properly handles cleanup.
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# Known Issues
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* The character encoding of the output terminal is assumed to be UTF-8.
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* Minimal support for special keys on terminals other than the
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linux-console. (F1-5 and arrow keys should work, but anything
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shifted isn't likely to.)
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* Uses the TIOCGWINSZ ioctl to find the current window size, which
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appears to be limited to Linux and *BSD.
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# Platform Support
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## Posix Terminals
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Uses terminfo to determine terminal protocol. Some special rules for Mac terminal applications. The
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special rules might be invalid on newer Mac OS.
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## Windows
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None!
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# Development Notes
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## Coverage
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2013-07-08 00:55:23 +04:00
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Profiling appears to cause issues with coverage when enabled. To evaluate coverage configure as
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follows:
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~~~
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rm -rf dist ; cabal configure --enable-tests --enable-library-coverage \
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--disable-library-profiling \
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--disable-executable-profiling
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~~~
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## Profiling
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~~~
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rm -rf dist ; cabal configure --enable-tests --disable-library-coverage \
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--enable-library-profiling \
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--enable-executable-profiling
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~~~
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