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vty is a terminal interface library.
Project is hosted on github.com: https://github.com/coreyoconnor/vty
git clone git://github.com/coreyoconnor/vty.git
Features
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Automatic handling of window resizes.
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Supports Unicode characters on output, automatically setting and 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 problem that plagues ncurses programs.
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A pure, compositional interface for efficiently constructing display 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 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 a type-safe interface.
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Properly handles cleanup.
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 linux-console. (F1-5 and arrow keys should work, but anything shifted isn't likely to.)
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Uses the TIOCGWINSZ ioctl to find the current window size, which appears to be limited to Linux and *BSD.
Platform Support
Posix Terminals
Uses terminfo to determine terminal protocol. Some special rules for Mac terminal applications. The special rules might be invalid on newer Mac OS.
Windows
None!