NAME
Antsy - Streaming ANSI escape sequences
SYNOPSIS
use Antsy qw(:all);
print bold, underline, text_red, "Hello", reset;
DESCRIPTION
Subroutines to deal with ANSI terminal sequences. You can emit these without knowing what's coming up.
Yet another module?
There are several modules that come close to this, but so far everything is incomplete or requires you to know all of the upcoming text ahead of time so you can use of it as an argument to a function. I want to emit the sequence in a stream without knowing what's coming up.
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Wraps ANSI color stuff around text. This comes with Perl v5.10 and later.
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Routines for dealing with text that contains ANSI code. For example, ignore the ANSI sequences in computing length.
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I don't really know what this does.
Methods
bg_256( N )
bg_rgb
bg_black
bg_blue
bg_cyan
bg_green
bg_magenta
bg_red
bg_white
bg_yellow
Make the background the named color
bg_bright_black
bg_bright_blue
bg_bright_cyan
bg_bright_green
bg_bright_magenta
bg_bright_red
bg_bright_white
bg_bright_yellow
Make the background the named color and bright (however your terminal does that).
blink
Make the text blink (however your terminal does that).
bold
Turn on bold
clear_line
clear_screen
clear_to_line_end
clear_to_line_start
clear_to_screen_end
clear_to_screen_start
Clear the part of the screen as indicated. Each of these start at the current cursor position.
conceal
Make the text invisible (if your terminal handles that).
cursor_back( N )
Move the cursor back N positions.
cursor_column( N )
Move the cursor to column N.
cursor_down( N )
Move the cursor down N positions.
cursor_forward( N )
Move the cursor forward N positions.
cursor_next_line( N )
Move the cursor down N lines, to the start of the line
cursor_previous_line( N )
Move the cursor up N lines, to the start of the line
cursor_row_column( N, M )
Move the cursor to row N and column M.
cursor_up
TK: Fill in details
dark
Make the text dark (however your terminal does that).
erase_in_display( [ 0, 1, 2, 3 ] )
TK: Fill in details
erase_in_line( [ 0, 1, 2, 3 ] )
TK: Fill in details
hide_cursor
Hide the cursor. See also
show_cursor
.italic
Turn on italic.
reset
Turn off all attributes
restore_cursor
Put the cursor back to where you saved it. See also
save_cursor
.reverse
Use the background color for the text color, and the text color for the background.
save_cursor
Save the current location of the cursor. See also
save_cursor
.scroll_down( N )
Scroll down N lines.
scroll_up( N )
Scroll up N lines.
show_cursor
Show the cursor. See also
hide_cursor
.text_256( N )
Make the foreground the color N in the xterm 256 color chart.
This dies if N is not a positive number between 0 and 255 (inclusive).
text_black
text_blue
text_cyan
text_green
text_magenta
text_red
text_rgb
text_white
text_yellow
Make foreground text the named color.
text_blink
Make the text blink.
text_bright_black
text_bright_blue
text_bright_cyan
text_bright_green
text_bright_magenta
text_bright_red
text_bright_white
text_bright_yellow
Make foreground text the named color and bright (however your terminal does that).
text_concealed
Conceal the text.
underline
Turn on underlining.
Character shortcuts
BELL - \007
CSI - ESC [
ESC - \x1b
OSC - ESC ]
ST - BELL or ESC \
SP - literal space
Editor-specific codes
iTerm2
iTerm2 supports proprietary
iterm_bg_color()
iterm_fg_color() OSC 4 ; -1; ? ST
Returns an array reference of the decimal values for the Red, Green and Blue components of the background or foreground. These triplets may be 2 or 4 digits in each component.
iterm_start_link( URL [, ID] )
iterm_end_link()
Mark some text as a clickable URL. OSC 8 ; [params] ; [url] ST id is only param
iterm_linked_text( TEXT, URL, [, ID] )
set_cursor_shape( N )
0 Block
1 Vertical bar
2 Underline
iterm_set_block_cursor
iterm_set_bar_cursor
iterm_set_underline_cursor
set_mark
Same as Command-Shift-M. Mark the current location and jump back to it with Command-Shift-J.
steal_focus
Bring the window to the foreground.
clear_scrollback_history
Erase the scrollback history.
post_notification
set_current_directory
change_profile
start_copy_to_clipboard
end_copy_to_clipboard
change_color_palette
[key] gives the color to change. The accepted values are: fg bg bold link selbg selfg curbg curfg underline tab" black red green yellow blue magenta cyan white br_black br_red br_green br_yellow br_blue br_magenta br_cyan br_white
[value] gives the new color. The following formats are accepted:
RGB (three hex digits, like fff) RRGGBB (six hex digits, like f0f0f0) cs:RGB (like RGB but cs gives a color space) cs:RRGGBB (like RRGGBB but cs gives a color space) If a color space is given, it should be one of:
srgb (the standard sRGB color space) rgb (the device-specific color space) p3 (the standard P3 color space, whose gamut is supported on some newer hardware)
add_annotation
OSC 1337 ; AddAnnotation=[message] ST OSC 1337 ; AddAnnotation=[length] | [message] ST OSC 1337 ; AddAnnotation=[message] | [length] | [x-coord] | [y-coord] ST OSC 1337 ; AddHiddenAnnotation=[message] ST OSC 1337 ; AddHiddenAnnotation=[length] | [message] ST OSC 1337 ; AddHiddenAnnotation=[message] | [length] | [x-coord] | [y-coord] ST `[message]`: The message to attach to the annotation. `[length]`: The number of cells to annotate. Defaults to the rest of the line beginning at the start of the annotation. `[x-coord]` and `[y-coord]`: The starting coordinate for the annotation. Defaults to the cursor's coordinate.
hide_cursor_guide
show_cursor_guide
iterm_attention
Play with the dock icon.
fireworks - animation at the cursor
no - stop bouncing the dock icon
once - bounce the dock icon once
yes - bounce the dock indefinitely
iterm_bounce_dock_icon
Bounce the Dock icon, continuously
iterm_bounce_dock_icon_once
Bounce the Dock icon, only once
iterm_unbounce_dock_icon
Stop bouncing the Dock icon
iterm_fireworks
Show animated fireworks.
background_image_file
OSC 1337 ; SetBackgroundImageFile=[base64] ST The value of [base64] is a base64-encoded filename to display as a background image. If it is an empty string then the background image will be removed. User confirmation is required as a security measure.
report_cell_cell
OSC 1337 ; ReportCellSize ST The terminal responds with either:
OSC 1337 ; ReportCellSize=[height];[width] ST Or, in newer versions:
OSC 1337 ; ReportCellSize=[height];[width];[scale] ST [scale] gives the number of pixels (physical units) to points (logical units). 1.0 means non-retina, 2.0 means retina. It could take other values in the future.
[height] and [width] are floating point values giving the size in points of a single character cell. For example:
OSC 1337 ; ReportCellSize=17.50;8.00;2.0 ST
copy_to_pasteboard
You can place a string in the system's pasteboard with this sequence:
OSC 1337 ; Copy=:[base64] ST Where [base64] is the base64-encoded string to copy to the pasteboard.
report_variable
Each iTerm2 session has internal variables (as described in Scripting Fundamentals). This escape sequence reports a variable's value:
OSC 1337 ; ReportVariable=[base64] ST Where [base64] is a base64-encoded variable name, like session.name. It responds with:
OSC 1337 ; ReportVariable=[base64] ST Where [base64] is a base64-encoded value.
https://iterm2.com/documentation-scripting-fundamentals.html
badge
The badge may be set with the following control sequence:
https://iterm2.com/documentation-badges.html
OSC 1337 ; SetBadgeFormat=Base-64 encoded badge format ST Here's an example that works in bash:
# Set badge to show the current session name and git branch, if any is set. printf "\e]1337;SetBadgeFormat=%s\a" \ $(echo -n "\(session.name) \(user.gitBranch)" | base64)
downloads
https://iterm2.com/documentation-images.html
The width and height are given as a number followed by a unit, or the word "auto".
iTerm2 extends the xterm protocol with a set of proprietary escape sequences. In general, the pattern is:
ESC ] 1337 ; key = value ^G Whitespace is shown here for ease of reading: in practice, no spaces should be used.
For file transfer and inline images, the code is:
ESC ] 1337 ; File = [arguments] : base-64 encoded file contents ^G The arguments are formatted as key=value with a semicolon between each key-value pair. They are described below:
Key Description of value name base-64 encoded filename. Defaults to "Unnamed file". size File size in bytes. The file transfer will be canceled if this size is exceeded. width Optional. Width to render. See notes below. height Optional. Height to render. See notes below. preserveAspectRatio Optional. If set to 0, then the image's inherent aspect ratio will not be respected; otherwise, it will fill the specified width and height as much as possible without stretching. Defaults to 1. inline Optional. If set to 1, the file will be displayed inline. Otherwise, it will be downloaded with no visual representation in the terminal session. Defaults to 0. N: N character cells. Npx: N pixels. N%: N percent of the session's width or height. auto: The image's inherent size will be used to determine an appropriate dimension. More on File Transfers By omitting the inline argument (or setting its value to 0), files will be downloaded and saved in the Downloads folder instead of being displayed inline. Any kind of file may be downloaded, but only images will display inline. Any image format that macOS supports will display inline, including PDF, PICT, EPS, or any number of bitmap data formats (PNG, GIF, etc.). A new menu item titled Downloads will be added to the menu bar after a download begins, where progress can be monitored and the file can be located, opened, or removed.
If the file's size exceeds the declared size, the transfer may be canceled. This is a security measure to prevent a download gone wrong from using unbounded memory.
uploads
To request the user select one or more files to upload, send:
OSC 1337 ; RequestUpload=format=[type] ST In the future the [type] may be configurable, but for now it must always be tgz, which is a tar and gzipped file.
When iTerm2 receives this it will respond with a status of ok or abort followed by a newline. If the status is ok then it will be followed by a base-64 encoded tar.gz file.
If the user selects multiple files they will be placed in a directory within the tar file.
set_touchbar_key_levels
You can configure touch bar key labels for function keys and for the "status" button. The code used is:
OSC 1337 ; SetKeyLabel=[key]=[value] ST Where [key] is one of F1, F2, ..., F24, to adjust a function key label; or it can be status to adjust the touch bar status button. You can also save and restore sets of key labels using a stack. To push the current key labels on the stack use:
OSC 1337 ; PushKeyLabels ST To pop them:
OSC 1337 ; PopKeyLabels ST You can optionally label the entry in the stack when you push so that pop will pop multiple sets of key labels if needed. This is useful if a program crashes or an ssh session exits unexpectedly. The corresponding codes with labels are:
OSC 1337 ; PushKeyLabels=[label] ST OSC 1337 ; PopKeyLabels=[label] ST Where [label] is an ASCII string that works best if it is unique in the stack.
unicode_version
iTerm2 by default uses Unicode 9's width tables. The user can opt to use Unicode 8's tables with a preference (for backward compatibility with older locale databases). Since not all apps will be updated at the same time, you can tell iTerm2 to use a particular set of width tables with:
OSC 1337 ; UnicodeVersion=[n] ST Where [n] is 8 or 9
You can push the current value on a stack and pop it off to return to the previous value by setting n to push or pop. Optionally, you may affix a label after push by setting n to something like push mylabel. This attaches a label to that stack entry. When you pop the same label, entries will be popped until that one is found. Set n to pop mylabel to effect this. This is useful if a program crashes or an ssh session ends unexpectedly.
SEE ALSO
Everything you never wanted to know about ANSI escape codes https://notes.burke.libbey.me/ansi-escape-codes/
https://gist.github.com/fnky/458719343aabd01cfb17a3a4f7296797
iTerm2 ANSI codes https://iterm2.com/documentation-escape-codes.html
SOURCE AVAILABILITY
This source is in Github:
http://github.com/briandfoy/antsy
AUTHOR
brian d foy, <briandfoy@pobox.com>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright © 2021-2024, brian d foy, All Rights Reserved.
You may redistribute this under the terms of the Artistic License 2.0.