Module

load system.terminal

This module provides tools to manage the terminal I/O.

Packages

• System

Classes

System.Terminal

This class provides an interface to interact with a terminal for command line scripts.

Members

Modifiers	Member	Description
+ const	<<	Writes data to System.stdin, and returns a reference to the stream.
+ const	>>	Reads a all remaining data in System.stdin and stores it in data, then retu...
+ const	blink	Changes the current printer style to blink.
+ const	blue	Changes the current printer foreground color to blue.
+ const	bold	Changes the current printer style to bold.
+ const	clearLine	Clears the current line.
+ const	clearToEndOfLine	Clears from the terminal's cursor position to the end of the line.
- const	clone	Disable object copy.
+ const	concealed	Changes the current printer style to concealed.
+ const	crossed	Changes the current printer style to crossed.
+ const	cyan	Changes the current printer foreground color to cyan.
- final	d_ptr	Object data.
+ const	dark	Changes the current printer style to dark.
+ const	delete	Flushes any buffered data.
+ const	editLine	Starts an interactive edition of a line of text on the terminal. Returns the ...
- @	g_lib	Global library handle.
+ @ const	getCursorColumn	Returns the terminal's cursor current column number.
+ @ const	getCursorRow	Returns the terminal's cursor current row number.
+ const	getHandle	Returns the handle used by Event.Watcher.
+ @ const	getHeight	Returns the terminal height in number of rows.
+ @ const	getWidth	Returns the terminal width in number of columns.
+ const	green	Changes the current printer foreground color to green.
+ const	grey	Changes the current printer foreground color to grey.
+ @ const	isTerminal	Returns true if the stream described by stream is a terminal; otherwise r...
+ const	italic	Changes the current printer style to italic.
+ const	magenta	Changes the current printer foreground color to magenta.
+ @ const	moveCursorDown	Moves the terminal's cursor position count rows down.
+ @ const	moveCursorLeft	Moves the terminal's cursor position count columns left.
+ @ const	moveCursorRight	Moves the terminal's cursor position count columns right.
+ @ const	moveCursorToStartOfLine	Moves the terminal's cursor position to the begin of the current line.
+ @ const	moveCursorUp	Moves the terminal's cursor position count rows up.
+ const	new	Creates a new terminal context instance.
+ const	onBlue	Changes the current printer background color to blue.
+ const	onCyan	Changes the current printer background color to cyan.
+ const	onGreen	Changes the current printer background color to green.
+ const	onGrey	Changes the current printer background color to grey.
+ const	onMagenta	Changes the current printer background color to magenta.
+ const	onRed	Changes the current printer background color to red.
+ const	onWhite	Changes the current printer background color to white.
+ const	onYellow	Changes the current printer background color to yellow.
+ const	read	Reads all remaining data from System.stdin, and returns it as a string.
+ const	readChar	Reads the next character from System.stdin, and returns it as a string. Data ...
+ const	readLine	Reads the next line from System.stdin, and returns it as a string. Data is re...
+ const	readWord	Reads a word from System.stdin, and returns it as a string. Words are separat...
+ const	red	Changes the current printer foreground color to red.
+ const	reset	Resets the current printer background and foreground colors and style to defa...
+ const	reverse	Changes the current printer style to reverse.
+ const	setBraceMatcher	Sets the callback function used to detect matching barces when calling editLi...
+ const	setCompletionGenerator	Sets the callback function used to update the completion list when calling ed...
+ @ const	setCursorPos	Sets the terminal's cursor position to row and column.
+ const	setHiglighter	Sets the callback function used to highlight the input when calling editLine....
+ const	setPrompt	Sets the callback function used to generate a prompt when calling editLine. T...
+ const	underline	Changes the current printer style to underline.
+ const	wait	Waits until data is available on System.stdin. If timeout is given, the wai...
+ const	white	Changes the current printer foreground color to white.
+ const	write	Writes the content of data to System.stdout. Returns an iteraror containing...
+ const	writeError	Writes the content of data to System.stderr. Returns an iteraror containing...
+ const	yellow	Changes the current printer foreground color to yellow.

Constants

• System.IO
• System.stderr
• System.stdin
• System.stdout

Descriptions

System.IO

System.Terminal ()

Global terminal instance

System.Terminal.<<

def (const self, data)

Writes data to System.stdin, and returns a reference to the stream.

System.Terminal.>>

def (const self, data)

Reads a all remaining data in System.stdin and stores it in data, then returns a reference to the terminal.

System.Terminal.blink

def (const self)

Changes the current printer style to blink.

System.Terminal.blue

def (const self)

Changes the current printer foreground color to blue.

System.Terminal.bold

def (const self)

Changes the current printer style to bold.

System.Terminal.clearLine

def (const self)

Clears the current line.

System.Terminal.clearToEndOfLine

def (const self)

Clears from the terminal's cursor position to the end of the line.

System.Terminal.clone

none

Disable object copy.

System.Terminal.concealed

def (const self)

Changes the current printer style to concealed.

System.Terminal.crossed

def (const self)

Changes the current printer style to crossed.

System.Terminal.cyan

def (const self)

Changes the current printer foreground color to cyan.

System.Terminal.d_ptr

null

Object data.

System.Terminal.dark

def (const self)

Changes the current printer style to dark.

System.Terminal.delete

def (self)

Flushes any buffered data.

System.Terminal.editLine

def (const self)

Starts an interactive edition of a line of text on the terminal. Returns the whole text if validated using enter; otherwise returns none.

System.Terminal.g_lib

lib ('libmint-system')

Global library handle.

System.Terminal.getCursorColumn

def ()

Returns the terminal's cursor current column number.

System.Terminal.getCursorRow

def ()

Returns the terminal's cursor current row number.

System.Terminal.getHandle

def (const self)

Returns the handle used by Event.Watcher.

System.Terminal.getHeight

def ()

Returns the terminal height in number of rows.

System.Terminal.getWidth

def ()

Returns the terminal width in number of columns.

System.Terminal.green

def (const self)

Changes the current printer foreground color to green.

System.Terminal.grey

def (const self)

Changes the current printer foreground color to grey.

System.Terminal.isTerminal

def (stream)

Returns true if the stream described by stream is a terminal; otherwise returns false.

System.Terminal.italic

def (const self)

Changes the current printer style to italic.

System.Terminal.magenta

def (const self)

Changes the current printer foreground color to magenta.

System.Terminal.moveCursorDown

def (count = 1)

Moves the terminal's cursor position count rows down.

System.Terminal.moveCursorLeft

def (count = 1)

Moves the terminal's cursor position count columns left.

System.Terminal.moveCursorRight

def (count = 1)

Moves the terminal's cursor position count columns right.

System.Terminal.moveCursorToStartOfLine

def ()

Moves the terminal's cursor position to the begin of the current line.

System.Terminal.moveCursorUp

def (count = 1)

Moves the terminal's cursor position count rows up.

System.Terminal.new

def (self)

Creates a new terminal context instance.

System.Terminal.onBlue

def (const self)

Changes the current printer background color to blue.

System.Terminal.onCyan

def (const self)

Changes the current printer background color to cyan.

System.Terminal.onGreen

def (const self)

Changes the current printer background color to green.

System.Terminal.onGrey

def (const self)

Changes the current printer background color to grey.

System.Terminal.onMagenta

def (const self)

Changes the current printer background color to magenta.

System.Terminal.onRed

def (const self)

Changes the current printer background color to red.

System.Terminal.onWhite

def (const self)

Changes the current printer background color to white.

System.Terminal.onYellow

def (const self)

Changes the current printer background color to yellow.

System.Terminal.read

def (const self, delim = '\n')

Reads all remaining data from System.stdin, and returns it as a string.

System.Terminal.readChar

def (const self)

Reads the next character from System.stdin, and returns it as a string. Data is read until a valid character is read or if the end of input is detected.

System.Terminal.readLine

def (const self)

Reads the next line from System.stdin, and returns it as a string. Data is read until a '\n' character is read or if the end of input is detected.

System.Terminal.readWord

def (const self)

Reads a word from System.stdin, and returns it as a string. Words are separated by whitespace (i.e., all characters for which isSpace returns true).

Leading whitespace are skipped.

System.Terminal.red

def (const self)

Changes the current printer foreground color to red.

System.Terminal.reset

def (const self)

Resets the current printer background and foreground colors and style to default.

System.Terminal.reverse

def (const self)

Changes the current printer style to reverse.

System.Terminal.setBraceMatcher

def (self, matcher)

Sets the callback function used to detect matching barces when calling editLine. The matcher parameter must be a function taking the edited string and the current cursor position (as a string index) and returning an iterator containing true if the edited text is balanced or false otherwise and the offset of the matching brace. It can also be a string containing each opening brace directly followed by its clossing brace. Each braces in this string must be an ASCII character.

System.Terminal.setCompletionGenerator

def (self, completer)

Sets the callback function used to update the completion list when calling editLine. The completer parameter must be a function taking the edited string and the current cursor position (as a string index) and returning an iterator of iterators containing the completion token and its start position in the input string.

System.Terminal.setCursorPos

def (row, column)

Sets the terminal's cursor position to row and column.

System.Terminal.setHiglighter

def (self, higlighter)

Sets the callback function used to highlight the input when calling editLine. The higlighter parameter must be a function taking the edited string and the current cursor position (as a string index) and returning the highlighted string. Highlight should be done using ANSI escape codes.

System.Terminal.setPrompt

def (self, prompt)

Sets the callback function used to generate a prompt when calling editLine. The prompt parameter must be a function taking the current input row count as parameter. It can also be a prompt message as a string value.

System.Terminal.underline

def (const self)

Changes the current printer style to underline.

System.Terminal.wait

def (const self, timeout = none)

Waits until data is available on System.stdin. If timeout is given, the wait stop after timeout milliseconds if System.stdin still have no data to read.

Returns true if data is available on System.stdin; otherwise returns false if the wait timed out.

After a call to this method, the event is reseted.

System.Terminal.white

def (const self)

Changes the current printer foreground color to white.

System.Terminal.write

def (const self, data)

Writes the content of data to System.stdout. Returns an iteraror containing true and the amount of sent data in bytes if the data was successfully sent to the peer; otherwise returns false.

An instance of Exception.SystemError is raised on error.

System.Terminal.writeError

def (const self, data)

Writes the content of data to System.stderr. Returns an iteraror containing true and the amount of sent data in bytes if the data was successfully sent to the peer; otherwise returns false.

An instance of Exception.SystemError is raised on error.

System.Terminal.yellow

def (const self)

Changes the current printer foreground color to yellow.

System.stderr

2

File descriptor for standard error output

System.stdin

0

File descriptor for standard input

System.stdout

1

File descriptor for standard output