ansi_interface
Various functions to interface with the terminal, using ANSI sequences.
Credits:
- https://wiki.bash-hackers.org/scripting/terminalcodes
- https://gist.github.com/fnky/458719343aabd01cfb17a3a4f7296797
MouseAction
Bases: Enum
An enumeration of all the polled mouse actions
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HOVER = 'hover'
class-attribute
instance-attribute
Mouse moved without clicking.
LEFT_CLICK = 'left_click'
class-attribute
instance-attribute
Start of a left button action sequence.
LEFT_DRAG = 'left_drag'
class-attribute
instance-attribute
Mouse moved while left button was held down.
RELEASE = 'release'
class-attribute
instance-attribute
Mouse button released; end of any and all mouse action sequences.
RIGHT_CLICK = 'right_click'
class-attribute
instance-attribute
Start of a right button action sequence.
RIGHT_DRAG = 'right_drag'
class-attribute
instance-attribute
Mouse moved while right button was held down.
SCROLL_DOWN = 'scroll_down'
class-attribute
instance-attribute
Mouse wheel or touchpad scroll downwards.
SCROLL_UP = 'scroll_up'
class-attribute
instance-attribute
Mouse wheel or touchpad scroll upwards.
SHIFT_SCROLL_DOWN = 'shift_scroll_down'
class-attribute
instance-attribute
Mouse wheel or touchpad scroll downwards.
SHIFT_SCROLL_UP = 'shift_scroll_up'
class-attribute
instance-attribute
Mouse wheel or touchpad scroll upwards.
MouseEvent
dataclass
A class to represent events created by mouse actions.
Its first argument is a MouseAction
describing what happened,
and its second argument is a tuple[int, int]
describing where
it happened.
This class mostly exists for readability & typing reasons. It also implements the iterable protocol, so you can use the unpacking syntax, such as:
action, position = MouseEvent(...)
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__iter__()
Start iteration
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__next__()
Get next iteration item
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__post_init__()
Initialize iteration counter
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is_primary()
Returns True if event.action is one of the primary (left-button) actions.
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is_scroll()
Returns True if event.action is one of the scrolling actions.
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is_secondary()
Returns True if event.action is one of the secondary (secondary-button) actions.
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blink(text, reset_style=True)
Returns text blinking.
Parameters:
Name | Type | Description | Default |
---|---|---|---|
reset_style |
Optional[bool]
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Boolean that determines whether a reset character should be appended to the end of the string. |
True
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bold(text, reset_style=True)
Returns text in bold.
Parameters:
Name | Type | Description | Default |
---|---|---|---|
reset_style |
Optional[bool]
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Boolean that determines whether a reset character should be appended to the end of the string. |
True
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clear(what='screen')
Clears the specified screen region.
Parameters:
Name | Type | Description | Default |
---|---|---|---|
what |
str
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The specifier defining the screen area. |
'screen'
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Available options: * screen: clear whole screen and go to origin * bos: clear screen from cursor backwards * eos: clear screen from cursor forwards * line: clear line and go to beginning * bol: clear line from cursor backwards * eol: clear line from cursor forwards
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cursor_column(num=0)
Moves the cursor to the num
-th character of the current line.
Parameters:
Name | Type | Description | Default |
---|---|---|---|
num |
int
|
The new cursor position. |
0
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Note
This does not flush the terminal for performance reasons. You
can do it manually with sys.stdout.flush()
.
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cursor_down(num=1)
Moves the cursor up by num
lines.
Parameters:
Name | Type | Description | Default |
---|---|---|---|
num |
int
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How many lines the cursor should move by. Must be positive,
to move in the opposite direction use |
1
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Note
This does not flush the terminal for performance reasons. You
can do it manually with sys.stdout.flush()
.
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cursor_home()
Moves cursor to get_terminal().origin
.
Note
This does not flush the terminal for performance reasons. You
can do it manually with sys.stdout.flush()
.
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cursor_left(num=1)
Moves the cursor left by num
lines.
Parameters:
Name | Type | Description | Default |
---|---|---|---|
num |
int
|
How many characters the cursor should move by. Must be positive,
to move in the opposite direction use |
1
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Note
This does not flush the terminal for performance reasons. You
can do it manually with sys.stdout.flush()
.
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cursor_next_line(num=1)
Moves the cursor to the beginning of the num
-th line downwards.
Parameters:
Name | Type | Description | Default |
---|---|---|---|
num |
int
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The amount the cursor should move by. Must be positive, to move
in the opposite direction use |
1
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Note
This does not flush the terminal for performance reasons. You
can do it manually with sys.stdout.flush()
.
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cursor_prev_line(num=1)
Moves the cursor to the beginning of the num
-th line upwards.
Parameters:
Name | Type | Description | Default |
---|---|---|---|
num |
int
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The amount the cursor should move by. Must be positive, to move
in the opposite direction use |
1
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Note
This does not flush the terminal for performance reasons. You
can do it manually with sys.stdout.flush()
.
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cursor_right(num=1)
Moves the cursor right by num
lines.
Parameters:
Name | Type | Description | Default |
---|---|---|---|
num |
int
|
How many characters the cursor should move by. Must be positive,
to move in the opposite direction use |
1
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Note
This does not flush the terminal for performance reasons. You
can do it manually with sys.stdout.flush()
.
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cursor_up(num=1)
Moves the cursor up by num
lines.
Parameters:
Name | Type | Description | Default |
---|---|---|---|
num |
int
|
How many lines the cursor should move by. Must be positive,
to move in the opposite direction use |
1
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Note
This does not flush the terminal for performance reasons. You
can do it manually with sys.stdout.flush()
.
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dim(text, reset_style=True)
Returns text in dim.
Parameters:
Name | Type | Description | Default |
---|---|---|---|
reset_style |
Optional[bool]
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Boolean that determines whether a reset character should be appended to the end of the string. |
True
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hide_cursor()
Stops printing the cursor.
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inverse(text, reset_style=True)
Returns text inverse-colored.
Parameters:
Name | Type | Description | Default |
---|---|---|---|
reset_style |
Optional[bool]
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Boolean that determines whether a reset character should be appended to the end of the string. |
True
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invisible(text, reset_style=True)
Returns text as invisible.
Parameters:
Name | Type | Description | Default |
---|---|---|---|
reset_style |
Optional[bool]
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Boolean that determines whether a reset character should be appended to the end of the string. |
True
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Note
This isn't very widely supported.
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italic(text, reset_style=True)
Returns text in italic.
Parameters:
Name | Type | Description | Default |
---|---|---|---|
reset_style |
Optional[bool]
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Boolean that determines whether a reset character should be appended to the end of the string. |
True
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move_cursor(pos)
Moves the cursor.
Parameters:
Name | Type | Description | Default |
---|---|---|---|
pos |
tuple[int, int]
|
Tuple of that the cursor will be moved to. |
required |
This does not flush the terminal for performance reasons. You
can do it manually with sys.stdout.flush()
.
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overline(text, reset_style=True)
Return text overlined.
Parameters:
Name | Type | Description | Default |
---|---|---|---|
reset_style |
Optional[bool]
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Boolean that determines whether a reset character should be appended to the end of the string. |
True
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Note
This isnt' very widely supported.
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print_to(pos, *args, **kwargs)
Prints text to given pos
.
Note
This method passes through all arguments (except for pos
) to the print
method.
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report_cursor()
Gets position of cursor.
Returns:
Type | Description |
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'Optional[tuple[int, int]]'
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A tuple of integers, (columns, rows), describing the |
'Optional[tuple[int, int]]'
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current (printing) cursor's position. Returns None if |
'Optional[tuple[int, int]]'
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this could not be determined. |
'Optional[tuple[int, int]]'
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Note that this position is not the mouse position. See |
'Optional[tuple[int, int]]'
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report_mouse(event, method='decimal_xterm', stop=False)
Starts reporting of mouse events.
You can specify multiple events to report on.
Parameters:
Name | Type | Description | Default |
---|---|---|---|
event |
str
|
The type of event to report on. See below for options. |
required |
method |
Optional[str]
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The method of reporting to use. See below for options. |
'decimal_xterm'
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stop |
bool
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If set to True, the stopping code is written to stdout. |
False
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Raises:
Type | Description |
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NotImplementedError
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The given event is not supported. |
Note
If you need this functionality, you're probably better off using the wrapper
pytermgui.context_managers.mouse_handler
, which allows listening on multiple
events, gives a translator method and handles exceptions.
Possible events
- press: Report when the mouse is clicked, left or right button.
- highlight: Report highlighting.
- press_hold: Report with a left or right click, as well as both left & right drag and release.
- all: Report every event, even hover.
Methods
- None: Non-decimal xterm method. Limited in coordinates.
- decimal_xterm: The default setting. Most universally supported.
- decimal_urxvt: Older, less compatible, but useful on some systems.
- decimal_utf8: Apparently not too stable.
More information here.
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reset()
Resets printing mode.
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restore_cursor()
Restore cursor position as saved by save_cursor
.
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restore_screen()
Restores the contents of the screen saved by save_screen()
.
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save_cursor()
Saves the current cursor position.
Use restore_cursor
to restore it.
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save_screen()
Saves the contents of the screen, and wipes it.
Use restore_screen()
to get them back.
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set_alt_buffer()
Starts an alternate buffer.
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set_echo()
Starts echoing of user input.
Note
This is currently only available on POSIX.
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set_mode(mode, write=True)
Sets terminal display mode.
This is better left internal. To use these modes, you can call their
specific functions, such as bold("text")
or italic("text")
.
Parameters:
Name | Type | Description | Default |
---|---|---|---|
mode |
Union[str, int]
|
One of the available modes. Strings and integers both work. |
required |
write |
bool
|
Boolean that determines whether the output should be written to stdout. |
True
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Returns:
Type | Description |
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str
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A string that sets the given mode. |
Available modes
- 0: reset
- 1: bold
- 2: dim
- 3: italic
- 4: underline
- 5: blink
- 7: inverse
- 8: invisible
- 9: strikethrough
- 53: overline
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show_cursor()
Starts printing the cursor.
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strikethrough(text, reset_style=True)
Return text as strikethrough.
Parameters:
Name | Type | Description | Default |
---|---|---|---|
reset_style |
Optional[bool]
|
Boolean that determines whether a reset character should be appended to the end of the string. |
True
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translate_mouse(code, method)
Translates the output of produced by setting report_mouse
into MouseEvents.
This method currently only supports decimal_xterm
and decimal_urxvt
.
Parameters:
Name | Type | Description | Default |
---|---|---|---|
code |
str
|
The string of mouse code(s) to translate. |
required |
method |
str
|
The reporting method to translate. One of |
required |
Returns:
Type | Description |
---|---|
list[MouseEvent | None] | None
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A list of optional mouse events obtained from the code argument. If the code was malformed, |
list[MouseEvent | None] | None
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and no codes could be determined None is returned. |
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underline(text, reset_style=True)
Returns text underlined.
Parameters:
Name | Type | Description | Default |
---|---|---|---|
reset_style |
Optional[bool]
|
Boolean that determines whether a reset character should be appended to the end of the string. |
True
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unset_alt_buffer()
Returns to main buffer, restoring its original state.
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unset_echo()
Stops echoing of user input.
Note
This is currently only available on POSIX.
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