[RFC] ColorD

[H. S. Teoh]

On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 04:49:03AM +0100, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
> It now can translate most PC keyboard input sequences into char or
> non-char key events, including requesting UTF-8 input for chars:
> 
> http://arsdnet.net/dcode/terminal.d
> 
> We could just about start writing real apps with this now. Biggest
> problem left is it doesn't actually scan the termcap file - it only
> looks for a TERMCAP environment variable. This means many keys are
> ignored on some terminals.

This is too cool! You should polish it up and submit a Phobos entry for
it. I would use it!


> Should be a fairly easy fix I just haven't gotten around to it yet.
> 
> Then finish the Windows support side of it and we have a fairly
> functional, totally standalone, little text library here.

Yeah, I would vote for it as a Phobos entry.


> BTW this is actually kinda off topic for ColorD since I'm going more
> fancy - if you just want to add color to stdout, my code has probably
> gone too far.

I don't think it's too far, I think it's just about right for the
beginnings of a console module in Phobos. If you'd put it on github, I
might submit a pull request to add some ddocs, then with added Windows
support, it should be just about ready for a Phobos entry.


T

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