kaycxx-term

Terminal output and key input helpers.

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Requirements

• C++23 compiler and standard library
• Exception support

Usage

#include <kaycxx/term.hpp>

using namespace kaycxx::term;

int main() {
    auto term = terminal();

    term << fg(green)
         << "Ready"
         << reset
         << '\n';
}

CMake users consume the installed package with:

find_package(kaycxx-term 1.0.0 CONFIG REQUIRED)
target_link_libraries(my-target PRIVATE kaycxx::term)

Non-CMake users can use pkg-config:

c++ $(pkg-config --cflags kaycxx-term) -c main.cpp
c++ main.o $(pkg-config --libs kaycxx-term)

Guides

• Creating a Terminal explains output streams, ANSI mode selection, and color environment variables.
• Colors and Styles explains SGR styles, basic colors, indexed colors, RGB colors, foregrounds, and backgrounds.
• Cursor Control explains cursor movement, cursor visibility, cursor style, and save/restore.
• Screen Control explains clearing, line/cell insertion and deletion, scrolling, and the alternate screen.
• Links and Titles explains terminal hyperlinks and window title push/pop.
• Input explains raw mode, input mode stacking, key reading, and Windows key sequence mapping.

Build From Source

cmake -B build
cmake --build build

A shared library is built by default. For a static build:

cmake -B build -D BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF
cmake --build build

Install

cmake --install build --prefix /tmp/root

If no prefix is specified, CMake installs to /usr/local by default on Unix systems.

Development

Run all tests:

cmake --build build --target test

Generate API documentation with Doxygen:

cmake --build build --target apidoc

The generated HTML documentation is written to build/apidoc/html/index.html.