X-Git-Url: http://git.nikiroo.be/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.md;h=4e6127abaf1582a7d8d337720bd7e5664f35234b;hb=686d4da2d2ecc203d5f8b524225a4327777825be;hp=f287251356284857947f938d56b86619a443fbe3;hpb=87a17f3ca4b2602c396afdbb13cccb4c1e7cbd38;p=nikiroo-utils.git diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index f287251..4e6127a 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,135 +1,201 @@ Jexer - Java Text User Interface library ======================================== -WARNING: THIS IS ALPHA CODE! +This library implements a text-based windowing system loosely +reminiscent of Borland's [Turbo +Vision](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo_Vision) system. It looks +like this: -This library is intended to implement a text-based windowing system -loosely reminiscient of Borland's [Turbo -Vision](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo_Vision) library. For those -wishing to use the actual C++ Turbo Vision library, see [Sergio -Sigala's updated version](http://tvision.sourceforge.net/) that runs -on many more platforms. +![Terminal, Image, Table](/screenshots/new_demo1.png?raw=true "Terminal, Image, Table") -Two backends are available: +Jexer works on both Xterm-like terminals and Swing, and supports +images in both Xterm and Swing. On Swing, images are true color: -* System.in/out to a command-line ECMA-48 / ANSI X3.64 type terminal - (tested on Linux + xterm). I/O is handled through terminal escape - sequences generated by the library itself: ncurses is not required - or linked to. xterm mouse tracking using UTF8 coordinates is - supported. This is the default backend on non-Windows platforms. +![Swing Snake Image](/screenshots/snake_swing.png?raw=true "Swing Snake Image") -* Java AWT UI. This backend can be selected by setting - jexer.AWT=true. This is the default backend on Windows platforms. - AWT is VERY experimental, please consider filing bugs when you - encounter them. +On Xterm, images are dithered to a common palette: -A demo application showing the existing UI controls is available via -'java -jar jexer.jar' or 'java -Djexer.AWT=true -jar jexer.jar' . +![Xterm Snake Image](/screenshots/snake_xterm.png?raw=true "Xterm Snake Image") License ------- -This project is licensed LGPL ("GNU Lesser General Public License") -version 3 or greater. See the file LICENSE for the full license text, -which includes both the GPL v3 and the LGPL supplemental terms. +Jexer is available to all under the MIT License. See the file LICENSE +for the full license text. -Acknowledgements +Obtaining Jexer +--------------- + +Jexer is available on Maven Central: + +```xml + + com.gitlab.klamonte + jexer + 0.3.2 + +``` + +Binary releases are available on SourceForge: +https://sourceforge.net/projects/jexer/files/jexer/ + +The Jexer source code is hosted at: https://gitlab.com/klamonte/jexer + + + +Documentation +------------- + +* [Java API Docs](https://jexer.sourceforge.io/apidocs/api/index.html) + +* [Wiki](https://gitlab.com/klamonte/jexer/wikis/home) + +* [Jexer web page](https://jexer.sourceforge.io/) + + + +Programming Examples +-------------------- + +The examples/ folder currently contains: + + * A [prototype tiling window + manager](/examples/JexerTilingWindowManager.java) in less than 250 + lines of code. + + * A much slicker [prototype tiling window + manager](/examples/JexerTilingWindowManager2.java) in less than 200 + lines of code. + + * A [prototype image thumbnail + viewer](/examples/JexerImageViewer.java) in less than 350 lines of + code. + +jexer.demos contains official demos showing all of the existing UI +controls. The demos can be run as follows: + + * 'java -jar jexer.jar' . This will use System.in/out with + Xterm-like sequences on non-Windows non-Mac platforms. On Windows + and Mac it will use a Swing JFrame. + + * 'java -Djexer.Swing=true -jar jexer.jar' . This will always use + Swing on any platform. + + * 'java -cp jexer.jar jexer.demos.Demo2 PORT' (where PORT is a + number to run the TCP daemon on). This will use the Xterm backend + on a telnet server that will update with screen size changes. + + * 'java -cp jexer.jar jexer.demos.Demo3' . This will use + System.in/out with Xterm-like sequences. One can see in the code + how to pass a different InputReader and OutputReader to + TApplication, permitting a different encoding than UTF-8. + + * 'java -cp jexer.jar jexer.demos.Demo4' . This demonstrates hidden + windows and a custom TDesktop. + + * 'java -cp jexer.jar jexer.demos.Demo5' . This demonstrates two + demo applications using different fonts in the same Swing frame. + + * 'java -cp jexer.jar jexer.demos.Demo6' . This demonstrates two + applications performing I/O across three screens: an Xterm screen + and Swing screen, monitored from a third Swing screen. + + * 'java -cp jexer.jar jexer.demos.Demo7' . This demonstrates the + BoxLayoutManager, achieving a similar result as the + javax.swing.BoxLayout apidocs example. + + + +More Screenshots ---------------- -Jexer makes use of the Terminus TrueType font [made available -here](http://files.ax86.net/terminus-ttf/) . +Jexer can be run inside its own terminal window, with support for all +of its features including images and mouse, and more terminals: +![Yo Dawg...](/screenshots/jexer_sixel_in_sixel.png?raw=true "Yo Dawg, I heard you like text windowing systems, so I ran a text windowing system inside your text windowing system so you can have a terminal in your terminal.") +Sixel output uses a single palette which works OK for a variety of +real-world images: -Usage ------ +![Sixel Pictures Of Cliffs Of Moher And Buoy](/screenshots/sixel_images.png?raw=true "Sixel Pictures Of Cliffs Of Moher And Buoy") -Usage patterns are still being worked on, but in general the goal will -be to build applications somewhat as follows: +The color wheel with that palette is shown below: -```Java -import jexer.*; +![Sixel Color Wheel](/screenshots/sixel_color_wheel.png?raw=true "Sixel Color Wheel") -public class MyApplication extends TApplication { - public MyApplication() { - super(); - // Create standard menus for File and Window - addFileMenu(); - addWindowMenu(); - } +Terminal Support +---------------- - public static void main(String [] args) { - MyApplication app = new MyApplication(); - app.run(); - } -} -``` +The table below lists terminals tested against Jexer's Xterm backend: -See the file demos/Demo1.java for detailed examples. +| Terminal | Environment | Mouse Click | Mouse Cursor | Images | +| -------------- | ------------------ | ----------- | ------------ | ------ | +| xterm | X11 | yes | yes | yes | +| jexer | CLI, X11, Windows | yes | yes | yes | +| mlterm | X11 | yes | yes | yes | +| RLogin | Windows | yes | yes | yes | +| alacritty(3) | X11 | yes | yes | no | +| gnome-terminal | X11 | yes | yes | no | +| iTerm2 | Mac | yes | yes | no(5) | +| kitty(3) | X11 | yes | yes | no | +| lcxterm(3) | CLI, Linux console | yes | yes | no | +| mintty | Windows | yes | yes | no(5) | +| rxvt-unicode | X11 | yes | yes | no(2) | +| xfce4-terminal | X11 | yes | yes | no | +| aminal(3) | X11 | yes | no | no | +| konsole | X11 | yes | no | no | +| yakuake | X11 | yes | no | no | +| Windows Terminal(6) | Windows | no | no | no(2) | +| screen | CLI | yes(1) | yes(1) | no(2) | +| tmux | CLI | yes(1) | yes(1) | no | +| putty | X11, Windows | yes | no | no(2) | +| Linux | Linux console | no | no | no(2) | +| qodem(3) | CLI, Linux console | yes | yes(4) | no | +| qodem-x11(3) | X11 | yes | no | no | +| yaft | Linux console (FB) | no | no | yes | +1 - Requires mouse support from host terminal. +2 - Also fails to filter out sixel data, leaving garbage on screen. -Roadmap -------- +3 - Latest in repository. + +4 - Requires TERM=xterm-1003 before starting. + +5 - Sixel images can crash terminal. + +6 - Version 0.4.2382.0, on Windows 10.0.18362.30. Tested against + WSL-1 Debian instance. -Many tasks remain before calling this version 1.0: - -0.0.2: - -- AWT: - - Blinking cursor -- Clean up TWidget constuctors (everyone is doing setX() / setY() / set...) -- ECMA48Backend running on socket -- TTreeView -- TDirectoryList -- TFileOpen -- Decide on naming convention: getText, getValue, getLabel: one or all - of them? - -0.0.3: - -- TEditor -- TTerminal - -0.0.4: - -- Bugs - - Bare ESC isn't being returned immediately - - TTimer is jittery with I/O - - TSubMenu keyboard mnemonic not working - - kbDel and use by TMenu (MID_CLEAR) - - TDirectoryList cannot be navigated only with keyboard - - TTreeView cannot be navigated only with keyboard - - RangeViolation after dragging scrollbar up/down - -0.1.0: - -- TWindow - - "Smart placement" for new windows -- ECMATerminal - - Mouse 1006 mode parsing - -Wishlist features (2.0): - -- TTerminal - - Handle resize events (pass to child process) - - xterm mouse handling -- Screen - - Allow complex characters in putCharXY() and detect them in putStrXY(). -- TComboBox -- TListBox -- TSpinner -- TCalendar widget -- TColorPicker widget -- Drag and drop - - TEditor - - TField - - TText - - TTerminal - - TComboBox + + +See Also +-------- + +* [Tranquil Java IDE](https://tjide.sourceforge.io) is a TUI-based + integrated development environment for the Java language that was + built using a very lightly modified GPL version of Jexer. TJ + provided a real-world use case to shake out numerous bugs and + limitations of Jexer. + +* [LCXterm](https://lcxterm.sourceforge.io) is a curses-based terminal + emulator that allows one to use Jexer with full support on the raw + Linux console. + +* [ptypipe](https://gitlab.com/klamonte/ptypipe) is a small C utility + that permits a Jexer TTerminalWindow to resize the running shell + when its window is resized. + + + +Acknowledgements +---------------- + +Jexer makes use of the Terminus TrueType font [made available +here](http://files.ax86.net/terminus-ttf/) .