X-Git-Url: http://git.nikiroo.be/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.md;h=dc976599bf6cffeb4d37a2d48a3d0bc0932d5d77;hb=3f499f9f180683b0ecf098684412d99662a523c7;hp=6bf20a962e3e0046a4141b8472ecf0682702d712;hpb=9245321388306b5b49d6385ce2f46ea6a82ab619;p=nikiroo-utils.git diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 6bf20a9..dc97659 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -24,15 +24,15 @@ Jexer currently supports three backends: TCP socket. jexer.demos.Demo3 demonstrates how one might use a character encoding than the default UTF-8. -* Java Swing UI. The default window size for Swing is 80x25, which is - set in jexer.session.SwingSession. For the demo applications, this - is the default backend on Windows and Mac platforms. This backend - can be explicitly selected for the demo applications by setting - jexer.Swing=true. +* Java Swing UI. The default window size for Swing is 80x25 and 20 + point font; this can be changed in the TApplication(BackendType) + constructor. For the demo applications, this is the default backend + on Windows and Mac platforms. This backend can be explicitly + selected for the demo applications by setting jexer.Swing=true. Additional backends can be created by subclassing jexer.backend.Backend and passing it into the TApplication -constructor. +constructor. See Demo5 and Demo6 for examples of other backends. The Jexer homepage, which includes additional information and binary release downloads, is at: https://jexer.sourceforge.io . The Jexer @@ -73,8 +73,9 @@ class MyApplication extends TApplication { addFileMenu(); addWindowMenu(); - // Add a custom window, see below for its code. - addWindow(new MyWindow(this)); + // Add a custom window, see below for its code. The TWindow + // constructor will add it to this application. + new MyWindow(this); } public static void main(String [] args) { @@ -149,6 +150,13 @@ follows: * '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 one + application performing I/O to two screens: an xterm screen and a + Swing screen. + More Screenshots @@ -176,18 +184,27 @@ The following properties control features of Jexer: jexer.Swing.cursorStyle ----------------------- - Used by jexer.io.SwingScreen. Selects the cursor style to draw. - Valid values are: underline, block, outline. Default: underline. + Used by jexer.backend.SwingTerminal. Selects the cursor style to + draw. Valid values are: underline, block, outline. Default: + underline. jexer.Swing.tripleBuffer ------------------------ - Used by jexer.io.SwingScreen. If true, use triple-buffering which - reduces screen tearing but may also be slower to draw on slower - systems. If false, use naive Swing thread drawing, which may be - faster on slower systems but also more likely to have screen + Used by jexer.backend.SwingTerminal. If true, use triple-buffering + which reduces screen tearing but may also be slower to draw on + slower systems. If false, use naive Swing thread drawing, which may + be faster on slower systems but also more likely to have screen tearing. Default: true. + jexer.TTerminal.ptypipe + ----------------------- + + Used by jexer.TTerminalWindow. If true, spawn shell using the + 'ptypipe' utility rather than 'script'. This permits terminals to + resize with the window. ptypipe is a separate C language utility, + available at https://github.com/klamonte/ptypipe. Default: false. + Known Issues / Arbitrary Decisions @@ -205,15 +222,20 @@ ambiguous. This section describes such issues. input (see the ENABLE_LINE_INPUT flag for GetConsoleMode() and SetConsoleMode()). - - TTerminalWindow launches 'script -fqe /dev/null' or 'script -q -F - /dev/null' on non-Windows platforms. This is a workaround for the - C library behavior of checking for a tty: script launches $SHELL - in a pseudo-tty. This works on Linux and Mac but might not on - other Posix-y platforms. + - TTerminalWindow by default launches 'script -fqe /dev/null' or + 'script -q -F /dev/null' on non-Windows platforms. This is a + workaround for the C library behavior of checking for a tty: + script launches $SHELL in a pseudo-tty. This works on Linux and + Mac but might not on other Posix-y platforms. - Closing a TTerminalWindow without exiting the process inside it may result in a zombie 'script' process. + - TTerminalWindow can only notify the child process of changes in + window size if using the 'ptypipe' utility, due to Java's lack of + support for forkpty() and similar. ptypipe is available at + https://github.com/klamonte/ptypipe. + - Java's InputStreamReader as used by the ECMA48 backend requires a valid UTF-8 stream. The default X10 encoding for mouse coordinates outside (160,94) can corrupt that stream, at best @@ -228,9 +250,9 @@ ambiguous. This section describes such issues. check the current window size, performing the same function as ioctl(TIOCGWINSZ) but without requiring a native library. - - jexer.io.ECMA48Terminal calls 'stty' to perform the equivalent of - cfmakeraw() when using System.in/out. System.out is also - (blindly!) put in 'stty sane cooked' mode when exiting. + - jexer.backend.ECMA48Terminal calls 'stty' to perform the + equivalent of cfmakeraw() when using System.in/out. System.out is + also (blindly!) put in 'stty sane cooked' mode when exiting.