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27.Dd Mar 13, 2017
28.Dt TEKEN 3
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm teken
32.Nd xterm-like terminal emulation interface
33.Sh LIBRARY
34.Lb libteken
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.In teken.h
37.Ft void
38.Fn teken_init "teken_t *t" "const teken_funcs_t *funcs" "void *thunk"
39.Ft void
40.Fn teken_input "teken_t *t" "const void *buf" "size_t nbytes"
41.Ft const teken_pos_t *
42.Fn teken_get_winsize "teken_t *t"
43.Ft void
44.Fn teken_set_winsize "teken_t *t" "const teken_pos_t *size"
45.Ft const teken_pos_t *
46.Fn teken_get_cursor "const teken_t *t"
47.Ft void
48.Fn teken_set_cursor "teken_t *t" "const teken_pos_t *pos"
49.Ft const teken_attr_t *
50.Fn teken_get_curattr "const teken_t *t"
51.Ft void
52.Fn teken_set_curattr "teken_t *t" "const teken_attr_t *attr"
53.Ft const teken_attr_t *
54.Fn teken_get_defattr "const teken_t *t"
55.Ft void
56.Fn teken_set_defattr "teken_t *t" "const teken_attr_t *attr"
57.Ft const char *
58.Fn teken_get_sequence "const teken_t *t" "unsigned int id"
59.Ft teken_color_t
60.Fn teken_256to16 "teken_color_t color"
61.Ft teken_color_t
62.Fn teken_256to8 "teken_color_t color"
63.Ft void
64.Fn teken_get_defattr_cons25 "const teken_t *t" "int *fg" "int *bg"
65.Ft void
66.Fn teken_set_8bit "teken_t *t"
67.Ft void
68.Fn teken_set_cons25 "teken_t *t"
69.Ft void
70.Fn teken_set_cons25keys "teken_t *t"
71.Sh DESCRIPTION
72The
73.Nm
74library implements the input parser of a 256-color xterm-like terminal.
75It converts a stream of UTF-8 encoded characters into a series of
76primitive drawing instructions that can be used by a console driver or
77terminal emulator to render a terminal application.
78.Pp
79The
80.Fn teken_init
81function is used to initialize terminal state object
82.Fa t ,
83having type
84.Vt teken_t .
85The supplied
86.Vt teken_funcs_t
87structure
88.Fa funcs
89contains a set of callback functions, which are called when supplying
90data to
91.Fn teken_input .
92The
93.Fa thunk
94argument stores an arbitrary pointer, which is passed to each invocation
95of the callback functions.
96.Pp
97The
98.Vt teken_funcs_t
99structure stores the following callbacks:
100.Bd -literal -offset indent
101typedef struct {
102	tf_bell_t     *tf_bell;     /* Audible/visible bell. */
103	tf_cursor_t   *tf_cursor;   /* Move cursor to x/y. */
104	tf_putchar_t  *tf_putchar;  /* Put Unicode character at x/y. */
105	tf_fill_t     *tf_fill;     /* Fill rectangle with character. */
106	tf_copy_t     *tf_copy;     /* Copy rectangle to new location. */
107	tf_param_t    *tf_param;    /* Miscellaneous options. */
108	tf_respond_t  *tf_respond;  /* Send response string to user. */
109} teken_funcs_t;
110.Ed
111.Pp
112All callbacks must be provided, though unimplemented callbacks may some
113times be sufficient.
114The actual types of these callbacks can be found in
115.In teken.h .
116.Pp
117By default,
118.Fn teken_init
119initializes the
120.Vt teken_t
121structure to emulate a terminal having 24 rows and 80 columns.
122The
123.Fn teken_get_winsize
124and
125.Fn teken_set_winsize
126functions can be used to obtain and modify the dimensions of the
127terminal.
128.Pp
129Even though the cursor position is normally controlled by input of data
130through
131.Fn teken_input
132and returned by the
133.Fn tf_cursor
134callback, it can be obtained and modified manually using the
135.Fn teken_get_cursor
136and
137.Fn teken_set_cursor
138functions.
139The same holds for
140.Fn teken_get_curattr
141and
142.Fn teken_set_curattr ,
143which can be used to change the currently selected font attributes and
144foreground and background color.
145.Pp
146By default,
147.Nm
148emulates a white-on-black terminal, which means the default foreground
149color is white, while the background color is black.
150These defaults can be modified using
151.Fn teken_get_defattr
152and
153.Fn teken_set_defattr .
154.Pp
155The
156.Fn teken_get_sequence
157function is a utility function that can be used to obtain escape
158sequences of special keyboard keys, generated by user input.
159The
160.Fa id
161parameter must be one of the
162.Dv TKEY_*
163parameters listed in
164.In teken.h .
165.Sh LEGACY FEATURES
166This library also provides a set of functions that shouldn't be used in
167any modern applications.
168.Pp
169The
170.Fn teken_256to16
171function converts an xterm-256 256-color code to an xterm 16-color code
172whose color with default palettes is as similar as possible (not very
173similar).
174The lower 3 bits of the result are the ANSI color and the next lowest
175bit is brightness.
176Other layers (hardare and software) that only support 16 colors can use
177this to avoid knowing the details of 256-color codes.
178.Pp
179The
180.Fn teken_256to8
181function is similar to
182.Fn teken_256to16
183except it converts to an ANSI 8-color code.
184This is more accurate than discarding the brigtness bit in the result of
185.Fn teken_256to16 .
186.Pp
187The
188.Fn teken_get_defattr_cons25
189function obtains the default terminal attributes as a pair of foreground
190and background colors, using ANSI color numbering.
191.Pp
192The
193.Fn teken_set_8bit
194function disables UTF-8 processing and switches to 8-bit character mode,
195which can be used to support character sets like CP437 and ISO-8859-1.
196.Pp
197The
198.Fn teken_set_cons25
199function sets the terminal emulation to
200.Dv cons25 ,
201which was the default for
202.Xr syscons 4
203in versions of
204.Fx
205prior to 9.0.
206This function is only useful for initialization.
207The emulation can be changed at any time using an escape sequence,
208and this function is not used then.
209.Pp
210The
211.Fn teken_set_cons25keys
212function tells the
213.Fn teken_get_sequence
214function to not interpret special keys in
215.Dv cons25
216mode.
217.Sh SEE ALSO
218.Xr ncurses 3 ,
219.Xr termcap 3 ,
220.Xr syscons 4
221.Sh HISTORY
222The
223.Nm
224library appeared in
225.Fx 8.0 ,
226though it was only available and used inside the kernel.
227In
228.Fx 9.0 ,
229the
230.Nm
231library appeared in userspace.
232.Sh AUTHORS
233.An Ed Schouten Aq ed@FreeBSD.org
234.Sh SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
235The
236.Fn tf_respond
237callback is used to respond to device status requests commands generated
238by an application.
239In the past, there have been various security issues, where a malicious
240application sends a device status request before termination, causing
241the generated response to be interpreted by applications such as
242.Xr sh 1 .
243.Pp
244.Nm
245only implements a small subset of responses which are unlikely to cause
246any harm.
247Still, it is advised to leave
248.Fn tf_respond
249unimplemented.
250