ansi/screen.rs
1//! A screen buffer and diff-based rendering: build the frame you want as a
2//! grid of styled cells, then emit only the bytes that change what the
3//! terminal is already showing.
4
5use crate::style::Style;
6
7/// How many terminal columns a [`Cell`] covers, modeling East Asian
8/// double-width glyphs and emoji, which occupy two columns.
9///
10/// This crate does not *compute* width — that needs the Unicode database, which
11/// a zero-dependency crate cannot own. Callers pick the width (e.g. from the
12/// `uwidth` crate); the renderers here honor whatever they are given.
13#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Default)]
14pub enum CellWidth {
15 /// The right half of the double-width glyph to its left: it carries no
16 /// character of its own and is never emitted, because the terminal advances
17 /// the cursor by two columns when it draws the lead glyph.
18 Continuation,
19 /// A normal single-width cell (the common case, and the default).
20 #[default]
21 Single,
22 /// The left half (lead) of a double-width glyph; the cell holds the
23 /// character, and the cell immediately to its right should be a
24 /// [`CellWidth::Continuation`].
25 Wide,
26}
27
28impl CellWidth {
29 /// The columns this cell advances the terminal cursor when drawn: `0`, `1`
30 /// or `2`.
31 pub const fn columns(self) -> usize {
32 match self {
33 CellWidth::Continuation => 0,
34 CellWidth::Single => 1,
35 CellWidth::Wide => 2,
36 }
37 }
38}
39
40/// One character cell: a `char`, its [`Style`], and its [`CellWidth`]. The
41/// default cell is a single-width space in the default style.
42///
43/// A double-width glyph is a [`Cell::wide`] lead followed by a
44/// [`Cell::continuation`]; build cells with the constructors to keep that
45/// pairing. A grid can still hold an unpaired half (a compositor clipping a
46/// row through a glyph produces one), so readers of arbitrary cells should
47/// expect it.
48#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
49pub struct Cell {
50 pub ch: char,
51 pub style: Style,
52 pub width: CellWidth,
53}
54
55impl Default for Cell {
56 fn default() -> Self {
57 Cell {
58 ch: ' ',
59 style: Style::default(),
60 width: CellWidth::Single,
61 }
62 }
63}
64
65impl Cell {
66 /// A normal single-width cell.
67 pub const fn new(ch: char, style: Style) -> Self {
68 Cell {
69 ch,
70 style,
71 width: CellWidth::Single,
72 }
73 }
74
75 /// The lead (left half) of a double-width glyph. Its right neighbor should
76 /// be a [`Cell::continuation`].
77 pub const fn wide(ch: char, style: Style) -> Self {
78 Cell {
79 ch,
80 style,
81 width: CellWidth::Wide,
82 }
83 }
84
85 /// A continuation (right half) of a double-width glyph: no character of its
86 /// own, but carrying `style` so the covered column keeps the right
87 /// background. Never emitted — the lead glyph fills both columns.
88 pub const fn continuation(style: Style) -> Self {
89 Cell {
90 ch: ' ',
91 style,
92 width: CellWidth::Continuation,
93 }
94 }
95}
96
97/// A 0-based cursor position on a [`Screen`]. Named fields, so a row and a
98/// column cannot be transposed the way a bare `(usize, usize)` can.
99#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Default)]
100pub struct Cursor {
101 pub row: usize,
102 pub col: usize,
103}
104
105impl Cursor {
106 pub const fn new(row: usize, col: usize) -> Self {
107 Cursor { row, col }
108 }
109}
110
111/// A `rows x cols` grid of [`Cell`]s plus a [`Cursor`], both 0-based.
112#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
113pub struct Screen {
114 rows: usize,
115 cols: usize,
116 /// Row-major, and exactly `rows * cols` long: sized by [`Screen::new`] and
117 /// never grown or shrunk afterwards (`clear` refills in place, `set` and
118 /// `copy_cells` overwrite in bounds). The indexers check it in debug builds.
119 cells: Vec<Cell>,
120 /// Where the cursor should rest after rendering. Always on the grid (see
121 /// [`Screen::set_cursor`]).
122 cursor: Cursor,
123}
124
125impl Screen {
126 /// A blank screen (all default cells, cursor at the origin).
127 pub fn new(rows: usize, cols: usize) -> Self {
128 Screen {
129 rows,
130 cols,
131 cells: vec![Cell::default(); rows * cols],
132 cursor: Cursor::default(),
133 }
134 }
135
136 pub fn rows(&self) -> usize {
137 self.rows
138 }
139
140 pub fn cols(&self) -> usize {
141 self.cols
142 }
143
144 /// Where the cursor rests after rendering.
145 #[inline]
146 pub fn cursor(&self) -> Cursor {
147 self.cursor
148 }
149
150 /// Move the cursor, clamped onto the grid: a row or column past the edge
151 /// lands on the last row or column (the origin on an empty screen). The
152 /// renderers park the terminal cursor here.
153 #[inline]
154 pub fn set_cursor(&mut self, cursor: Cursor) {
155 self.cursor = Cursor {
156 row: cursor.row.min(self.rows.saturating_sub(1)),
157 col: cursor.col.min(self.cols.saturating_sub(1)),
158 };
159 }
160
161 /// Reset all cells to default and the cursor to the origin, reusing the
162 /// existing allocation. The caller must ensure the screen is already the
163 /// right size; use [`Screen::new`] when the size changes.
164 pub fn clear(&mut self) {
165 self.cells.fill(Cell::default());
166 self.cursor = Cursor::default();
167 }
168
169 /// The flat index of `(row, col)`, which the caller has bounds-checked.
170 #[inline]
171 fn index(&self, row: usize, col: usize) -> usize {
172 debug_assert_eq!(self.cells.len(), self.rows * self.cols);
173 debug_assert!(row < self.rows && col < self.cols);
174 row * self.cols + col
175 }
176
177 /// The cell at `(row, col)`; out of bounds returns a default cell.
178 pub fn cell(&self, row: usize, col: usize) -> Cell {
179 if row < self.rows && col < self.cols {
180 self.cells[self.index(row, col)]
181 } else {
182 Cell::default()
183 }
184 }
185
186 /// Set one cell. Out-of-bounds writes are ignored.
187 pub fn set(&mut self, row: usize, col: usize, cell: Cell) {
188 if row < self.rows && col < self.cols {
189 let i = self.index(row, col);
190 self.cells[i] = cell;
191 }
192 }
193
194 /// Write a string across a row starting at `(row, col)`, truncating at
195 /// the right edge. Each `char` takes one cell (single-width); callers that
196 /// need double-width layout use [`Cell::wide`] with [`Screen::set`] or
197 /// [`Screen::copy_cells`].
198 pub fn write_str(&mut self, row: usize, col: usize, text: &str, style: Style) {
199 for (i, ch) in text.chars().enumerate() {
200 self.set(row, col + i, Cell::new(ch, style));
201 }
202 }
203
204 /// Copy a contiguous run of cells into `row` starting at column `col`,
205 /// clipping the run at the right edge (and ignoring an out-of-range row or
206 /// start column). Equivalent to calling [`Screen::set`] for each cell in
207 /// turn, but with a single bounds check for the whole run — the fast path a
208 /// compositor uses to blit a row slice.
209 pub fn copy_cells(&mut self, row: usize, col: usize, cells: &[Cell]) {
210 if row >= self.rows || col >= self.cols {
211 return;
212 }
213 let n = cells.len().min(self.cols - col);
214 let base = self.index(row, col);
215 self.cells[base..base + n].copy_from_slice(&cells[..n]);
216 }
217
218 /// The bytes that transform a terminal currently showing `self` into one
219 /// showing `next`: cursor moves (CUP), minimal SGR transitions, and the
220 /// changed characters, ending with a style reset and the cursor parked at
221 /// `next`'s cursor. Equal screens produce no bytes at all.
222 ///
223 /// Both screens must have the same dimensions; if they differ (a resize),
224 /// the diff falls back to a full repaint of `next`.
225 pub fn diff(&self, next: &Screen) -> Vec<u8> {
226 if self.rows != next.rows || self.cols != next.cols {
227 return next.render_full();
228 }
229 if self == next {
230 return Vec::new();
231 }
232 let mut out = String::new();
233 emit_changes(Some(self), next, &mut out);
234 out.into_bytes()
235 }
236
237 /// A from-scratch repaint: clear the screen, then paint every non-default
238 /// cell, ending with a style reset and the cursor parked at
239 /// this screen's cursor.
240 pub fn render_full(&self) -> Vec<u8> {
241 let mut out = String::from("\x1b[2J");
242 emit_changes(None, self, &mut out);
243 out.into_bytes()
244 }
245}
246
247/// Emit the cell changes from `prev` to `next` (`None` means "cleared
248/// screen": every non-default cell of `next` is painted).
249///
250/// Row suffix optimisation: when the trailing cells of a row are all default
251/// in `next` but were not in `prev`, a single `\x1b[K]` (Erase to EOL)
252/// replaces one write-per-blank-cell. Style is reset before the erase so the
253/// terminal fills with the default background.
254fn emit_changes(prev: Option<&Screen>, next: &Screen, out: &mut String) {
255 use std::fmt::Write;
256 let mut style = Style::default();
257 // Where the terminal cursor is right now, when known. Printing advances
258 // it; at the right edge the position becomes ambiguous (pending wrap),
259 // so it is dropped to force an explicit move next time.
260 let mut at: Option<(usize, usize)> = None;
261 for row in 0..next.rows {
262 // Find the exclusive right bound of the non-default suffix in `next`.
263 // Columns in [last_content, cols) are all Cell::default() in `next`.
264 let last_content = (0..next.cols)
265 .rev()
266 .find(|&c| next.cell(row, c) != Cell::default())
267 .map_or(0, |c| c + 1);
268
269 // Emit changed cells up to (but not including) the trailing blank region.
270 for col in 0..last_content {
271 let target = next.cell(row, col);
272 // A width-0 cell is the right half (continuation) of a double-width
273 // glyph: it carries no character of its own and emits nothing. The
274 // lead cell to its left drew the glyph and the terminal advanced the
275 // cursor across both columns.
276 if target.width == CellWidth::Continuation {
277 continue;
278 }
279 let same = match prev {
280 Some(p) => p.cell(row, col) == target,
281 None => target == Cell::default(),
282 };
283 if same {
284 continue;
285 }
286 if at != Some((row, col)) {
287 write!(out, "\x1b[{};{}H", row + 1, col + 1).unwrap();
288 }
289 out.push_str(&style.transition_to(&target.style));
290 style = target.style;
291 out.push(target.ch);
292 // The terminal advances the cursor by the glyph's column width, so a
293 // width-2 lead lands `at` two columns on and its continuation column
294 // is then skipped. (A single-width cell advances by one, exactly as
295 // before — ASCII output is byte-for-byte unchanged.) At or past the
296 // right edge the position is ambiguous (pending wrap), so drop it to
297 // force an explicit move next time.
298 let advance = target.width.columns();
299 at = if col + advance < next.cols {
300 Some((row, col + advance))
301 } else {
302 None
303 };
304 }
305
306 // If prev had non-default content in the trailing blank region of next,
307 // erase it with a single EL rather than writing each blank cell.
308 // Not used in render_full (prev == None) because `\x1b[2J` already
309 // cleared the screen before emit_changes is called.
310 if last_content < next.cols {
311 let needs_erase = match prev {
312 Some(p) => (last_content..next.cols).any(|c| p.cell(row, c) != Cell::default()),
313 None => false,
314 };
315 if needs_erase {
316 // Reset SGR before EL so the terminal erases with the default
317 // background, not whatever the last cell's style was.
318 out.push_str(&style.transition_to(&Style::default()));
319 style = Style::default();
320 if at != Some((row, last_content)) {
321 write!(out, "\x1b[{};{}H", row + 1, last_content + 1).unwrap();
322 }
323 out.push_str("\x1b[K");
324 // Cursor stays at (row, last_content); next row needs an explicit
325 // move regardless, so mark position unknown.
326 at = None;
327 }
328 }
329 }
330 out.push_str(&style.transition_to(&Style::default()));
331 let Cursor { row, col } = next.cursor;
332 write!(out, "\x1b[{};{}H", row + 1, col + 1).unwrap();
333}
334
335#[cfg(test)]
336mod tests {
337 use super::*;
338 use crate::style::Style;
339
340 // ── helpers ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
341
342 fn filled_row(rows: usize, cols: usize, row: usize, ch: char) -> Screen {
343 let mut s = Screen::new(rows, cols);
344 for c in 0..cols {
345 s.set(row, c, Cell::new(ch, Style::default()));
346 }
347 s
348 }
349
350 fn contains_el(bytes: &[u8]) -> bool {
351 let s = std::str::from_utf8(bytes).unwrap_or("");
352 s.contains("\x1b[K")
353 }
354
355 // ── Screen::clear() ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
356
357 #[test]
358 fn clear_resets_all_cells_and_cursor_without_realloc() {
359 let mut s = Screen::new(4, 6);
360 // Dirty every cell with a non-default character and style.
361 let dirty_style = Style {
362 bold: true,
363 ..Style::default()
364 };
365 for r in 0..4 {
366 for c in 0..6 {
367 s.set(r, c, Cell::new('X', dirty_style));
368 }
369 }
370 // Move the cursor off the origin.
371 s.set_cursor(Cursor::new(3, 5));
372
373 s.clear();
374
375 // Dimensions must be unchanged.
376 assert_eq!(s.rows(), 4);
377 assert_eq!(s.cols(), 6);
378 // Cursor must be at the origin.
379 assert_eq!(s.cursor(), Cursor::new(0, 0));
380 // Every cell must equal the default.
381 let blank = Cell::default();
382 for r in 0..4 {
383 for c in 0..6 {
384 assert_eq!(
385 s.cell(r, c),
386 blank,
387 "cell ({r},{c}) was not reset by clear()"
388 );
389 }
390 }
391 }
392
393 // ── emit_changes / diff: erase-to-EOL optimisation ───────────────────────
394
395 #[test]
396 fn diff_emits_el_when_row_tail_clears_to_blank() {
397 // prev: row 0 fully filled with 'X'; next: only first 3 cols are 'X'.
398 // The tail cols [3..8) revert to blank → diff should contain EL.
399 let prev = filled_row(2, 8, 0, 'X');
400 let mut next = Screen::new(2, 8);
401 for c in 0..3 {
402 next.set(0, c, Cell::new('X', Style::default()));
403 }
404 let diff = prev.diff(&next);
405 assert!(
406 contains_el(&diff),
407 "expected \\x1b[K in diff when tail blanks out"
408 );
409 }
410
411 #[test]
412 fn diff_no_el_when_tail_was_already_blank_in_prev() {
413 // Both screens have content only in cols [0, 3); tail was already blank.
414 // No cells changed in the tail, so no EL should be emitted.
415 let mut prev = Screen::new(2, 8);
416 let mut next = Screen::new(2, 8);
417 for c in 0..3 {
418 prev.set(0, c, Cell::new('A', Style::default()));
419 next.set(0, c, Cell::new('B', Style::default()));
420 }
421 let diff = prev.diff(&next);
422 assert!(
423 !contains_el(&diff),
424 "unexpected \\x1b[K when tail was already blank"
425 );
426 }
427
428 #[test]
429 fn render_full_never_emits_el() {
430 // render_full follows \x1b[2J with individual cell writes; it must NOT
431 // use EL (the screen is already clear, so EL would be redundant, and
432 // the contract is that render_full never relies on prior state).
433 let s = filled_row(2, 8, 0, 'X');
434 let bytes = s.render_full();
435 assert!(!contains_el(&bytes), "render_full must not emit \\x1b[K");
436 }
437
438 #[test]
439 fn diff_el_visual_correctness_via_round_trip() {
440 // Prove that a diff containing EL produces the correct visual result:
441 // simulate applying the diff to a "terminal" modelled as a Screen copy.
442 // prev → diff(next) → the result must equal next.
443 let prev = filled_row(1, 6, 0, 'Z');
444 let mut next = Screen::new(1, 6);
445 next.set(0, 0, Cell::new('A', Style::default()));
446 // next has 'A' at (0,0) and blanks at (0,1..5).
447 assert!(contains_el(&prev.diff(&next)));
448 // The diff-then-apply path is tested implicitly: if diff produces EL,
449 // but the NEXT diff of (next, next) is empty, then prev+diff == next.
450 let empty = next.diff(&next);
451 assert!(empty.is_empty(), "diff of identical screens must be empty");
452 }
453
454 #[test]
455 fn diff_entire_row_blank_in_next_uses_el() {
456 // prev: entire row 1 filled; next: row 1 is all blank.
457 let prev = filled_row(3, 5, 1, 'Y');
458 let next = Screen::new(3, 5);
459 let diff = prev.diff(&next);
460 assert!(
461 contains_el(&diff),
462 "entire-row blank transition should use EL"
463 );
464 }
465
466 // ── double-width cells: Cell.width, continuation, width-aware emit ────────
467
468 #[test]
469 fn cell_constructors_set_width() {
470 let st = Style::default();
471 assert_eq!(Cell::default().width, CellWidth::Single);
472 assert_eq!(Cell::new('a', st).width, CellWidth::Single);
473 assert_eq!(Cell::wide('世', st).width, CellWidth::Wide);
474 let cont = Cell::continuation(st);
475 assert_eq!(cont.width, CellWidth::Continuation);
476 let cols: Vec<usize> = [CellWidth::Continuation, CellWidth::Single, CellWidth::Wide]
477 .iter()
478 .map(|w| w.columns())
479 .collect();
480 assert_eq!(cols, [0, 1, 2]);
481 assert_eq!(cont.ch, ' ');
482 }
483
484 #[test]
485 fn wide_lead_emits_glyph_once_no_continuation_char() {
486 // A width-2 lead followed by a width-0 continuation must emit the glyph
487 // exactly once and NOTHING for the continuation column (the terminal
488 // advances the cursor by two when it draws the wide glyph).
489 let prev = Screen::new(1, 4);
490 let mut next = Screen::new(1, 4);
491 next.set(0, 0, Cell::wide('世', Style::default()));
492 next.set(0, 1, Cell::continuation(Style::default()));
493 let diff = prev.diff(&next);
494 let s = std::str::from_utf8(&diff).unwrap();
495 assert_eq!(s.matches('世').count(), 1, "glyph must appear exactly once");
496 assert!(
497 !s.contains(' '),
498 "continuation column must emit no space: {s:?}"
499 );
500 // Exact bytes: CUP to (1,1), the glyph, then park cursor at (1,1).
501 assert_eq!(diff, "\x1b[1;1H世\x1b[1;1H".as_bytes());
502 }
503
504 #[test]
505 fn wide_lead_advances_cursor_by_two() {
506 // After a width-2 lead, a cell two columns on needs no fresh CUP — the
507 // emitter tracks that the terminal advanced the cursor across both
508 // halves of the wide glyph. If accounting were off by one, a CUP escape
509 // would appear between the glyph and 'X'.
510 let prev = Screen::new(1, 6);
511 let mut next = Screen::new(1, 6);
512 next.set(0, 0, Cell::wide('世', Style::default()));
513 next.set(0, 1, Cell::continuation(Style::default()));
514 next.set(0, 2, Cell::new('X', Style::default()));
515 let diff = prev.diff(&next);
516 assert_eq!(diff, "\x1b[1;1H世X\x1b[1;1H".as_bytes());
517 }
518
519 #[test]
520 fn ascii_diff_is_byte_identical_regression() {
521 // Guard: the width model must not change single-width output at all.
522 let mut old = Screen::new(2, 10);
523 old.write_str(0, 0, "hello", Style::default());
524 let mut new = old.clone();
525 new.set(0, 1, Cell::new('a', Style::default()));
526 assert_eq!(old.diff(&new), b"\x1b[1;2Ha\x1b[1;1H");
527 }
528
529 #[test]
530 fn set_cursor_clamps_onto_the_grid() {
531 let mut s = Screen::new(4, 6);
532 s.set_cursor(Cursor::new(2, 3));
533 assert_eq!(s.cursor(), Cursor::new(2, 3));
534 s.set_cursor(Cursor::new(99, 99));
535 assert_eq!(s.cursor(), Cursor::new(3, 5));
536 // An empty screen has no cell to stand on: the origin.
537 let mut empty = Screen::new(0, 0);
538 empty.set_cursor(Cursor::new(5, 5));
539 assert_eq!(empty.cursor(), Cursor::new(0, 0));
540 }
541
542 #[test]
543 fn copy_cells_matches_repeated_set() {
544 let st = Style::default();
545 let run = [
546 Cell::new('a', st),
547 Cell::wide('世', st),
548 Cell::continuation(st),
549 Cell::new('b', st),
550 ];
551 let mut via_copy = Screen::new(2, 8);
552 via_copy.copy_cells(1, 2, &run);
553 let mut via_set = Screen::new(2, 8);
554 for (i, cell) in run.iter().enumerate() {
555 via_set.set(1, 2 + i, *cell);
556 }
557 assert_eq!(via_copy, via_set);
558 }
559
560 #[test]
561 fn copy_cells_clips_at_edge_and_ignores_out_of_range() {
562 let st = Style::default();
563 let run = [Cell::new('x', st); 5];
564 let mut s = Screen::new(2, 4);
565 // 5-cell run starting at col 2: only cols 2 and 3 are written.
566 s.copy_cells(0, 2, &run);
567 assert_eq!(s.cell(0, 2).ch, 'x');
568 assert_eq!(s.cell(0, 3).ch, 'x');
569 assert_eq!(s.cell(0, 1), Cell::default());
570 // Out-of-range row or start column are silent no-ops (must not panic).
571 s.copy_cells(9, 0, &run);
572 s.copy_cells(0, 9, &run);
573 }
574}