Crate terminfo_lean 

Terminfo parsing library with simple API and minimal dependencies

Provided Functionality

• Find the terminfo database for the given terminal.
• Parse the terminfo database.
• Expand capabilities with parameters.

Why another terminfo library?

• Full support for extended capabilities
• MIT + Apache 2.0 license (no obscene or obscure licenses)
• Extensive unit test coverage
• Minimal dependencies (thiserror only)
• Lean code - no termcap, no Windows console, no unrelated stuff
• UTF-8 is only used for capability names
• 8-bit clean - string capabilities are byte slices
• Minimal memory allocations

Credits

The capability expansion code is based on the term crate with significant changes.

Modules

expand

Expansion of capability strings with parameters

locate

Search for terminfo database file for the terminal

parse

Parsing terminfo database files