mod(style): styling and color revamp now with fewer characters to print to the terminal

examples/container.zig

@@ -22,8 +22,12 @@ pub fn main() !void {
     var renderer = zterm.Renderer.Buffered.init(allocator);
     defer renderer.deinit();
 
-    var container = try App.Container.init(allocator, .{});
+    var container = try App.Container.init(allocator, .{
-    try container.append(try App.Container.init(allocator, .{}));
+        .border = .{ .color = .green, .corners = .rounded },
+    });
+    try container.append(try App.Container.init(allocator, .{
+        .border = .{ .color = .light_green, .corners = .squared },
+    }));
     defer container.deinit();
 
     // NOTE: should the min-size here be required?

src/color.zig

@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
 const std = @import("std");
 
-pub const Color = union(enum) {
+pub const Color = enum(u8) {
-    ansi: enum(u32) {
+    default = 0,
-        reset = 0,
+    black = 16,
-        black = 30,
+    light_red = 1,
+    light_green,
+    light_yellow,
+    light_blue,
+    light_magenta,
+    light_cyan,
+    light_grey,
+    grey,
     red,
     green,
     yellow,
@@ -11,116 +18,21 @@ pub const Color = union(enum) {
     magenta,
     cyan,
     white,
-        bright_black = 90,
+    // TODO: add further colors as described in https://gist.github.com/ConnerWill/d4b6c776b509add763e17f9f113fd25b # Color / Graphics Mode - 256 Colors
-        bright_red,
-        bright_green,
-        bright_yellow,
-        bright_blue,
-        bright_magenta,
-        bright_cyan,
-        bright_white,
-    },
-    rgb: [3]u8,
 
-    pub fn eql(a: Color, b: Color) bool {
+    pub inline fn write(this: Color, writer: anytype, comptime coloring: enum { fg, bg, ul }) !void {
-        switch (a) {
+        if (this == .default) {
-            .ansi => |a_idx| {
+            switch (coloring) {
-                switch (b) {
-                    .ansi => |b_idx| return a_idx == b_idx,
-                    else => return false,
-                }
-            },
-            .rgb => |a_rgb| {
-                switch (b) {
-                    .rgb => |b_rgb| return a_rgb[0] == b_rgb[0] and
-                        a_rgb[1] == b_rgb[1] and
-                        a_rgb[2] == b_rgb[2],
-                    else => return false,
-                }
-            },
-        }
-    }
-
-    pub fn write(this: Color, writer: anytype, comptime coloring: enum { fg, bg, ul }) !void {
-        switch (this) {
-            .ansi => |index| blk: {
-                if (index == .reset)
-                    break :blk switch (coloring) {
                 .fg => try std.fmt.format(writer, "39", .{}),
                 .bg => try std.fmt.format(writer, "49", .{}),
                 .ul => try std.fmt.format(writer, "59", .{}),
-                    };
-
-                break :blk switch (coloring) {
-                    .fg => try std.fmt.format(writer, "38;5;{d}", .{@intFromEnum(index)}),
-                    .bg => try std.fmt.format(writer, "48;5;{d}", .{@intFromEnum(index)}),
-                    .ul => try std.fmt.format(writer, "58;5;{d}", .{@intFromEnum(index)}),
-                };
-            },
-            .rgb => |rgb| switch (coloring) {
-                .fg => try std.fmt.format(writer, "38;2;{d};{d};{d}", .{ rgb[0], rgb[1], rgb[2] }),
-                .bg => try std.fmt.format(writer, "48;2;{d};{d};{d}", .{ rgb[0], rgb[1], rgb[2] }),
-                .ul => try std.fmt.format(writer, "58;2;{d};{d};{d}", .{ rgb[0], rgb[1], rgb[2] }),
-            },
             }
+        } else {
+            switch (coloring) {
+                .fg => try std.fmt.format(writer, "38;5;{d}", .{@intFromEnum(this)}),
+                .bg => try std.fmt.format(writer, "48;5;{d}", .{@intFromEnum(this)}),
+                .ul => try std.fmt.format(writer, "58;5;{d}", .{@intFromEnum(this)}),
             }
-
-    pub fn rgbFromUint(val: u24) Color {
-        const r_bits = val & 0b11111111_00000000_00000000;
-        const g_bits = val & 0b00000000_11111111_00000000;
-        const b_bits = val & 0b00000000_00000000_11111111;
-        const rgb = [_]u8{
-            @truncate(r_bits >> 16),
-            @truncate(g_bits >> 8),
-            @truncate(b_bits),
-        };
-        return .{ .rgb = rgb };
-    }
-
-    /// parse an XParseColor-style rgb specification into an rgb Color. The spec
-    /// is of the form: rgb:rrrr/gggg/bbbb. Generally, the high two bits will always
-    /// be the same as the low two bits.
-    pub fn rgbFromSpec(spec: []const u8) !Color {
-        var iter = std.mem.splitScalar(u8, spec, ':');
-        const prefix = iter.next() orelse return error.InvalidColorSpec;
-        if (!std.mem.eql(u8, "rgb", prefix)) return error.InvalidColorSpec;
-
-        const spec_str = iter.next() orelse return error.InvalidColorSpec;
-
-        var spec_iter = std.mem.splitScalar(u8, spec_str, '/');
-
-        const r_raw = spec_iter.next() orelse return error.InvalidColorSpec;
-        if (r_raw.len != 4) return error.InvalidColorSpec;
-
-        const g_raw = spec_iter.next() orelse return error.InvalidColorSpec;
-        if (g_raw.len != 4) return error.InvalidColorSpec;
-
-        const b_raw = spec_iter.next() orelse return error.InvalidColorSpec;
-        if (b_raw.len != 4) return error.InvalidColorSpec;
-
-        const r = try std.fmt.parseUnsigned(u8, r_raw[2..], 16);
-        const g = try std.fmt.parseUnsigned(u8, g_raw[2..], 16);
-        const b = try std.fmt.parseUnsigned(u8, b_raw[2..], 16);
-
-        return .{
-            .rgb = [_]u8{ r, g, b },
-        };
-    }
-
-    test "rgbFromSpec" {
-        const spec = "rgb:aaaa/bbbb/cccc";
-        const actual = try rgbFromSpec(spec);
-        switch (actual) {
-            .rgb => |rgb| {
-                try std.testing.expectEqual(0xAA, rgb[0]);
-                try std.testing.expectEqual(0xBB, rgb[1]);
-                try std.testing.expectEqual(0xCC, rgb[2]);
-            },
-            else => try std.testing.expect(false),
         }
     }
 };
-
-test {
-    _ = Color;
-}

src/container.zig

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const isTaggedUnion = @import("event.zig").isTaggedUnion;
 const Cell = @import("cell.zig");
 const Color = @import("color.zig").Color;
 const Size = @import("size.zig");
+const Style = @import("style.zig");
 
 const log = std.log.scoped(.container);
 
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ pub const Border = struct {
     pub const rounded_border: [6]u21 = .{ '╭', '─', '╮', '│', '╰', '╯' };
     pub const squared_border: [6]u21 = .{ '┌', '─', '┐', '│', '└', '┘' };
     /// Color to use for the border
-    color: Color = .{ .ansi = .reset },
+    color: Color = .white,
     /// Configure the corner type to be used for the border
     corners: enum(u1) {
         squared,
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ pub const Border = struct {
     /// Configure separator borders between child element to added to the layout
     separator: struct {
         enabled: bool = false,
-        color: Color = .{ .ansi = .reset },
+        color: Color = .white,
         line: enum {
             line,
             dotted,
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ pub const Border = struct {
 
     // NOTE: caller owns `cells` slice and ensures that `cells.len == size.cols * size.rows`
     pub fn contents(this: @This(), cells: []Cell, size: Size) void {
+        log.debug("Content of Border: {any}", .{this});
         std.debug.assert(cells.len == size.cols * size.rows);
 
         const frame = switch (this.corners) {
@@ -68,14 +70,16 @@ pub const Border = struct {
                 cells[last_row + col].cp = frame[1];
             }
             // TODO: fix rendering of styling?
-            cells[col].style = .{ .fg = .{ .ansi = .red }, .attributes = &.{} };
+            cells[col].style.fg = this.color;
-            cells[last_row + col].style = .{ .fg = .{ .ansi = .red }, .attributes = &.{} };
+            cells[last_row + col].style.fg = this.color;
         }
         // render left and right border
         for (1..size.rows - 1) |row| {
             const idx = (row * size.cols);
             cells[idx].cp = frame[3]; // left
+            cells[idx].style.fg = this.color;
             cells[idx + size.cols - 1].cp = frame[3]; // right
+            cells[idx + size.cols - 1].style.fg = this.color;
         }
     }
 };
@@ -85,7 +89,7 @@ pub const Rectangle = struct {
     /// `Color` to use to fill the `Rectangle` with
     /// NOTE: used as background color when rendering! such that it renders the
     /// children accordingly without removing the coloring of the `Rectangle`
-    fill: Color = .{ .ansi = .reset },
+    fill: Color = .black,
     /// Configure the corners of the `Rectangle`
     corners: enum(u1) {
         squared,

src/style.zig

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ pub const Underline = enum {
     dashed,
 };
 
-pub const Attribute = enum(u32) {
+pub const Attribute = enum(u8) {
     reset = 0,
     bold = 1,
     dim,
@@ -34,52 +34,42 @@ pub const Attribute = enum(u32) {
     strikethrough,
 };
 
-fg: Color = .{ .ansi = .reset },
+fg: Color = .white,
-bg: Color = .{ .ansi = .reset },
+bg: Color = .default,
-ul: Color = .{ .ansi = .reset },
+ul: Color = .default,
 ul_style: Underline = .off,
 attributes: []const Attribute,
 
 pub fn eql(this: Style, other: Style) bool {
-    const ret = this.fg.eql(other.fg) and
+    return std.meta.eql(this, other);
-        this.bg.eql(other.bg) and
-        this.ul.eql(other.ul) and
-        other.ul_style == this.ul_style and
-        other.attributes.len == this.attributes.len;
-    if (ret == false) return false;
-
-    // are the attributes also identical?
-    for (0..this.attributes.len) |i| {
-        if (this.attributes[i] != other.attributes[i])
-            return false;
-    }
-    return true;
 }
 
 pub fn value(this: Style, writer: anytype, cp: u21) !void {
     var buffer: [4]u8 = undefined;
     const bytes = try std.unicode.utf8Encode(cp, &buffer);
     std.debug.assert(bytes > 0);
-    // start escape sequence
+    // build ansi sequence for 256 colors ...
+    // foreground
     try std.fmt.format(writer, "\x1b[", .{});
-    // colors
     try this.fg.write(writer, .fg);
+    // background
     try std.fmt.format(writer, ";", .{});
     try this.bg.write(writer, .bg);
-    // try std.fmt.format(writer, ":", .{});
     // underline
-    // try this.ul.write(writer, .ul);
+    // FIX: assert that if the underline property is set that the ul style and the attribute for underlining is available
-    // try std.fmt.format(writer, ":", .{});
+    try std.fmt.format(writer, ";", .{});
-    // attributes
+    try this.ul.write(writer, .ul);
+    // append styles (aka attributes like bold, italic, strikethrough, etc.)
     for (this.attributes) |attribute| {
-        try std.fmt.format(writer, ":{d}", .{@intFromEnum(attribute)});
+        try std.fmt.format(writer, ";{d}", .{@intFromEnum(attribute)});
     }
-    // end styling
     try std.fmt.format(writer, "m", .{});
     // content
     try std.fmt.format(writer, "{s}", .{buffer});
-    // end escape sequence
+    // TODO: is it necessary to reset the graphics mode afterwards to ensure
-    try writer.print("\x1b[0m", .{});
+    // that everything rendered behind is still as expected (without any
+    // side-effects)?
+    // try writer.print("\x1b[0m", .{});
 }
 
 // TODO: implement helper functions for terminal capabilities: