added option to hide the cursor to the Terminal class

Author: staxfur

cpp-terminal/base.cpp

@@ -122,14 +122,18 @@ void Term::get_cursor_position(int& rows, int& cols) {
 
 Term::Terminal::Terminal(bool _clear_screen,
  bool enable_keyboard,
- bool disable_ctrl_c)
+ bool disable_ctrl_c,
+ bool _hide_cursor)
  : BaseTerminal(enable_keyboard, disable_ctrl_c),
- clear_screen{_clear_screen} {
+ clear_screen{_clear_screen},
+ hide_cursor{_hide_cursor} {
  if (clear_screen) {
  write(save_screen() +
  // fixes consoles that ignore save_screen()
  clear_screen_buffer());
  }
+ if (hide_cursor)
+ write(cursor_off());
 }
 Term::Terminal::Terminal(bool _clear_screen)
  : BaseTerminal(false, true), clear_screen{_clear_screen} {
@@ -147,4 +151,6 @@ Term::Terminal::~Terminal() {
  // restores the screen, might be ignored by some terminals
  restore_screen());
  }
+ if (hide_cursor)
+ write(cursor_on());
 }

cpp-terminal/base.hpp

@@ -109,9 +109,13 @@ void get_cursor_position(int&, int&);
 class Terminal : public Private::BaseTerminal {
  private:
  bool clear_screen{};
+ bool hide_cursor{};
 
  public:
- Terminal(bool _clear_screen, bool enable_keyboard, bool disable_ctrl_c);
+ Terminal(bool _clear_screen,
+ bool enable_keyboard,
+ bool disable_ctrl_c,
+ bool);
  // providing no parameters will disable the keyboard and ctrl+c
  Terminal(bool _clear_screen);
 

examples/keys.cpp

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ using Term::Terminal;
 
 int main() {
  try {
- Terminal term(true, true, false);
+ Terminal term(true, true, false, false);
  int rows{}, cols{};
  Term::get_term_size(rows, cols);
  std::cout << "Dimension:" << cols << " " << rows << std::endl;

examples/kilo.cpp

@@ -929,7 +929,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
  // being called when exception happens and the terminal is not put into
  // correct state.
  try {
- Terminal term(true, true, false);
+ Terminal term(true, true, false, false);
  initEditor();
  if (argc >= 2) {
  editorOpen(argv[1]);

examples/menu.cpp

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ void render(int rows, int cols, int menuheight, int menuwidth, int menupos) {
  std::string scr;
  scr.reserve(16 * 1024);
 
- scr.append(cursor_off());
  scr.append(move_cursor(1, 1));
 
  int menux0 = (cols - menuwidth) / 2;
@@ -74,14 +73,12 @@ void render(int rows, int cols, int menuheight, int menuwidth, int menupos) {
  scr.append("Menu width: " + std::to_string(menuwidth) + " \n");
  scr.append("Menu height: " + std::to_string(menuheight) + " \n");
 
- scr.append(cursor_on());
-
  std::cout << scr << std::flush;
 }
 
 int main() {
  try {
- Terminal term(true, true, false);
+ Terminal term(true, true, false, true);
  int rows{}, cols{};
  Term::get_term_size(rows, cols);
  int pos = 5;

examples/menu_window.cpp

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ std::string render(Term::Window& scr,
 
 int main() {
  try {
- Terminal term(true, true, false);
+ Terminal term(true, true, false, false);
  int rows{}, cols{};
  Term::get_term_size(rows, cols);
  int pos = 5;

examples/menu_window_24bit.cpp

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ std::string render(Term::Window_24bit& scr,
 
 int main() {
  try {
- Terminal term(true, true, false);
+ Terminal term(true, true, false, false);
  int rows{}, cols{};
  Term::get_term_size(rows, cols);
  int pos = 5;

examples/prompt_multiline.cpp

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ bool determine_completeness([[maybe_unused]] std::string command) {
 
 int main() {
  try {
- Terminal term(false, true, false);
+ Terminal term(false, true, false, false);
  std::cout << "Interactive prompt." << std::endl;
  std::cout << " * Use Ctrl-D to exit." << std::endl;
  std::cout << " * Use Enter to submit." << std::endl;