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tuir/rtv/curses_helpers.py

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import os
import time
import threading
import curses
from curses import textpad, ascii
from contextlib import contextmanager
from .docs import HELP
from .helpers import strip_textpad, clean
from .exceptions import EscapeInterrupt
__all__ = ['ESCAPE', 'UARROW', 'DARROW', 'BULLET', 'show_notification',
'show_help', 'LoadScreen', 'Color', 'text_input', 'curses_session',
'prompt_input', 'add_line']
ESCAPE = 27
# Curses does define constants for these (e.g. curses.ACS_BULLET)
# However, they rely on using the curses.addch() function, which has been
# found to be buggy and a PITA to work with. By defining them as unicode
# points they can be added via the more reliable curses.addstr().
# http://bugs.python.org/issue21088
UARROW = u'\u25b2'.encode('utf-8')
DARROW = u'\u25bc'.encode('utf-8')
BULLET = u'\u2022'.encode('utf-8')
GOLD = u'\u272A'.encode('utf-8')
def add_line(window, text, row=None, col=None, attr=None):
"""
Unicode aware version of curses's built-in addnstr method.
Safely draws a line of text on the window starting at position (row, col).
Checks the boundaries of the window and cuts off the text if it exceeds
the length of the window.
"""
# The following arg combinations must be supported to conform with addnstr
# (window, text)
# (window, text, attr)
# (window, text, row, col)
# (window, text, row, col, attr)
# Text must be unicode or ascii. Can't be UTF-8!
text = clean(text)
cursor_row, cursor_col = window.getyx()
row = row if row is not None else cursor_row
col = col if col is not None else cursor_col
max_rows, max_cols = window.getmaxyx()
n_cols = max_cols - col - 1
if n_cols <= 0:
# Trying to draw outside of the screen bounds
return
# We have n_cols available to draw the text. Add characters to a text buffer
# until we reach the end of the screen
buffer, space_left = [], n_cols
for char in text:
space_left -= unicode_width(char)
if space_left < 0:
break
buffer.append(char)
trimmed_text = ''.join(buffer)
if attr is None:
window.addnstr(row, col, trimmed_text, n_cols)
else:
window.addnstr(row, col, trimmed_text, n_cols, attr)
def show_notification(stdscr, message):
"""
Overlay a message box on the center of the screen and wait for user input.
Params:
message (list): List of strings, one per line.
"""
n_rows, n_cols = stdscr.getmaxyx()
box_width = max(map(len, message)) + 2
box_height = len(message) + 2
# Cut off the lines of the message that don't fit on the screen
box_width = min(box_width, n_cols)
box_height = min(box_height, n_rows)
message = message[:box_height-2]
s_row = (n_rows - box_height) // 2
s_col = (n_cols - box_width) // 2
window = stdscr.derwin(box_height, box_width, s_row, s_col)
window.erase()
window.border()
for index, line in enumerate(message, start=1):
add_line(window, line, index, 1)
window.refresh()
ch = stdscr.getch()
window.clear()
window = None
stdscr.refresh()
return ch
def show_help(stdscr):
"""
Overlay a message box with the help screen.
"""
show_notification(stdscr, HELP.splitlines())
class LoadScreen(object):
"""
Display a loading dialog while waiting for a blocking action to complete.
This class spins off a seperate thread to animate the loading screen in the
background.
Usage:
#>>> loader = LoadScreen(stdscr)
#>>> with loader(...):
#>>> blocking_request(...)
"""
def __init__(self, stdscr):
self._stdscr = stdscr
self._args = None
self._animator = None
self._is_running = None
def __call__(
self,
delay=0.5,
interval=0.4,
message='Downloading',
trail='...'):
"""
Params:
delay (float): Length of time that the loader will wait before
printing on the screen. Used to prevent flicker on pages that
load very fast.
interval (float): Length of time between each animation frame.
message (str): Message to display
trail (str): Trail of characters that will be animated by the
loading screen.
"""
self._args = (delay, interval, message, trail)
return self
def __enter__(self):
self._animator = threading.Thread(target=self.animate, args=self._args)
self._animator.daemon = True
self._is_running = True
self._animator.start()
def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb):
self._is_running = False
self._animator.join()
def animate(self, delay, interval, message, trail):
start = time.time()
while (time.time() - start) < delay:
if not self._is_running:
return
message_len = len(message) + len(trail)
n_rows, n_cols = self._stdscr.getmaxyx()
s_row = (n_rows - 3) // 2
s_col = (n_cols - message_len - 1) // 2
window = self._stdscr.derwin(3, message_len + 2, s_row, s_col)
while True:
for i in range(len(trail) + 1):
if not self._is_running:
window.clear()
window = None
self._stdscr.refresh()
return
window.erase()
window.border()
window.addstr(1, 1, message + trail[:i])
window.refresh()
time.sleep(interval)
class Color(object):
"""
Color attributes for curses.
"""
_colors = {
'RED': (curses.COLOR_RED, -1),
'GREEN': (curses.COLOR_GREEN, -1),
'YELLOW': (curses.COLOR_YELLOW, -1),
'BLUE': (curses.COLOR_BLUE, -1),
'MAGENTA': (curses.COLOR_MAGENTA, -1),
'CYAN': (curses.COLOR_CYAN, -1),
'WHITE': (curses.COLOR_WHITE, -1),
}
@classmethod
def init(cls):
"""
Initialize color pairs inside of curses using the default background.
This should be called once during the curses initial setup. Afterwards,
curses color pairs can be accessed directly through class attributes.
"""
# Assign the terminal's default (background) color to code -1
curses.use_default_colors()
for index, (attr, code) in enumerate(cls._colors.items(), start=1):
curses.init_pair(index, code[0], code[1])
setattr(cls, attr, curses.color_pair(index))
@classmethod
def get_level(cls, level):
levels = [cls.MAGENTA, cls.CYAN, cls.GREEN, cls.YELLOW]
return levels[level % len(levels)]
def text_input(window, allow_resize=True):
"""
Transform a window into a text box that will accept user input and loop
until an escape sequence is entered.
If enter is pressed, return the input text as a string.
If escape is pressed, return None.
"""
window.clear()
# Set cursor mode to 1 because 2 doesn't display on some terminals
curses.curs_set(1)
# Turn insert_mode off to avoid the recursion error described here
# http://bugs.python.org/issue13051
textbox = textpad.Textbox(window, insert_mode=False)
textbox.stripspaces = 0
def validate(ch):
"Filters characters for special key sequences"
if ch == ESCAPE:
raise EscapeInterrupt
if (not allow_resize) and (ch == curses.KEY_RESIZE):
raise EscapeInterrupt
# Fix backspace for iterm
if ch == ascii.DEL:
ch = curses.KEY_BACKSPACE
return ch
# Wrapping in an exception block so that we can distinguish when the user
# hits the return character from when the user tries to back out of the
# input.
try:
out = textbox.edit(validate=validate)
except EscapeInterrupt:
out = None
curses.curs_set(0)
return strip_textpad(out)
def prompt_input(window, prompt, hide=False):
"""
Display a prompt where the user can enter text at the bottom of the screen
Set hide to True to make the input text invisible.
"""
attr = curses.A_BOLD | Color.CYAN
n_rows, n_cols = window.getmaxyx()
if hide:
prompt += ' ' * (n_cols - len(prompt) - 1)
window.addstr(n_rows-1, 0, prompt, attr)
out = window.getstr(n_rows-1, 1)
else:
window.addstr(n_rows - 1, 0, prompt, attr)
window.refresh()
subwin = window.derwin(1, n_cols - len(prompt),
n_rows - 1, len(prompt))
subwin.attrset(attr)
out = text_input(subwin)
return out
@contextmanager
def curses_session():
"""
Setup terminal and initialize curses.
"""
try:
# Curses must wait for some time after the Escape key is pressed to
# check if it is the beginning of an escape sequence indicating a
# special key. The default wait time is 1 second, which means that
# getch() will not return the escape key (27) until a full second
# after it has been pressed.
# Turn this down to 25 ms, which is close to what VIM uses.
# http://stackoverflow.com/questions/27372068
os.environ['ESCDELAY'] = '25'
# Initialize curses
stdscr = curses.initscr()
# Turn off echoing of keys, and enter cbreak mode,
# where no buffering is performed on keyboard input
curses.noecho()
curses.cbreak()
# In keypad mode, escape sequences for special keys
# (like the cursor keys) will be interpreted and
# a special value like curses.KEY_LEFT will be returned
stdscr.keypad(1)
# Start color, too. Harmless if the terminal doesn't have
# color; user can test with has_color() later on. The try/catch
# works around a minor bit of over-conscientiousness in the curses
# module -- the error return from C start_color() is ignorable.
try:
curses.start_color()
except:
pass
Color.init()
# Hide blinking cursor
curses.curs_set(0)
yield stdscr
finally:
if stdscr is not None:
stdscr.keypad(0)
curses.echo()
curses.nocbreak()
curses.endwin()