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David K. Bainbridgebd6b2882021-08-26 13:31:02 +00001// Copyright 2019 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
2// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
3// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
4
5// Package term provides support functions for dealing with terminals, as
6// commonly found on UNIX systems.
7//
8// Putting a terminal into raw mode is the most common requirement:
9//
10// oldState, err := terminal.MakeRaw(0)
11// if err != nil {
12// panic(err)
13// }
14// defer terminal.Restore(0, oldState)
15package term
16
17// State contains the state of a terminal.
18type State struct {
19 state
20}
21
22// IsTerminal returns whether the given file descriptor is a terminal.
23func IsTerminal(fd int) bool {
24 return isTerminal(fd)
25}
26
27// MakeRaw puts the terminal connected to the given file descriptor into raw
28// mode and returns the previous state of the terminal so that it can be
29// restored.
30func MakeRaw(fd int) (*State, error) {
31 return makeRaw(fd)
32}
33
34// GetState returns the current state of a terminal which may be useful to
35// restore the terminal after a signal.
36func GetState(fd int) (*State, error) {
37 return getState(fd)
38}
39
40// Restore restores the terminal connected to the given file descriptor to a
41// previous state.
42func Restore(fd int, oldState *State) error {
43 return restore(fd, oldState)
44}
45
46// GetSize returns the visible dimensions of the given terminal.
47//
48// These dimensions don't include any scrollback buffer height.
49func GetSize(fd int) (width, height int, err error) {
50 return getSize(fd)
51}
52
53// ReadPassword reads a line of input from a terminal without local echo. This
54// is commonly used for inputting passwords and other sensitive data. The slice
55// returned does not include the \n.
56func ReadPassword(fd int) ([]byte, error) {
57 return readPassword(fd)
58}