Re: TerminalView position and text of prompt

[Bruce Steers <bsteers4@xxxxxxxxx>]

It seems that line gets all the PS1 string
though

My PS1 is this..
'\[\e]0;\u: \W\a\]\[\033[01;96m\]\u\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;92m\]\W\[\033

between the \e]0; and the \a\] is the part that is read to set the title.

The "title getting" code uses this PS1 string,
if i change my PS1 to say '\u \w : ' then the PS1 does not have the \e]0;
and the terminal will not fire a Title change anymore as it requires this
syntax.

That PS1 variable is the exact string that sData in the OutputTo method
reads.
So i reckon it could be considered as much as a solid standard as the title
change is.

It's a darn shame there is no reasonable / reliable method :(

Respects
BruceS :)


On Sat, 20 Apr 2024 at 06:55, Benoît Minisini <
benoit.minisini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Le 20/04/2024 à 04:58, Bruce Steers a écrit :
> >
> > I may have found an answer already in the code...
> >
> https://gitlab.com/gambas/gambas/-/blob/master/comp/src/gb.form.terminal/.src/TerminalView/TerminalFilter_VT100.class?ref_type=heads#L158
> <
> https://gitlab.com/gambas/gambas/-/blob/master/comp/src/gb.form.terminal/.src/TerminalView/TerminalFilter_VT100.class?ref_type=heads#L158
> >
> >
> > it does this.....
> >
> > If sCmd = "0" Or If sCmd = "2" Then
> > hView.Title = sTitle
> >
> > sData at that point has the path to the left of iPos2 that is used to
> > set the title and it seems to have the prompt to the right
> >
> > If sCmd = "0" Or If sCmd = "2" Then
> > hView.Title = sTitle
> >    hView.Prompt = Mid$(sData, iPos2 + 1)
> >
> >
> > I wish there was an easily way to remove escape sequences and convert it
> > to plain text
> >
> > All i found was a sed command
> >
> > Private Sub Prompt_Write(Value As String)
> >
> >    Shell "echo -n '" & Value & "'| sed -r
> > \"s/\x1B\\[([0-9]{1,2}(;[0-9]{1,2})?)?[m|K]//g\"" To $sPrompt
> >
> > End
> >
> >
> > Respects
> > BruceS
> >
>
> This code manages the command for setting the terminal emulator window
> title. It is an XTerm specific command that became implicit standard.
>
> Nothing says that the window title will include the prompt.
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Benoît Minisini.
>
>
>