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The terminal-protocol building blocks beer is built on: byte codecs, the
terminfo capability table, character-set translation, SGR parsing, and the
keyboard/mouse wire encoders. Everything here is a pure function or a plain
data type, with no terminal state, so each protocol detail can be read and
tested on its own. beer feeds these into its `vte`-driven dispatcher and its
grid model.
keyboard/mouse wire encoders. Everything here is a pure function or a plain data
type, with no terminal state, so each protocol detail can be read and tested on
its own. beer feeds these into its `vte`-driven dispatcher and its grid model.
This README doubles as the reference for **which escape sequences, OSC
commands, and POSIX behaviours beer actually implements** - the parts a user
notices. Sequences not listed here are parsed and ignored rather than passed
through. Notation: `ESC` is `0x1b`, `CSI` is `ESC [`, `OSC` is `ESC ]`, `DCS`
is `ESC P`, `ST` is the string terminator `ESC \` (a `BEL` is also accepted to
end an OSC). `Ps` is a numeric parameter, `Pt` a text parameter.
This README doubles as the reference for **which escape sequences, OSC commands,
and POSIX behaviours beer actually implements** - the parts a user notices.
Sequences not listed here are parsed and ignored rather than passed through.
Notation: `ESC` is `0x1b`, `CSI` is `ESC [`, `OSC` is `ESC ]`, `DCS` is `ESC P`,
`ST` is the string terminator `ESC \` (a `BEL` is also accepted to end an OSC).
`Ps` is a numeric parameter, `Pt` a text parameter.
## Crate layout
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| Module | What it covers |
| --- | --- |
| --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `codec` | base64 (OSC 52), hex (XTGETTCAP names), `file://` URI percent-decoding (OSC 7) |
| `caps` | terminfo capabilities answered over XTGETTCAP |
| `charset` | G0/G1 designation and DEC special-graphics line drawing |
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| `mouse` | X10 / UTF-8 / SGR mouse-report encoding |
| `style` | the enums an SGR/DECSET stream selects |
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## C0 control characters
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| Byte | Name | Effect |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `0x07` | BEL | rings the bell (visual flash / command / urgency, per config) |
| `0x08` | BS | backspace |
| `0x09` | HT | tab to next stop |
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| `0x0E` | SO | invoke G1 (shift out) |
| `0x0F` | SI | invoke G0 (shift in) |
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## Cursor movement and editing (CSI)
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| Sequence | Name | Effect |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ------------------------ | ----------- | ------------------------------------------ |
| `CSI Ps A` | CUU | cursor up |
| `CSI Ps B` / `CSI Ps e` | CUD | cursor down |
| `CSI Ps C` / `CSI Ps a` | CUF | cursor forward |
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| `CSI Ps g` | TBC | clear tab stop (0) or all tabs (3) |
| `CSI s` / `CSI u` | SCOSC/SCORC | save / restore cursor |
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## ESC (non-CSI)
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| Sequence | Name | Effect |
| --- | --- | --- |
| --------------------- | ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `ESC D` | IND | line feed |
| `ESC M` | RI | reverse index |
| `ESC E` | NEL | next line |
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| `ESC c` | RIS | full reset |
| `ESC ( c` / `ESC ) c` | SCS | designate G0 / G1 charset (`0` = DEC special graphics, `B` = ASCII) |
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## Graphic rendition (SGR, `CSI Ps m`)
Bold (1), dim (2), italic (3), underline (4), blink (5/6), reverse (7), hidden
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Underline styles via `4:x` and SGR 21: single, double, curly, dotted, dashed.
Colours: the 16 ANSI colours (30-37, 90-97 foreground; 40-47, 100-107
background) and default (39/49). Extended colour for foreground (38),
background (48), and underline (58/59), in both the legacy semicolon form
(`38;5;n`, `38;2;r;g;b`) and the colon-subparameter form (`38:5:n`,
`38:2:r:g:b`, with an ignored colour-space id). 256-colour and 24-bit truecolor
are fully supported.
background) and default (39/49). Extended colour for foreground (38), background
(48), and underline (58/59), in both the legacy semicolon form (`38;5;n`,
`38;2;r;g;b`) and the colon-subparameter form (`38:5:n`, `38:2:r:g:b`, with an
ignored colour-space id). 256-colour and 24-bit truecolor are fully supported.
## Modes (DECSET/DECRST `CSI [?] Ps h` / `l`)
| Mode | Name | Effect |
| --- | --- | --- |
| --------------- | ------- | -------------------------------------- |
| `4` (ANSI) | IRM | insert/replace |
| `?1` | DECCKM | application cursor keys |
| `?6` | DECOM | origin mode |
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## Device reports
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| Sequence | Name | Reply |
| --- | --- | --- |
| -------------------- | --------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- |
| `CSI c` | DA1 | `CSI ?62;22c` (VT220 + ANSI colour) |
| `CSI > c` | DA2 | `CSI >0;276;0c` |
| `CSI = c` | DA3 | `DCS !\|00000000 ST` |
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| `CSI > q` | XTVERSION | `DCS >\|beer(version) ST` |
| `DCS + q <names> ST` | XTGETTCAP | per name, `DCS 1 + r name=value ST` or `DCS 0 + r name ST` |
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XTGETTCAP answers `TN` (terminal name `beer`), `Co`/`colors` (256), and `RGB`
(`8/8/8`, i.e. truecolor).
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## OSC commands
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| Command | Effect |
| --- | --- |
| --------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------ |
| `OSC 0` / `OSC 2` | set window title |
| `OSC 4 ; idx ; spec` | set / query palette entry (`?` queries) |
| `OSC 104 [; idx ...]` | reset palette (all, or listed entries) |
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| `OSC 52 ; target ; data` | clipboard set (base64) or query (`?`) |
| `OSC 133 ; A/B/C/D` | shell-integration prompt marks |
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Colour specs follow the X11 forms `#rrggbb` and `rgb:rr/gg/bb` (1-4 hex digits
per channel). Colour queries reply in the `rgb:rrrr/gggg/bbbb` form.
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## Keyboard
The legacy xterm/VT encoding covers cursor keys (with DECCKM application mode),
the editing keypad (Insert/Delete/PageUp/PageDown), F1-F12, and the
xterm modifier parameter (`CSI 1 ; m <letter>`), with Alt sending an ESC
(meta) prefix.
the editing keypad (Insert/Delete/PageUp/PageDown), F1-F12, and the xterm
modifier parameter (`CSI 1 ; m <letter>`), with Alt sending an ESC (meta)
prefix.
The **kitty keyboard protocol** (`CSI > flags u` push, `CSI < flags u` pop,
`CSI = flags ; mode u` set, `CSI ? u` query) is implemented with the
disambiguate, report-event-types, report-alternate-keys, report-all-keys, and
report-associated-text enhancement flags. Keys are encoded as `CSI
code[:shifted] ; mod[:event] [; text] u`, with a 32-deep push/pop stack. The
common keys (Enter, Tab, Backspace) keep their legacy bytes when unmodified so
a plain shell stays usable.
report-associated-text enhancement flags. Keys are encoded as
`CSI
code[:shifted] ; mod[:event] [; text] u`, with a 32-deep push/pop stack.
The common keys (Enter, Tab, Backspace) keep their legacy bytes when unmodified
so a plain shell stays usable.
## Mouse
Reports are framed in the legacy byte form (`CSI M Cb Cx Cy`), the UTF-8
coordinate form (DECSET 1005), or the SGR form (`CSI < Cb ; Cx ; Cy M/m`,
DECSET 1006). Shift/Alt/Ctrl modifier bits and the motion bit are encoded;
legacy releases collapse to button code 3. Reporting level is chosen by the
application via the mouse modes above; with reporting off the pointer drives
local selection and scrollback.
coordinate form (DECSET 1005), or the SGR form (`CSI < Cb ; Cx ; Cy M/m`, DECSET
1006). Shift/Alt/Ctrl modifier bits and the motion bit are encoded; legacy
releases collapse to button code 3. Reporting level is chosen by the application
via the mouse modes above; with reporting off the pointer drives local selection
and scrollback.
## POSIX / terminal behaviour