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> Terminal cursor positioning, visibility and text manipulation.
The purpose of this library is to help move the terminal cursor around and manipulate text by using intuitive method calls.
**TTY::Cursor** provides independent cursor movement component for [TTY](https://github.com/piotrmurach/tty) toolkit.
## Installation
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
```ruby
gem 'tty-cursor'
```
And then execute:
$ bundle
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install tty-cursor
## Contents
* [1. Usage](#1-usage)
* [2. Interface](#2-interface)
* [2.1 Cursor Positioning](#21-cursor-positioning)
* [2.1.1 move_to(x, y)](#211-move_tox-y)
* [2.1.2 move(x, y)](#212-movex-y)
* [2.1.3 up(n)](#213-upn)
* [2.1.4 down(n)](#214-downn)
* [2.1.5 forward(n)](#215-forwardn)
* [2.1.6 backward(n)](#216-backwardn)
* [2.1.7 column(n)](#217-columnn)
* [2.1.8 row(n)](#218-rown)
* [2.1.9 next_line](#219-next_line)
* [2.1.10 prev_line](#2110-prev_line)
* [2.1.11 save](#2111-save)
* [2.1.12 restore](#2112-restore)
* [2.1.13 current](#2113-current)
* [2.2 Cursor Visibility](#22-cursor-visibility)
* [2.2.1 show](#221-show)
* [2.2.2 hide](#222-hide)
* [2.2.3 invisible(stream)](#223-invisiblestream)
* [2.3 Text Clearing](#23-text-clearing)
* [2.3.1 clear_char(n)](#231-clear_charn)
* [2.3.2 clear_line](#232-clear_line)
* [2.3.3 clear_line_before](#233-clear_line_before)
* [2.3.4 clear_line_after](#234-clear_line_after)
* [2.3.5 clear_lines(n, direction)](#235-clear_linesn-direction)
* [2.3.6 clear_screen_down](#236-clear_screen_down)
* [2.3.7 clear_screen_up](#237-clear_screen_up)
* [2.3.8 clear_screen](#238-clear_screen)
* [2.4 Scrolling](#24-scrolling)
* [2.4.1 scroll_down](#241-scroll_down)
* [2.4.2 scroll_up](#242-scroll_up)
## 1. Usage
**TTY::Cursor** is just a module hence you can reference it for later like so:
```ruby
cursor = TTY::Cursor
```
and to move the cursor current position by 5 rows up and 2 columns right do:
```ruby
print cursor.up(5) + cursor.forward(2)
```
or call `move` to move cursor relative to current position:
```ruby
print cursor.move(5, 2)
```
to remove text from the current line do:
```ruby
print cursor.clear_line
```
## 2. Interface
### 2.1 Cursor Positioning
All methods in this section allow to position the cursor around the terminal viewport.
Cursor movement will be bounded by the current viewport into the buffer. Scrolling (if available) will not occur.
#### 2.1.1 move_to(x, y)
Set the cursor absolute position to `x` and `y` coordinate, where `x` is the column of the `y` line.
If no row/column parameters are provided, the cursor will move to the home position, at the upper left of the screen:
```ruby
cursor.move_to
```
#### 2.1.2 move(x, y)
Move cursor by x columns and y rows relative to its current position.
#### 2.1.3 up(n)
Move the cursor up by `n` rows; the default n is `1`.
#### 2.1.4 down(n)
Move the cursor down by `n` rows; the default n is `1`.
#### 2.1.5 forward(n)
Move the cursor forward by `n` columns; the default n is `1`.
#### 2.1.6 backward(n)
Move the cursor backward by `n` columns; the default n is `1`.
#### 2.1.7 column(n)
Cursor moves to ``th position horizontally in the current line.
#### 2.1.8 row(n)
Cursor moves to the ``th position vertically in the current column.
#### 2.1.9 next_line
Move the cursor down to the beginning of the next line.
#### 2.1.10 prev_line
Move the cursor up to the beginning of the previous line.
#### 2.1.11 save
Save current cursor position.
#### 2.1.12 restore
Restore cursor position after a save cursor was called.
#### 2.1.13 current
Query current cursor position
### 2.2 Cursor Visibility
The following methods control the visibility of the cursor.
#### 2.2.1 show
Show the cursor.
#### 2.2.2 hide
Hide the cursor.
#### 2.2.3 invisible(stream)
To hide the cursor for the duration of the block do:
```ruby
cursor.invisible { ... }
```
By default standard output will be used but you can change that by passing a different stream that responds to `print` call:
```ruby
cursor.invisible($stderr) { .... }
```
### 2.3 Text Clearing
All methods in this section provide APIs to modify text buffer contents.
#### 2.3.1 clear_char(n)
Erase `` characters from the current cursor position by overwriting them with space character.
#### 2.3.2 clear_line
Erase the entire current line and return cursor to beginning of the line.
#### 2.3.3 clear_line_before
Erase from the beginning of the line up to and including the current position.
#### 2.3.4 clear_line_after
Erase from the current position (inclusive) to the end of the line/display.
#### 2.3.5 clear_lines(n, direction)
Erase `n` rows in given direction; the default direction is `:up`.
```ruby
cursor.clear_lines(5, :down)
```
#### 2.3.6 clear_screen
Erase the screen with the background colour and moves the cursor to home.
#### 2.3.7 clear_screen_down
Erase the screen from the current line down to the bottom of the screen.
#### 2.3.8 clear_screen_up
Erase the screen from the current line up to the top of the screen.
### 2.4 Scrolling
#### 2.4.1 scroll_down
Scroll display down one line.
### 2.4.2 scroll_up
Scroll display up one line.
## Contributing
1. Fork it ( https://github.com/piotrmurach/tty-cursor/fork )
2. Create your feature branch (`git checkout -b my-new-feature`)
3. Commit your changes (`git commit -am 'Add some feature'`)
4. Push to the branch (`git push origin my-new-feature`)
5. Create a new Pull Request
This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the [Contributor Covenant](http://contributor-covenant.org) code of conduct.
## Copyright
Copyright (c) 2015 Piotr Murach. See LICENSE for further details.