Description
FINAL CUT is a C++ class library and widget toolkit with full mouse support for creating a text-based user interface. The library supports the programmer to develop an application for the text console. It allows the simultaneous handling of multiple text windows on the screen.
The structure of the Qt framework was originally the inspiration for the C++ class design of FINAL CUT. It provides common controls like dialog boxes, push buttons, check boxes, radio buttons, input lines, list boxes, status bars and so on.
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README
[FINAL CUT](logo/svg/finalcut-logo.svg)
Library for creating terminal applications with text-based widgets
FINAL CUT is a C++ class library and widget toolkit with full [mouse](doc/mouse-control.md#title-bar-actions-on-mouse-clicks) support for creating a text-based user interface. The library supports the programmer to develop an application for the text console. It allows the simultaneous handling of multiple text windows on the screen.
The structure of the Qt framework was originally the inspiration for the C++ class design of FINAL CUT. It provides common controls like dialog boxes, push buttons, check boxes, radio buttons, input lines, list boxes, status bars and so on.
Building and code analysis
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Installation
> git clone git://github.com/gansm/finalcut.git
> cd finalcut
> autoreconf --install --force
> ./configure --prefix=/usr
> make
> su -c "make install"
Supported platforms
- Linux
- FreeBSD
- NetBSD
- OpenBSD
- macOS
- Cygwin
- Solaris
First steps
See the [first steps](doc/first-steps.md#first-steps-with-the-final-cut-widget-toolkit) documentation for information on how to use the library.
Some screenshots
The FFileDialog widget with incremental file name search:
[FFileDialog](doc/fileopen-dialog.png)
The FINAL CUT FProgressbar widget:
[FProgressbar](doc/progress-bar.png)
Scrollable text in the FTextView widget:
[FTextView](doc/textview.png)
The Mandelbrot set example:
[Mandelbrot set](doc/Mandelbrot.png)
newfont
A [graphical text font](fonts/) for X11 and the Linux console.
[ui example in newfont mode](doc/newfont1.png)
Newfont drive symbols:
[drive symbols](doc/newfont2.png)
The calculator example in newfont mode:
[calculator](doc/calculator.png)
Benchmark
Here you can find a test for [measuring the character speed](doc/benchmark.md#benchmark) in the terminal.
Virtual terminal
FINAL CUT uses a virtual terminal to print character via an update method on the screen. It provides (as an overlying layer) virtual windows for the realization of window movements. The update methods only transfer differences to the virtual terminal or physical screen.
print(...) printf(...) │ │ ╔════════════════════════[ vterm ]════════════════════════╗ │ ║createVTerm() ║ │ ║ ┌ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ┐ ║ │ ║ ║ │ ║ │ restoreVTerm(x,y,w,h) │ ║ │ ┌───────╨────[ vwin ]────────────┐ ║ │ │createArea(area) │ └ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ┘ ║ │ │ │ ║ │ │ │ ║ └──┼────────► putArea(area) ────► ║ │ │ ║ │ putArea(x,y,area) ────► ║ │ │ ║ │ ◄──── getArea(x,y,area) ║ │ │ ║ │ │ ║ │ │ ║ │ resizeArea(area)│ ║ └───────╥────────────────────────┘ ║ ║ ║ ║ │ resizeVTerm()║ ╚═══════▼═════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ putVTerm() └──────────────────► updateTerminalLine(y) updateTerminal() │ ▼ ┌───────────────┐ │ output_buffer │ └───────────────┘ │ │ flushOutputBuffer() │ and putchar(char) ▼ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▌ ▐ ▌ screen ▐ ▌ ───────────── ▐ ▌ real terminal ▐ ▌ ▐ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀███▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ███ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
Class digramm
1┌────────────┐ ┌-----------┤ FTermLinux │ : └────────────┘ : 1┌──────────────┐ ┌-----------┤ FTermFreeBSD │ : └──────────────┘ : 1┌──────────────┐ ┌-----------┤ FTermOpenBSD │ : └──────────────┘ : 1┌────────────────┐ ┌───────────┐ ┌-----------┤ FTermDetection │ ┌────┤ FKeyEvent │ : └────────────────┘ │ └───────────┘ : 1┌────────────────┐ │ ┌─────────────┐ ┌-----------┤ FTermcapQuirks │ ├────┤ FMouseEvent │ : └────────────────┘ │ └─────────────┘ : 1┌────────────────┐ │ ┌─────────────┐ ┌-----------┤ FTermXTerminal │ ├────┤ FWheelEvent │ : └────────────────┘ │ └─────────────┘ : 1┌──────────┐ │ ┌─────────────┐ ┌-----------┤ FTermcap │ ├────┤ FFocusEvent │ : └──────────┘ │ └─────────────┘ : 1┌──────────┐ │ ┌─────────────┐ ┌-----------┤ FTermios │ ├────┤ FAccelEvent │ : └──────────┘ │ └─────────────┘ : 1┌───────────────┐ │ ┌──────────────┐ ┌-----------┤ FColorPalette │ ├────┤ FResizeEvent │ : └───────────────┘ │ └──────────────┘ : 1┌───────────┐ │ ┌────────────┐ ┌-----------┤ FOptiMove │ ├────┤ FShowEvent │ : └───────────┘ │ └────────────┘ : 1┌───────────┐ │ ┌────────────┐ ┌-----------┤ FOptiAttr │ ├────┤ FHideEvent │ : └───────────┘ │ └────────────┘ : 1┌───────────┐ │ ┌─────────────┐ ┌-----------┤ FKeyboard │ ├────┤ FCloseEvent │ : └───────────┘ │ └─────────────┘ : 1┌───────────────┐ │ ┌─────────────┐ ┌-----------┤ FMouseControl │ ├────┤ FTimerEvent │ : └───────────────┘ │ └─────────────┘ : 1┌─────────┐ │ ┌────────────┐1 1┌───────┐ ┌-----------┤ FSystem │ ├────┤ FUserEvent ├------┤ FData │ : └─────────┘ │ └────────────┘ └───────┘ : ┌─────────┐ │ ┌──────┐ ┌─────────┐ : ┌--------┤ FString │ │ │ FLog │◄──┤ FLogger │ : : └─────────┘ │ └──┬───┘ └─────────┘ : : *┌───────────────┐ │ :1 : ┌--------┤ FStringStream │ │ ┌──┴───────────┐ : : └───────────────┘ │ ┌────┤ FApplication │ : : *┌────────┐ │ │ └──────────────┘ : ┌--------┤ FPoint │ │ │ ┌────────┐ : : └────────┘ │ ├────┤ FLabel │ : : *┌───────┐ │ │ └────────┘ : ┌--------┤ FRect │ │ │ ┌───────────┐ : : └───────┘ │ ├────┤ FLineEdit │ : : *┌───────┐ │ │ └───────────┘ : ┌--------┤ FSize │ │ │ ┌──────────┐ : : └───────┘ │ ├────┤ FSpinBox │ :1 :1 │ │ └──────────┘ ┌─┴──┴──┐ │ │ ┌─────────┐ │ FTerm │ │ ├────┤ FButton │ └───┬───┘ ┌────────┐ │ │ └─────────┘ :1 │ FEvent │◄─────┘ │ ┌──────────────┐ ┌──────────────┐ ┌───┴────┐ └────┬───┘ ├────┤ FButtonGroup │ ┌──┤ FRadioButton │ │ FVTerm │◄──┐ :1 │ └──────────────┘ │ └──────────────┘ └────────┘ │ ┌────┴────┐ │ ┌───────────────┐ │ ┌───────────┐ ├────┤ FWidget │◄───────┼────┤ FToggleButton │◄─┼──┤ FCheckBox │ ┌─────────┐ │ └────┬────┘ │ └───────────────┘ │ └───────────┘ │ FObject │◄──┘ :1 │ ┌──────────────┐ │ ┌─────────┐ └─────────┘ ┌──────┴────────┐ ├────┤ FProgressbar │ └──┤ FSwitch │ │ FWidgetColors │ │ └──────────────┘ └─────────┘ └───────────────┘ │ ┌────────────┐ ├────┤ FScrollbar │ │ └────────────┘ │ ┌───────────┐ ├────┤ FTextView │ │ └───────────┘ │ ┌───────────┐1 1┌──────────────────┐ ├────┤ FComboBox ├------┤ FDropDownListBox │ │ └───────────┘ └──────────────────┘ ┌─────────────┐1 │ ┌──────────┐1 *┌──────────────┐1 │ FTermBuffer ├----------------------├────┤ FListBox ├-------┤ FListBoxItem ├--┐ └─────────────┘ │ └──────────┘ └──────────────┘ : │ 1┌───────────┐1 *┌───────────────┐ : ├────┤ FListView ├------┤ FListViewItem │ : │ └───────────┘ └────────┬──────┘ : │ ┌─────────────┐ :1 : ├────┤ FScrollView │ ┌───┴───┐1 : │ └─────────────┘ │ FData ├----┘ │ └───────┘ │ ┌────────────┐1 *┌────────────┐ │ ┌──┤ FStatusBar ├-----┤ FStatusKey │ │ │ └────────────┘ └────────────┘ │ │ │ ▼ ┌─────────────┐ ┌───┴─┴───┐ ┌─────────┐ ┌──┤ FFileDialog │ │ FWindow │◄─┤ FDialog │◄──┤ └─────────────┘ └──┬──┬───┘ └─────────┘ │ ┌─────────────┐ ▲ ▲ └──┤ FMessageBox │ │ │ └─────────────┘ │ │ ┌──────────┐ ┌────────────────┐ │ └──────┤ FToolTip │◄─┤ FBusyIndicator │ │ └──────────┘ └────────────────┘ └───────────────┐ ┌──────────┐ │ ┌───┤ FMenuBar │ ┌───────────┐ └──────┤ └──────────┘ │ FMenuList │◄──────────┤ ┌───────┐ └────┬──────┘ └───┤ FMenu │◄──┐ :1 └───────┘ │ : ┌─────────────────┐ │ : │ FDialogListMenu ├───┘ : └─────────────────┘ └--------------------------------┐ : ┌────────────────┐* : ┌────┴─────┐ ┌──┤ FCheckMenuItem ├---┘ │FMenuItem │◄─┤ └────────────────┘ : └──────────┘ │ ┌────────────────┐* : └──┤ FRadioMenuItem ├---┘ └────────────────┘
Frequently Asked Questions
For general questions about FINAL CUT, likely the answer is already included in the [FAQ](doc/faq.md#frequently-asked-questions).
Please send bug reports to
https://github.com/gansm/finalcut/issues
License
GNU Lesser General Public License Version 3
*Note that all licence references and agreements mentioned in the FINAL CUT README section above
are relevant to that project's source code only.