Iain S wrote:
> Just to add my 2 cents...
> 
> I have been looking for a simple way of altering the Windows terminal colour, so I would personally say this is worth including - or at the very least converting into a usable header/module/???.
> 
> I am very new to D, so I can't figure out how to make use of the code posted on github.  Perhaps it's simpler than I think :)

Hopefully it's simpler than you expect it:
Execute on the Windows command line:
dmd.exe -unittest -run terminal.d

Does it work for you?

You should get colored output. To see how to use it check the unittests.

Jens

When I run:

$ dmd -unittest -m64 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncurses.a -run terminal.d

I get the follwoing output:

terminal.o: In function `_D8terminal12_staticCtor2FZv':
terminal.d:(.text._D8terminal12_staticCtor2FZv+0x27): undefined reference to `setupterm'
terminal.d:(.text._D8terminal12_staticCtor2FZv+0x81): undefined reference to `tigetstr'
terminal.d:(.text._D8terminal12_staticCtor2FZv+0x12b): undefined reference to `tigetstr'
terminal.d:(.text._D8terminal12_staticCtor2FZv+0x1cc): undefined reference to `tigetstr'
terminal.d:(.text._D8terminal12_staticCtor2FZv+0x26d): undefined reference to `tigetstr'
terminal.d:(.text._D8terminal12_staticCtor2FZv+0x30e): undefined reference to `tigetstr'
terminal.o:terminal.d:(.text._D8terminal12_staticCtor2FZv+0x3af): more undefined references to `tigetstr' follow
terminal.o: In function `_D8terminal8Terminal36__T13setCapabilityTE8terminal5ColorZ13setCapabilityMFxE8terminal10CapabilityxE8terminal5ColorZv':
terminal.d:(.text._D8terminal8Terminal36__T13setCapabilityTE8terminal5ColorZ13setCapabilityMFxE8terminal10CapabilityxE8terminal5ColorZv+0xb2): undefined reference to `tparm'
terminal.d:(.text._D8terminal8Terminal36__T13setCapabilityTE8terminal5ColorZ13setCapabilityMFxE8terminal10CapabilityxE8terminal5ColorZv+0xc2): undefined reference to `tputs'
terminal.d:(.text._D8terminal8Terminal36__T13setCapabilityTE8terminal5ColorZ13setCapabilityMFxE8terminal10CapabilityxE8terminal5ColorZv+0x147): undefined reference to `tparm'
terminal.d:(.text._D8terminal8Terminal36__T13setCapabilityTE8terminal5ColorZ13setCapabilityMFxE8terminal10CapabilityxE8terminal5ColorZv+0x157): undefined reference to `tputs'
terminal.o: In function `_D8terminal8Terminal19__T13setCapabilityZ13setCapabilityMFxE8terminal10CapabilityZv':
terminal.d:(.text._D8terminal8Terminal19__T13setCapabilityZ13setCapabilityMFxE8terminal10CapabilityZv+0xac): undefined reference to `tparm'
terminal.d:(.text._D8terminal8Terminal19__T13setCapabilityZ13setCapabilityMFxE8terminal10CapabilityZv+0xbc): undefined reference to `tputs'
terminal.d:(.text._D8terminal8Terminal19__T13setCapabilityZ13setCapabilityMFxE8terminal10CapabilityZv+0x13e): undefined reference to `tparm'
terminal.d:(.text._D8terminal8Terminal19__T13setCapabilityZ13setCapabilityMFxE8terminal10CapabilityZv+0x14e): undefined reference to `tputs'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
--- errorlevel 1

I know it is a linker error, but I cannot fix it. Any ideas?

dmd version is:

DMD64 D Compiler v2.061

linker version is:

GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Ubuntu) 2.22

Distro is Ubuntu Linux 12.04.

Thanks,

Axl

Axl wrote:
> When I run:
> 
> $ dmd -unittest -m64 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncurses.a -run terminal.d
> 
> I get the follwoing output:
> 
> terminal.o: In function `_D8terminal12_staticCtor2FZv':
> terminal.d:(.text._D8terminal12_staticCtor2FZv+0x27): undefined
> reference to `setupterm'
> terminal.d:(.text._D8terminal12_staticCtor2FZv+0x81): undefined
> reference to `tigetstr'
> terminal.d:(.text._D8terminal12_staticCtor2FZv+0x12b): undefined
> reference to `tigetstr'
> terminal.d:(.text._D8terminal12_staticCtor2FZv+0x1cc): undefined
> reference to `tigetstr'
> terminal.d:(.text._D8terminal12_staticCtor2FZv+0x26d): undefined
> reference to `tigetstr'
> terminal.d:(.text._D8terminal12_staticCtor2FZv+0x30e): undefined
> reference to `tigetstr'
> terminal.o:terminal.d:(.text._D8terminal12_staticCtor2FZv+0x3af):
> more undefined references to `tigetstr' follow
> terminal.o: In function `_D8terminal8Terminal36__T13setCapabilityTE8terminal5ColorZ13setCapabilityMFxE8terminal10CapabilityxE8terminal5ColorZv':
> terminal.d:(.text._D8terminal8Terminal36__T13setCapabilityTE8terminal5ColorZ13setCapabilityMFxE8terminal10CapabilityxE8terminal5ColorZv+0xb2):
> undefined reference to `tparm'
> terminal.d:(.text._D8terminal8Terminal36__T13setCapabilityTE8terminal5ColorZ13setCapabilityMFxE8terminal10CapabilityxE8terminal5ColorZv+0xc2):
> undefined reference to `tputs'
> terminal.d:(.text._D8terminal8Terminal36__T13setCapabilityTE8terminal5ColorZ13setCapabilityMFxE8terminal10CapabilityxE8terminal5ColorZv+0x147):
> undefined reference to `tparm'
> terminal.d:(.text._D8terminal8Terminal36__T13setCapabilityTE8terminal5ColorZ13setCapabilityMFxE8terminal10CapabilityxE8terminal5ColorZv+0x157):
> undefined reference to `tputs'
> terminal.o: In function `_D8terminal8Terminal19__T13setCapabilityZ13setCapabilityMFxE8terminal10CapabilityZv':
> terminal.d:(.text._D8terminal8Terminal19__T13setCapabilityZ13setCapabilityMFxE8terminal10CapabilityZv+0xac):
> undefined reference to `tparm'
> terminal.d:(.text._D8terminal8Terminal19__T13setCapabilityZ13setCapabilityMFxE8terminal10CapabilityZv+0xbc):
> undefined reference to `tputs'
> terminal.d:(.text._D8terminal8Terminal19__T13setCapabilityZ13setCapabilityMFxE8terminal10CapabilityZv+0x13e):
> undefined reference to `tparm'
> terminal.d:(.text._D8terminal8Terminal19__T13setCapabilityZ13setCapabilityMFxE8terminal10CapabilityZv+0x14e):
> undefined reference to `tputs'
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> --- errorlevel 1
> 
> I know it is a linker error, but I cannot fix it. Any ideas?

Have you tried linking against libtermcap/libtinfo?

Jens

On Sunday, 10 March 2013 at 14:38:15 UTC, Jens Mueller wrote:
> Axl wrote:
>> When I run:
>> 
>> $ dmd -unittest -m64 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncurses.a -run
>> terminal.d
>> 
>> I get the follwoing output:
>> 
>> terminal.o: In function `_D8terminal12_staticCtor2FZv':
>> terminal.d:(.text._D8terminal12_staticCtor2FZv+0x27): undefined
>> reference to `setupterm'
>> terminal.d:(.text._D8terminal12_staticCtor2FZv+0x81): undefined
>> reference to `tigetstr'
>> terminal.d:(.text._D8terminal12_staticCtor2FZv+0x12b): undefined
>> reference to `tigetstr'
>> terminal.d:(.text._D8terminal12_staticCtor2FZv+0x1cc): undefined
>> reference to `tigetstr'
>> terminal.d:(.text._D8terminal12_staticCtor2FZv+0x26d): undefined
>> reference to `tigetstr'
>> terminal.d:(.text._D8terminal12_staticCtor2FZv+0x30e): undefined
>> reference to `tigetstr'
>> terminal.o:terminal.d:(.text._D8terminal12_staticCtor2FZv+0x3af):
>> more undefined references to `tigetstr' follow
>> terminal.o: In function `_D8terminal8Terminal36__T13setCapabilityTE8terminal5ColorZ13setCapabilityMFxE8terminal10CapabilityxE8terminal5ColorZv':
>> terminal.d:(.text._D8terminal8Terminal36__T13setCapabilityTE8terminal5ColorZ13setCapabilityMFxE8terminal10CapabilityxE8terminal5ColorZv+0xb2):
>> undefined reference to `tparm'
>> terminal.d:(.text._D8terminal8Terminal36__T13setCapabilityTE8terminal5ColorZ13setCapabilityMFxE8terminal10CapabilityxE8terminal5ColorZv+0xc2):
>> undefined reference to `tputs'
>> terminal.d:(.text._D8terminal8Terminal36__T13setCapabilityTE8terminal5ColorZ13setCapabilityMFxE8terminal10CapabilityxE8terminal5ColorZv+0x147):
>> undefined reference to `tparm'
>> terminal.d:(.text._D8terminal8Terminal36__T13setCapabilityTE8terminal5ColorZ13setCapabilityMFxE8terminal10CapabilityxE8terminal5ColorZv+0x157):
>> undefined reference to `tputs'
>> terminal.o: In function `_D8terminal8Terminal19__T13setCapabilityZ13setCapabilityMFxE8terminal10CapabilityZv':
>> terminal.d:(.text._D8terminal8Terminal19__T13setCapabilityZ13setCapabilityMFxE8terminal10CapabilityZv+0xac):
>> undefined reference to `tparm'
>> terminal.d:(.text._D8terminal8Terminal19__T13setCapabilityZ13setCapabilityMFxE8terminal10CapabilityZv+0xbc):
>> undefined reference to `tputs'
>> terminal.d:(.text._D8terminal8Terminal19__T13setCapabilityZ13setCapabilityMFxE8terminal10CapabilityZv+0x13e):
>> undefined reference to `tparm'
>> terminal.d:(.text._D8terminal8Terminal19__T13setCapabilityZ13setCapabilityMFxE8terminal10CapabilityZv+0x14e):
>> undefined reference to `tputs'
>> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
>> --- errorlevel 1
>> 
>> I know it is a linker error, but I cannot fix it. Any ideas?
>
> Have you tried linking against libtermcap/libtinfo?
>
> Jens

It works against both those libs.

Thanks!

Axl wrote:
> On Sunday, 10 March 2013 at 14:38:15 UTC, Jens Mueller wrote:
> >Axl wrote:
> >>When I run:
> >>
> >>$ dmd -unittest -m64 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncurses.a -run terminal.d
> >>
> >>I get the follwoing output:
> >>
> >>terminal.o: In function `_D8terminal12_staticCtor2FZv':
> >>terminal.d:(.text._D8terminal12_staticCtor2FZv+0x27): undefined
> >>reference to `setupterm'
> >>terminal.d:(.text._D8terminal12_staticCtor2FZv+0x81): undefined
> >>reference to `tigetstr'
> >>terminal.d:(.text._D8terminal12_staticCtor2FZv+0x12b): undefined
> >>reference to `tigetstr'
> >>terminal.d:(.text._D8terminal12_staticCtor2FZv+0x1cc): undefined
> >>reference to `tigetstr'
> >>terminal.d:(.text._D8terminal12_staticCtor2FZv+0x26d): undefined
> >>reference to `tigetstr'
> >>terminal.d:(.text._D8terminal12_staticCtor2FZv+0x30e): undefined
> >>reference to `tigetstr'
> >>terminal.o:terminal.d:(.text._D8terminal12_staticCtor2FZv+0x3af):
> >>more undefined references to `tigetstr' follow
> >>terminal.o: In function `_D8terminal8Terminal36__T13setCapabilityTE8terminal5ColorZ13setCapabilityMFxE8terminal10CapabilityxE8terminal5ColorZv':
> >>terminal.d:(.text._D8terminal8Terminal36__T13setCapabilityTE8terminal5ColorZ13setCapabilityMFxE8terminal10CapabilityxE8terminal5ColorZv+0xb2):
> >>undefined reference to `tparm'
> >>terminal.d:(.text._D8terminal8Terminal36__T13setCapabilityTE8terminal5ColorZ13setCapabilityMFxE8terminal10CapabilityxE8terminal5ColorZv+0xc2):
> >>undefined reference to `tputs'
> >>terminal.d:(.text._D8terminal8Terminal36__T13setCapabilityTE8terminal5ColorZ13setCapabilityMFxE8terminal10CapabilityxE8terminal5ColorZv+0x147):
> >>undefined reference to `tparm'
> >>terminal.d:(.text._D8terminal8Terminal36__T13setCapabilityTE8terminal5ColorZ13setCapabilityMFxE8terminal10CapabilityxE8terminal5ColorZv+0x157):
> >>undefined reference to `tputs'
> >>terminal.o: In function `_D8terminal8Terminal19__T13setCapabilityZ13setCapabilityMFxE8terminal10CapabilityZv':
> >>terminal.d:(.text._D8terminal8Terminal19__T13setCapabilityZ13setCapabilityMFxE8terminal10CapabilityZv+0xac):
> >>undefined reference to `tparm'
> >>terminal.d:(.text._D8terminal8Terminal19__T13setCapabilityZ13setCapabilityMFxE8terminal10CapabilityZv+0xbc):
> >>undefined reference to `tputs'
> >>terminal.d:(.text._D8terminal8Terminal19__T13setCapabilityZ13setCapabilityMFxE8terminal10CapabilityZv+0x13e):
> >>undefined reference to `tparm'
> >>terminal.d:(.text._D8terminal8Terminal19__T13setCapabilityZ13setCapabilityMFxE8terminal10CapabilityZv+0x14e):
> >>undefined reference to `tputs'
> >>collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> >>--- errorlevel 1
> >>
> >>I know it is a linker error, but I cannot fix it. Any ideas?
> >
> >Have you tried linking against libtermcap/libtinfo?
> >
> >Jens
> 
> It works against both those libs.

You only need one of those. libtermcap just points to libtinfo, at least
on my system. You don't need ncurses. Glad it works.
BTW you can report problems at https://github.com/jkm/terminal/issues.

Jens