These are simple opinionated methods for creating a terminal that is
useful to use in most apps. The new init method creates a crossterm
backend writing to stdout, enables raw mode, enters the alternate
screen, and sets a panic handler that restores the terminal on panic.
A minimal hello world now looks a bit like:
```rust
use ratatui::{
crossterm::event::{self, Event},
text::Text,
Frame,
};
fn main() {
let mut terminal = ratatui::init();
loop {
terminal
.draw(|frame: &mut Frame| frame.render_widget(Text::raw("Hello World!"), frame.area()))
.expect("Failed to draw");
if matches!(event::read().expect("failed to read event"), Event::Key(_)) {
break;
}
}
ratatui::restore();
}
```
A type alias `DefaultTerminal` is added to represent this terminal
type and to simplify any cases where applications need to pass this
terminal around. It is equivalent to:
`Terminal<CrosstermBackend<Stdout>>`
We also added `ratatui::try_init()` and `try_restore()`, for situations
where you might want to handle initialization errors yourself instead
of letting the panic handler fire and cleanup. Simple Apps should
prefer the `init` and `restore` functions over these functions.
Corresponding functions to allow passing a `TerminalOptions` with
a `Viewport` (e.g. inline, fixed) are also available
(`init_with_options`,
and `try_init_with_options`).
The existing code to create a backend and terminal will remain and
is not deprecated by this approach. This just provides a simple one
line initialization using the common options.
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Co-authored-by: Orhun Parmaksız <orhunparmaksiz@gmail.com>
Code which previously called `buf.get(x, y)` or `buf.get_mut(x, y)`
should now use index operators, or be transitioned to `buff.cell()` or
`buf.cell_mut()` for safe access that avoids panics by returning
`Option<&Cell>` and `Option<&mut Cell>`.
The new methods accept `Into<Position>` instead of `x` and `y`
coordinates, which makes them more ergonomic to use.
```rust
let mut buffer = Buffer::empty(Rect::new(0, 0, 10, 10));
let cell = buf[(0, 0)];
let cell = buf[Position::new(0, 0)];
let symbol = buf.cell((0, 0)).map(|cell| cell.symbol());
let symbol = buf.cell(Position::new(0, 0)).map(|cell| cell.symbol());
buf[(0, 0)].set_symbol("🐀");
buf[Position::new(0, 0)].set_symbol("🐀");
buf.cell_mut((0, 0)).map(|cell| cell.set_symbol("🐀"));
buf.cell_mut(Position::new(0, 0)).map(|cell| cell.set_symbol("🐀"));
```
The existing `get()` and `get_mut()` methods are marked as deprecated.
These are fairly widely used and we will leave these methods around on
the buffer for a longer time than our normal deprecation approach (2
major release)
Addresses part of: https://github.com/ratatui-org/ratatui/issues/1011
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Co-authored-by: EdJoPaTo <rfc-conform-git-commit-email@funny-long-domain-label-everyone-hates-as-it-is-too-long.edjopato.de>
