Hermes c3c330dfff Critical fixes: case→cond in %read-event, theme resolution, SGR mouse, scrollbox/text-input/textarea render stubs, test runner exit code, ASDF rename
CRITICAL: case b → cond in %read-event (input.lisp:280)
  case with (and ...) predicate clauses treats keys as eql-compared
  atoms — all range clauses were dead code.  Every Ctrl+letter and
  printable ASCII fell through to :unknown.  text-input/textarea
  widgets were non-functional with real terminal input.  No test
  coverage of %read-event masked this.

HIGH: Theme resolution wired (backend/modern.lisp, theme.lisp)
  sgr-fg/sgr-bg now fall back to *theme-colors* hash for semantic
  keywords (:accent, :text-muted, :background-element).  *theme-colors*
  exported from cl-tty.backend.  load-preset populates it from preset
  hex values.  Previously all themed render output was invisible.

HIGH: SGR mouse parser wired (input.lisp:210-215)
  parse-sgr-mouse was defined but never called.  Now %read-escape-sequence
  detects ESC[< prefix and routes to parse-sgr-mouse.  Mouse drags,
  releases, and scroll events now parse correctly.

MEDIUM: Rendering stubs replaced
  - scrollbox: delegates to (render child backend) with position
    offset via unwind-protect (was debug string 'child at ~D')
  - text-input: draws value/placeholder at layout position
  - textarea: draws visible lines at layout position

MEDIUM: hit-test uses component-layout-node (mouse.lisp:18-31)
  Was checking nonexistent x/y/width/height slots.  Now reads
  layout-node-x/y/w/h via component-layout-node generic.

MEDIUM: test runner exit code (run-all-tests.lisp, cl-tty.asd)
  run-all-tests.lisp exits 1 if any suite fails.
  asdf:test-system exits 1 on failure.
  Renamed :cl-tty-tests to :cl-tty/test (ASDF convention).

MEDIUM: draw-border respects x/y on simple-backend (simple.lisp:42-53)
  Was writing to cursor position only.  Now uses newlines+spaces
  to reach specified coordinates (no escape sequences needed).

LOW: TabBar truncation off-by-one fixed (tabbar.lisp:47)
  >= changed to > to avoid cutting tabs 2 chars early.

LOW: Scrollbar coordinates absolute (scrollbox.lisp:61-73)
  Scrollbar drawn at viewport-relative (0,0).  Now adds layout
  node x/y offset for correct terminal positioning.

LOW: backend-write calls finish-output (modern.lisp:169)

LOW: load-preset no longer flips theme-mode (theme.lisp:43-45)
  Mode toggle caused load-preset to load wrong variant on
  second call.

All backported to org source files (org/text-input.org,
org/scrollbox-tabbar.org) so tangling produces matching .lisp.

392 tests pass, exit code 0.
2026-05-12 00:48:00 +00:00

Pure CL terminal UI framework. No ncurses, no FFI, no external dependencies.

```lisp (ql:quickload :cl-tty) ```

## Quick start

```lisp ;; Create a modern terminal backend (let ((backend (make-instance 'cl-tty.backend:modern-backend))) (cl-tty.backend:initialize-backend backend) ;; Backend is ready — write text, draw boxes, handle input (cl-tty.backend:shutdown-backend backend)) ```

## Architecture

Two backends, one protocol:

  • modern-backend — truecolor 24-bit, OSC 8 hyperlinks, DECICM sync, SGR mouse, kitty keyboard, bold/italic/underline, box-drawing chars
  • simple-backend — ASCII art, no color, universal compatibility

Everything is pure escape sequences (no curses, no terminfo, no FFI).

## Components

Component What it does Version
Box Bordered container with background, title v0.2.0
Text Styled text with word-wrap, spans v0.2.0
ScrollBox Scrollable viewport with scrollbars v0.6.0
TabBar Horizontal tab navigation v0.6.0
Select Dropdown with fuzzy filter, category headers v0.7.0
TextInput Single-line text input with readline keybindings v0.5.0
TextArea Multi-line input with undo/redo, selection v0.5.0
Markdown Renders markdown with syntax highlighting + diffs v0.8.0
Dialog Modal overlays with stack management v0.9.0
Toast Transient notifications (info/success/warning/error) v0.9.0
Mouse Event handlers, hit-testing, text selection v0.10.0
Slot Plugin system — named slots for extensible UI v0.11.0

## Backend features

Feature modern simple
Truecolor (24-bit) Yes No
Bold/italic Yes No
OSC 8 hyperlinks Yes No
DECICM sync Yes No
SGR mouse Yes No
Kitty keyboard Yes No
Box drawing chars Unicode ASCII
Pipe-safe No Yes

## Development

```bash

sbcl script run-all-tests.lisp

emacs batch eval "(progn (require 'org) (find-file \"org/FILE.org\") (org-babel-tangle) (kill-buffer))" ```

Literate programming: `.org` files in `org/` are the source of truth. `.lisp` files are generated by tangling.

## License

GNU General Public License v3.0

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