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- README.org with overview, architecture, component table, quick start
- demo.lisp — working TUI demo exercising multiple components
- run-all-tests.lisp — single-script test runner
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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

TBD