Termsize is a zig library providing a multi-platform interface for resolving your terminal's current size in rows and columns. On most unix systems, this is similar invoking the stty(1) program, requesting the terminal size.
const std = @import("std");
const termsize = @import("termsize");
pub fn main() !void {
std.debug.print(
"{any}",
.{termsize.termSize(std.io.getStdOut())},
);
}
Create a new exec project with zig init-exe
. Copy the echo handler example above into src/main.zig
Create a build.zig.zon
file to declare a dependency
.zon short for "zig object notation" files are essentially zig structs.
build.zig.zon
is zigs native package manager convention for where to declare dependencies
Starting in zig 0.12.0, you can use and should prefer
zig fetch --save https://github.com/softprops/zig-termsize/archive/refs/tags/v0.1.0.tar.gz
otherwise, to manually add it, do so as follows
.{
.name = "my-app",
.version = "0.1.0",
.dependencies = .{
+ // π declare dep properties
+ .termsize = .{
+ // π uri to download
+ .url = "https://github.com/softprops/zig-termsize/archive/refs/tags/v0.1.0.tar.gz",
+ // π hash verification
+ .hash = "{current-hash}",
+ },
},
}
the hash below may vary. you can also depend any tag with
https://github.com/softprops/zig-termsize/archive/refs/tags/v{version}.tar.gz
or current main withhttps://github.com/softprops/zig-termsize/archive/refs/heads/main/main.tar.gz
. to resolve a hash omit it and let zig tell you the expected value.
Add the following in your build.zig
file
const std = @import("std");
pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
const target = b.standardTargetOptions(.{});
const optimize = b.standardOptimizeOption(.{});
+ // π de-reference termsize dep from build.zig.zon
+ const termsize = b.dependency("termsize", .{
+ .target = target,
+ .optimize = optimize,
+ }).module("termsize");
var exe = b.addExecutable(.{
.name = "your-exe",
.root_source_file = .{ .path = "src/main.zig" },
.target = target,
.optimize = optimize,
});
+ // π add the termsize module to executable
+ exe.root_module.addImport("termsize", termsize);
b.installArtifact(exe);
}
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