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// boxes just displays random colored boxes on your terminal screen.
// Press escape or control-q to exit the program.
package main
import (
"fmt"
"math/rand"
"os"
"time"
"github.com/gdamore/tcell/v3"
"github.com/gdamore/tcell/v3/color"
)
func makeBox(s tcell.Screen) {
w, h := s.Size()
if w == 0 || h == 0 {
return
}
glyphs := []string{"@", "#", "&", "*", "=", "%", "Z", "A"}
lx := rand.Int() % w
ly := rand.Int() % h
lw := rand.Int() % (w - lx)
lh := rand.Int() % (h - ly)
st := tcell.StyleDefault
gl := " "
if s.Colors() > 256 {
rgb := tcell.NewHexColor(int32(rand.Int() & 0xffffff))
st = st.Background(rgb)
} else if s.Colors() > 1 {
st = st.Background(color.Color(rand.Int()%s.Colors()) | color.IsValid)
} else {
st = st.Reverse(rand.Int()%2 == 0)
gl = glyphs[rand.Int()%len(glyphs)]
}
for row := range lh {
for col := range lw {
s.PutStrStyled(lx+col, ly+row, gl, st)
}
}
s.Show()
}
var (
count = 0
interval = time.Millisecond * 5
drawTime time.Duration
)
func main() {
tcell.SetEncodingFallback(tcell.EncodingFallbackASCII)
s, e := tcell.NewScreen()
if e != nil {
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%v\n", e)
os.Exit(1)
}
if e = s.Init(); e != nil {
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%v\n", e)
os.Exit(1)
}
s.SetStyle(tcell.StyleDefault.
Foreground(color.Black).
Background(color.White))
s.Clear()
loop:
for {
select {
case ev := <-s.EventQ():
switch ev := ev.(type) {
case *tcell.EventKey:
switch ev.Key() {
case tcell.KeyEscape, tcell.KeyCtrlQ:
break loop
case tcell.KeyCtrlL:
s.Sync()
}
case *tcell.EventResize:
s.Sync()
}
case <-time.After(interval):
}
start := time.Now()
makeBox(s)
count++
drawTime += time.Since(start)
}
s.Fini()
fmt.Printf("Finished %d boxes in %s (drawing time only)\n", count, drawTime)
if count > 0 {
fmt.Printf("Average is %0.3f ms / box\n", (float64(drawTime)/float64(count))/1000000.0)
}
}