// Copyright 2026 The TCell Authors
//
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// unicode just displays a Unicode test on your screen.
// Press ESC to exit the program.
package main
import (
"fmt"
"os"
"github.com/gdamore/tcell/v3"
"github.com/gdamore/tcell/v3/color"
"github.com/gdamore/tcell/v3/encoding"
)
var row = 0
var style = tcell.StyleDefault
func putln(s tcell.Screen, str string) {
s.PutStrStyled(1, row, str, style)
row++
}
func main() {
s, e := tcell.NewScreen()
if e != nil {
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%v\n", e)
os.Exit(1)
}
encoding.Register()
if e = s.Init(); e != nil {
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%v\n", e)
os.Exit(1)
}
plain := tcell.StyleDefault
bold := style.Bold(true)
s.SetStyle(tcell.StyleDefault.
Foreground(color.Black).
Background(color.White))
s.Clear()
// we can even try to use unicode window titles!
s.SetTitle("Unicode Demonstration -- 🤯")
quit := make(chan struct{})
style = bold
putln(s, "Press Control-Q to Exit")
putln(s, "Character set: "+s.CharacterSet())
style = plain
putln(s, "English: October")
putln(s, "Icelandic: október")
putln(s, "Arabic: أكتوبر")
putln(s, "Russian: октября")
putln(s, "Greek: Οκτωβρίου")
putln(s, "Chinese: 十月 (note, two double wide characters)")
putln(s, "Combining: A\u030a (should look like Angstrom)")
putln(s, "Emoticon: \U0001f618 (blowing a kiss)")
putln(s, "Airplane: \u2708 (fly away)")
putln(s, "Command: \u2318 (mac clover key)")
putln(s, "Enclose: !\u20e3 (should be enclosed exclamation)")
putln(s, "ZWJ: \U0001f9db\u200d\u2640 (female vampire)")
putln(s, "ZWJ: \U0001f9db\u200d\u2642 (male vampire)")
putln(s, "Family: \U0001f469\u200d\U0001f467\u200d\U0001f467 (woman girl girl)\n")
putln(s, "Region: \U0001f1fa\U0001f1f8 (USA! USA!)\n")
putln(s, "")
putln(s, "Box:")
putln(s, "┌─┬─┬──┐")
putln(s, "│·│§│月│ (bullet, lantern, CJK)")
putln(s, "├─┼─┼──┤")
putln(s, "│A│1│😘│ (A, 1, Kiss)")
putln(s, "├─┼─┼──┤")
putln(s, "│·│Ω│🇨🇭│ (bullet, omega, Swiss)")
putln(s, "├─┼─┼──┤")
putln(s, "│◆│↑│>=│ (diamond, up arrow, greater-or-equal)")
putln(s, "└─┴─┴──┘")
s.Show()
go func() {
for {
ev := <-s.EventQ()
switch ev := ev.(type) {
case *tcell.EventKey:
switch ev.Key() {
case tcell.KeyEscape, tcell.KeyEnter, tcell.KeyCtrlQ:
close(quit)
return
case tcell.KeyCtrlL:
s.Sync()
}
case *tcell.EventResize:
s.Sync()
}
}
}()
<-quit
s.Fini()
}