mafintosh / mafintosh/ansi-diff-stream

Allow to provide offset and size

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Description

Allow to provide and offset and a window size where to write so updates can be done on arbitrary windows, not only the full terminal screen. This could allow to have some kind of double-buffering to create terminal UIs since `blessed` don't support it (it writes directly to the terminal buffer, leading to some problems and limitations...).

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Research direction

Start by tracing the transform stream described in the repository and how it currently diffs input buffers against the full terminal screen. Define the API for an offset and window size, then verify that updates are restricted to the requested window while preserving minimal ANSI output and enabling double-buffered terminal UIs.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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