pycontribs / pycontribs/ansi2html
The library can not render some escape codes about positions.
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Description
Hi.
I have a tiny test.
The next code puts a text in the bottom of terminal with urwid:
import urwid
def exit_on_q(key):
if key in ('q', 'Q'):
raise urwid.ExitMainLoop()
txt = urwid.Text(u"Hello World")
fill = urwid.Filler(txt, 'bottom')
loop = urwid.MainLoop(fill, unhandled_input=exit_on_q)
loop.run()
And it shows in term:

And the code to get the output in other python file is:
import os
import fcntl
import subprocess
p = subprocess.Popen(['python3', '/tmp/test00.py'], stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
fd = p.stdout.fileno()
fl = fcntl.fcntl(fd, fcntl.F_GETFL)
fcntl.fcntl(fd, fcntl.F_SETFL, fl | os.O_NONBLOCK)
fd = p.stderr.fileno()
fl = fcntl.fcntl(fd, fcntl.F_GETFL)
fcntl.fcntl(fd, fcntl.F_SETFL, fl | os.O_NONBLOCK)
a = p.stdout.read()
from ansi2html import Ansi2HTMLConverter
conv = Ansi2HTMLConverter()
with open('/tmp/caca.html', 'w') as f:
f.write(conv.convert(a.decode('utf8')))
a.decode('utf8')
And the output is:

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Start by running the provided urwid and ansi2html reproducer, focusing on Ansi2HTMLConverter.convert and how terminal position escape codes are handled. Compare the terminal output with the generated HTML and add a regression test showing the expected positioning behavior.
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- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- web-dev
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
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- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100