docs: extract inline code examples into standalone projects

Extract inline @code blocks from vt headers (size_report.h, modes.h,
sgr.h, paste.h, mouse.h, key.h) into standalone buildable examples
under example/. Each header now uses Doxygen @snippet tags to include
code from the example source files, keeping documentation in sync
with code that is verified to compile and run.

New example projects: c-vt-size-report and c-vt-modes. Existing
examples (c-vt-sgr, c-vt-paste, c-vt-mouse-encode, c-vt-key-encode)
gain snippet markers so their code can be referenced from the headers.
Conceptual snippets in key.h, mouse.h, and key/encoder.h that show
terminal-state usage patterns remain inline since they cannot be
compiled standalone.
This commit is contained in:
Mitchell Hashimoto
2026-03-17 17:00:51 -07:00
parent bb3b3ba615
commit 15b8976d64
18 changed files with 331 additions and 308 deletions

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# Example: `ghostty-vt` Mode Utilities
This contains a simple example of how to use the `ghostty-vt` mode
utilities to pack and unpack terminal mode identifiers and encode
DECRPM responses.
This uses a `build.zig` and `Zig` to build the C program so that we
can reuse a lot of our build logic and depend directly on our source
tree, but Ghostty emits a standard C library that can be used with any
C tooling.
## Usage
Run the program:
```shell-session
zig build run
```

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const std = @import("std");
pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
const target = b.standardTargetOptions(.{});
const optimize = b.standardOptimizeOption(.{});
const run_step = b.step("run", "Run the app");
const exe_mod = b.createModule(.{
.target = target,
.optimize = optimize,
});
exe_mod.addCSourceFiles(.{
.root = b.path("src"),
.files = &.{"main.c"},
});
// You'll want to use a lazy dependency here so that ghostty is only
// downloaded if you actually need it.
if (b.lazyDependency("ghostty", .{
// Setting simd to false will force a pure static build that
// doesn't even require libc, but it has a significant performance
// penalty. If your embedding app requires libc anyway, you should
// always keep simd enabled.
// .simd = false,
})) |dep| {
exe_mod.linkLibrary(dep.artifact("ghostty-vt"));
}
// Exe
const exe = b.addExecutable(.{
.name = "c_vt_modes",
.root_module = exe_mod,
});
b.installArtifact(exe);
// Run
const run_cmd = b.addRunArtifact(exe);
run_cmd.step.dependOn(b.getInstallStep());
if (b.args) |args| run_cmd.addArgs(args);
run_step.dependOn(&run_cmd.step);
}

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.{
.name = .c_vt_modes,
.version = "0.0.0",
.fingerprint = 0x67ce079ebc70a02a,
.minimum_zig_version = "0.15.1",
.dependencies = .{
// Ghostty dependency. In reality, you'd probably use a URL-based
// dependency like the one showed (and commented out) below this one.
// We use a path dependency here for simplicity and to ensure our
// examples always test against the source they're bundled with.
.ghostty = .{ .path = "../../" },
// Example of what a URL-based dependency looks like:
// .ghostty = .{
// .url = "https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/archive/COMMIT.tar.gz",
// .hash = "N-V-__8AAMVLTABmYkLqhZPLXnMl-KyN38R8UVYqGrxqO36s",
// },
},
.paths = .{
"build.zig",
"build.zig.zon",
"src",
},
}

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <ghostty/vt.h>
//! [modes-pack-unpack]
void modes_example() {
// Create a mode for DEC mode 25 (cursor visible)
GhosttyMode tag = ghostty_mode_new(25, false);
printf("value=%u ansi=%d packed=0x%04x\n",
ghostty_mode_value(tag),
ghostty_mode_ansi(tag),
tag);
// Create a mode for ANSI mode 4 (insert mode)
GhosttyMode ansi_tag = ghostty_mode_new(4, true);
printf("value=%u ansi=%d packed=0x%04x\n",
ghostty_mode_value(ansi_tag),
ghostty_mode_ansi(ansi_tag),
ansi_tag);
}
//! [modes-pack-unpack]
//! [modes-decrpm]
void decrpm_example() {
char buf[32];
size_t written = 0;
// Encode a report that DEC mode 25 (cursor visible) is set
GhosttyResult result = ghostty_mode_report_encode(
GHOSTTY_MODE_CURSOR_VISIBLE,
GHOSTTY_MODE_REPORT_SET,
buf, sizeof(buf), &written);
if (result == GHOSTTY_SUCCESS) {
printf("Encoded %zu bytes: ", written);
fwrite(buf, 1, written, stdout);
printf("\n"); // prints: ESC[?25;1$y
}
}
//! [modes-decrpm]
int main() {
modes_example();
decrpm_example();
return 0;
}