example: add C mouse encoding example

Add a new c-vt-mouse-encode example that demonstrates how to use the
mouse encoder C API. The example creates a mouse encoder configured
with SGR format and normal tracking mode, sets up terminal geometry
for pixel-to-cell coordinate mapping, and encodes a left button press
event into a terminal escape sequence.

Mirrors the structure of the existing c-vt-key-encode example. Also
adds the corresponding @example doxygen reference in vt.h.
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Mitchell Hashimoto
2026-03-15 20:12:05 -07:00
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# Example: `ghostty-vt` C Mouse Encoding
This example demonstrates how to use the `ghostty-vt` C library to encode mouse
events into terminal escape sequences.
This example specifically shows how to:
1. Create a mouse encoder with the C API
2. Configure tracking mode and output format (this example uses SGR)
3. Set terminal geometry for pixel-to-cell coordinate mapping
4. Create and configure a mouse event
5. Encode the mouse event into a terminal escape sequence
The example encodes a left button press at pixel position (50, 40) using SGR
format, producing an escape sequence like `\x1b[<0;6;3M`.
## 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_mouse_encode",
.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,
.version = "0.0.0",
.fingerprint = 0x413a8529a6dd3c51,
.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 <assert.h>
#include <stddef.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <ghostty/vt.h>
int main() {
GhosttyMouseEncoder encoder;
GhosttyResult result = ghostty_mouse_encoder_new(NULL, &encoder);
assert(result == GHOSTTY_SUCCESS);
// Set tracking mode to normal (button press/release)
ghostty_mouse_encoder_setopt(encoder, GHOSTTY_MOUSE_ENCODER_OPT_EVENT,
&(GhosttyMouseTrackingMode){GHOSTTY_MOUSE_TRACKING_NORMAL});
// Set output format to SGR
ghostty_mouse_encoder_setopt(encoder, GHOSTTY_MOUSE_ENCODER_OPT_FORMAT,
&(GhosttyMouseFormat){GHOSTTY_MOUSE_FORMAT_SGR});
// Set terminal geometry so the encoder can map pixel positions to cells
ghostty_mouse_encoder_setopt(encoder, GHOSTTY_MOUSE_ENCODER_OPT_SIZE,
&(GhosttyMouseEncoderSize){
.size = sizeof(GhosttyMouseEncoderSize),
.screen_width = 800,
.screen_height = 600,
.cell_width = 10,
.cell_height = 20,
.padding_top = 0,
.padding_bottom = 0,
.padding_right = 0,
.padding_left = 0,
});
// Create mouse event: left button press at pixel position (50, 40)
GhosttyMouseEvent event;
result = ghostty_mouse_event_new(NULL, &event);
assert(result == GHOSTTY_SUCCESS);
ghostty_mouse_event_set_action(event, GHOSTTY_MOUSE_ACTION_PRESS);
ghostty_mouse_event_set_button(event, GHOSTTY_MOUSE_BUTTON_LEFT);
ghostty_mouse_event_set_position(event, (GhosttyMousePosition){.x = 50.0f, .y = 40.0f});
printf("Encoding event: left button press at (50, 40) in SGR format\n");
// Optionally, encode with null buffer to get required size. You can
// skip this step and provide a sufficiently large buffer directly.
// If there isn't enough space, the function will return an out of memory
// error.
size_t required = 0;
result = ghostty_mouse_encoder_encode(encoder, event, NULL, 0, &required);
assert(result == GHOSTTY_OUT_OF_MEMORY);
printf("Required buffer size: %zu bytes\n", required);
// Encode the mouse event. We don't use our required size above because
// that was just an example; we know 128 bytes is enough.
char buf[128];
size_t written = 0;
result = ghostty_mouse_encoder_encode(encoder, event, buf, sizeof(buf), &written);
assert(result == GHOSTTY_SUCCESS);
printf("Encoded %zu bytes\n", written);
// Print the encoded sequence (hex and string)
printf("Hex: ");
for (size_t i = 0; i < written; i++) printf("%02x ", (unsigned char)buf[i]);
printf("\n");
printf("String: ");
for (size_t i = 0; i < written; i++) {
if (buf[i] == 0x1b) {
printf("\\x1b");
} else {
printf("%c", buf[i]);
}
}
printf("\n");
ghostty_mouse_event_free(event);
ghostty_mouse_encoder_free(encoder);
return 0;
}

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* Complete working examples:
* - @ref c-vt/src/main.c - OSC parser example
* - @ref c-vt-key-encode/src/main.c - Key encoding example
* - @ref c-vt-mouse-encode/src/main.c - Mouse encoding example
* - @ref c-vt-paste/src/main.c - Paste safety check example
* - @ref c-vt-sgr/src/main.c - SGR parser example
* - @ref c-vt-formatter/src/main.c - Terminal formatter example
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* into terminal escape sequences using the Kitty keyboard protocol.
*/
/** @example c-vt-mouse-encode/src/main.c
* This example demonstrates how to use the mouse encoder to convert mouse events
* into terminal escape sequences using the SGR mouse format.
*/
/** @example c-vt-paste/src/main.c
* This example demonstrates how to use the paste utilities to check if
* paste data is safe before sending it to the terminal.

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* - Free the event with ghostty_mouse_event_free() or reuse it.
* 4. Free the encoder with ghostty_mouse_encoder_free() when done.
*
* For a complete working example, see example/c-vt-mouse-encode in the
* repository.
*
* ## Example
*
* @code{.c}
* #include <assert.h>
* #include <stdio.h>
* #include <ghostty/vt.h>
*
* int main() {
* // Create encoder
* GhosttyMouseEncoder encoder;
* GhosttyResult result = ghostty_mouse_encoder_new(NULL, &encoder);
* assert(result == GHOSTTY_SUCCESS);
*
* // Configure SGR format with normal tracking
* ghostty_mouse_encoder_setopt(encoder, GHOSTTY_MOUSE_ENCODER_OPT_EVENT,
* &(GhosttyMouseTrackingMode){GHOSTTY_MOUSE_TRACKING_NORMAL});
* ghostty_mouse_encoder_setopt(encoder, GHOSTTY_MOUSE_ENCODER_OPT_FORMAT,
* &(GhosttyMouseFormat){GHOSTTY_MOUSE_FORMAT_SGR});
*
* // Set terminal geometry for coordinate mapping
* ghostty_mouse_encoder_setopt(encoder, GHOSTTY_MOUSE_ENCODER_OPT_SIZE,
* &(GhosttyMouseEncoderSize){
* .size = sizeof(GhosttyMouseEncoderSize),
* .screen_width = 800, .screen_height = 600,
* .cell_width = 10, .cell_height = 20,
* });
*
* // Create and configure a left button press event
* GhosttyMouseEvent event;
* result = ghostty_mouse_event_new(NULL, &event);
* assert(result == GHOSTTY_SUCCESS);
* ghostty_mouse_event_set_action(event, GHOSTTY_MOUSE_ACTION_PRESS);
* ghostty_mouse_event_set_button(event, GHOSTTY_MOUSE_BUTTON_LEFT);
* ghostty_mouse_event_set_position(event,
* (GhosttyMousePosition){.x = 50.0f, .y = 40.0f});
*
* // Encode the mouse event
* char buf[128];
* size_t written = 0;
* result = ghostty_mouse_encoder_encode(encoder, event,
* buf, sizeof(buf), &written);
* assert(result == GHOSTTY_SUCCESS);
*
* // Use the encoded sequence (e.g., write to terminal)
* fwrite(buf, 1, written, stdout);
*
* // Cleanup
* ghostty_mouse_event_free(event);
* ghostty_mouse_encoder_free(encoder);
* return 0;
* }
* @endcode
*
* ## Example: Encoding with Terminal State
*
* When you have a GhosttyTerminal, you can sync its tracking mode and
* output format into the encoder automatically:
*
* @code{.c}
* // Create a terminal and feed it some VT data that enables mouse tracking
* GhosttyTerminal terminal;
* ghostty_terminal_new(NULL, &terminal,
* (GhosttyTerminalOptions){.cols = 80, .rows = 24, .max_scrollback = 0});
*
* // Application might write data that enables mouse reporting, etc.
* ghostty_terminal_vt_write(terminal, vt_data, vt_len);
*
* // Create an encoder and sync its options from the terminal
* GhosttyMouseEncoder encoder;
* ghostty_mouse_encoder_new(NULL, &encoder);
* ghostty_mouse_encoder_setopt_from_terminal(encoder, terminal);
*
* // Encode a mouse event using the terminal-derived options
* char buf[128];
* size_t written = 0;
* ghostty_mouse_encoder_encode(encoder, event, buf, sizeof(buf), &written);
*
* ghostty_mouse_encoder_free(encoder);
* ghostty_terminal_free(terminal);
* @endcode
*
* @{
*/