// This is the main file for the C API. The C API is used to embed Ghostty // within other applications. Depending on the build settings some APIs // may not be available (i.e. embedding into macOS exposes various Metal // support). // // This currently isn't supported as a general purpose embedding API. // This is currently used only to embed ghostty within a macOS app. However, // it could be expanded to be general purpose in the future. const std = @import("std"); const assert = std.debug.assert; const posix = std.posix; const builtin = @import("builtin"); const build_config = @import("build_config.zig"); const main = @import("main_ghostty.zig"); const state = &@import("global.zig").state; const apprt = @import("apprt.zig"); const internal_os = @import("os/main.zig"); // Some comptime assertions that our C API depends on. comptime { // We allow tests to reference this file because we unit test // some of the C API. At runtime though we should never get these // functions unless we are building libghostty. if (!builtin.is_test) { assert(apprt.runtime == apprt.embedded); } } /// Global options so we can log. This is identical to main. pub const std_options = main.std_options; comptime { // These structs need to be referenced so the `export` functions // are truly exported by the C API lib. // Our config API _ = @import("config.zig").CApi; // Any apprt-specific C API, mainly libghostty for apprt.embedded. if (@hasDecl(apprt.runtime, "CAPI")) _ = apprt.runtime.CAPI; // Our benchmark API. We probably want to gate this on a build // config in the future but for now we always just export it. _ = @import("benchmark/main.zig").CApi; } /// ghostty_info_s const Info = extern struct { mode: BuildMode, version: [*]const u8, version_len: usize, const BuildMode = enum(c_int) { debug, release_safe, release_fast, release_small, }; }; /// ghostty_string_s pub const String = extern struct { ptr: ?[*]const u8, len: usize, sentinel: bool, pub const empty: String = .{ .ptr = null, .len = 0, .sentinel = false, }; pub fn fromSlice(slice: anytype) String { return .{ .ptr = slice.ptr, .len = slice.len, .sentinel = sentinel: { const info = @typeInfo(@TypeOf(slice)); switch (info) { .pointer => |p| { if (p.size != .slice) @compileError("only slices supported"); if (p.child != u8) @compileError("only u8 slices supported"); const sentinel_ = p.sentinel(); if (sentinel_) |sentinel| if (sentinel != 0) @compileError("only 0 is supported for sentinels"); break :sentinel sentinel_ != null; }, else => @compileError("only []const u8 and [:0]const u8"), } }, }; } pub fn deinit(self: *const String) void { const ptr = self.ptr orelse return; if (self.sentinel) { state.alloc.free(ptr[0..self.len :0]); } else { state.alloc.free(ptr[0..self.len]); } } }; /// Initialize ghostty global state. pub export fn ghostty_init(argc: usize, argv: [*][*:0]u8) c_int { assert(builtin.link_libc); std.os.argv = argv[0..argc]; state.init() catch |err| { std.log.err("failed to initialize ghostty error={}", .{err}); return 1; }; return 0; } /// Runs an action if it is specified. If there is no action this returns /// false. If there is an action then this doesn't return. pub export fn ghostty_cli_try_action() void { const action = state.action orelse return; std.log.info("executing CLI action={}", .{action}); posix.exit(action.run(state.alloc) catch |err| { std.log.err("CLI action failed error={}", .{err}); posix.exit(1); }); posix.exit(0); } /// Return metadata about Ghostty, such as version, build mode, etc. pub export fn ghostty_info() Info { return .{ .mode = switch (builtin.mode) { .Debug => .debug, .ReleaseSafe => .release_safe, .ReleaseFast => .release_fast, .ReleaseSmall => .release_small, }, .version = build_config.version_string.ptr, .version_len = build_config.version_string.len, }; } /// Translate a string maintained by libghostty into the current /// application language. This will return the same string (same pointer) /// if no translation is found, so the pointer must be stable through /// the function call. /// /// This should only be used for singular strings maintained by Ghostty. pub export fn ghostty_translate(msgid: [*:0]const u8) [*:0]const u8 { return internal_os.i18n._(msgid); } /// Free a string allocated by Ghostty. pub export fn ghostty_string_free(str: String) void { str.deinit(); } test "ghostty_string_s empty string" { const testing = std.testing; const empty_string = String.empty; defer empty_string.deinit(); try testing.expect(empty_string.len == 0); try testing.expect(empty_string.sentinel == false); } test "ghostty_string_s c string" { const testing = std.testing; state.alloc = testing.allocator; const slice: [:0]const u8 = "hello"; const allocated_slice = try testing.allocator.dupeZ(u8, slice); const c_null_string = String.fromSlice(allocated_slice); defer c_null_string.deinit(); try testing.expect(allocated_slice[5] == 0); try testing.expect(@TypeOf(slice) == [:0]const u8); try testing.expect(@TypeOf(allocated_slice) == [:0]u8); try testing.expect(c_null_string.len == 5); try testing.expect(c_null_string.sentinel == true); } test "ghostty_string_s zig string" { const testing = std.testing; state.alloc = testing.allocator; const slice: []const u8 = "hello"; const allocated_slice = try testing.allocator.dupe(u8, slice); const zig_string = String.fromSlice(allocated_slice); defer zig_string.deinit(); try testing.expect(@TypeOf(slice) == []const u8); try testing.expect(@TypeOf(allocated_slice) == []u8); try testing.expect(zig_string.len == 5); try testing.expect(zig_string.sentinel == false); }