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+// Frontend: Functions for terminal output
+
+// Copyright (C) 2021 Simon Ruderich
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package frontend
+
+import (
+ "fmt"
+ "regexp"
+)
+
+type Color int
+
+const (
+ _ Color = iota
+ ColorRed
+ ColorGreen
+ ColorCyan
+ ColorMagenta
+)
+
+func ColorString(isTTY bool, color Color, x string) string {
+ if !isTTY {
+ return x
+ }
+
+ var code string
+ switch color {
+ case ColorRed:
+ code = "31"
+ case ColorGreen:
+ code = "32"
+ case ColorMagenta:
+ code = "35"
+ case ColorCyan:
+ code = "36"
+ default:
+ panic(fmt.Sprintf("invalid color %v", color))
+ }
+ // TODO: check terminal support
+ return "\033[" + code + "m" + x + "\033[0m"
+}
+
+var escapeRegexp = regexp.MustCompile(`[\x00-\x08\x0B-\x1F\x7F]`)
+
+// EscapeControlCharacters escapes all ASCII control characters (except
+// newline and tab) by replacing them with their hex value. If the output is
+// to a TTY then the escaped characters are colored.
+//
+// This function must be used when displaying any input from remote hosts to
+// prevent terminal escape code injections.
+func EscapeControlCharacters(isTTY bool, x string) string {
+ return escapeRegexp.ReplaceAllStringFunc(x, func(x string) string {
+ if len(x) != 1 {
+ panic("invalid escapeRegexp")
+ }
+ if x == "\r" {
+ x = "\\r" // occurs often and more readable than \x0D
+ } else {
+ x = fmt.Sprintf("\\x%02X", x[0])
+ }
+ return ColorString(isTTY, ColorMagenta, x)
+ })
+}