Debug terminal - interpret 0x08 char as backspace

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J Zdenek

• August 08, 2013 01:27

How about making the debug terminal render a 0x08 character as a backspace?  Maybe make it an option if it bothers someone??

It's not possible to do propeller animation without it.  I use that a lot when I have an operation that may take quite some time to show me it's still alive.

I'm getting something where it's trying to show the backspace character (attached)

 

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  Anthony Verbeck

  • September 06, 2013 04:50

  I agree with this completely.

  And while at it, add ANSI color codes too!

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  Jon Elliott

  • September 06, 2013 15:46

  ANSI color codes are in fact supported, for example:

    debug_printf("\x1B[31mRed\n");
    debug_printf("\x1B[32mGreen\n");
    debug_printf("\x1B[34mBlue\n");

  I agree that propeller/twirly support is limited, I'll look into improving this situation.

  Regards,

  Jon

   

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  Anthony Verbeck

  • September 07, 2013 06:30

  Jon,

  You're right -- it's there.

  Years ago I wrote a trace library that used various colors to represent issues: green=logging, yellow=warning, red=bad, bad, bad. You could just look at the terminal trace to see how a system was running.  Now, I can port this to CrossWorks.

  Thanks,

  ACV

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  Joe Merten

  • August 22, 2014 11:59

  Ansi colors won't work in my setup (but they are working using minicom).

  My code:

      Console::writeLine("\x1B[31mRed");
      Console::writeLine("\x1B[32mGreen");
      Console::writeLine("\x1B[34mBlue");
  Terminal output:

      1mRed
      2mGreen
      4mBlue
  
  

  Cheers, Joe

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  Jon Elliott

  • August 22, 2014 12:58

  Hi Joe,

  I've just tried it and you're quite right, escape sequences are working in the debug terminal but not in the terminal emulator. I'll see this gets fixed in the next release.

  Regards,

  Jon

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  Joe Merten

  • August 22, 2014 22:47

  Well, also a bit missunderstanding of mine - I had not realized the difference between "Debug Terminal" and "Terminal Emulator" - until now.

  Thanks for clarifying.

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