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• compat.lua
• flag_debugging.lua
• password_input.lua
• read.lua
• readline.lua
• spinner.lua
• spiral_snake.lua
• terminalsize.lua

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• bitflags

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• 2. Development
• 3. Terminal functionality
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compat.lua

-- This example shows how to remove platform differences to create a
-- cross-platform level playing field.

local sys = require "system"



if sys.windows then
  -- Windows holds multiple copies of environment variables, to ensure getenv
  -- returns what setenv sets we need to use the system.getenv instead of
  -- os.getenv.
  os.getenv = sys.getenv  -- luacheck: ignore

  -- Set console output to UTF-8 encoding.
  sys.setconsoleoutputcp(sys.CODEPAGE_UTF8)

  -- Set up the terminal to handle ANSI escape sequences on Windows.
  if sys.isatty(io.stdout) then
    sys.setconsoleflags(io.stdout, sys.getconsoleflags(io.stdout) + sys.COF_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_PROCESSING)
  end
  if sys.isatty(io.stderr) then
    sys.setconsoleflags(io.stderr, sys.getconsoleflags(io.stderr) + sys.COF_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_PROCESSING)
  end
  if sys.isatty(io.stdin) then
    sys.setconsoleflags(io.stdin, sys.getconsoleflags(io.stdout) + sys.ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_INPUT)
  end


else
  -- On Posix, one can set a variable to an empty string, but on Windows, this
  -- will remove the variable from the environment. To make this consistent
  -- across platforms, we will remove the variable from the environment if the
  -- value is an empty string.
  local old_setenv = sys.setenv
  function sys.setenv(name, value)
    if value == "" then value = nil end
    return old_setenv(name, value)
  end
end