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SOLVED: Request: @STRIPANSI[] function

Claire_CJS

Claire_CJS

Jul
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This one is killing me because TCC doesn't have regex substitution that I know about, and I'd rather not rely on sed.

I just want to be able to do:

Code: 
   set CLEAN_TITLE=%@STRIP_ANSI[%title_with_ansi]
I'd also like this function to be created inside of a bat file, as it's going to be part of my set-colors.bat that defines all my ansi characters.

Just having trouble making it myself because of a lack of experience with functions in general.

Adding to the complication is I'm doing this within a BAT file, so it has to be a oneliner? What I've currently got, which doesn't return the value correctly (how do you return values?), but which seems to maybe work internally, is:

Code: 
function strip_ansi_fail=`set string=%1$ %+ unset /q stripped %+ :loop %+  for /f "tokens=1,* delims=" %%a in ("%string%") do ( set "stripped=!stripped!%%a" %+ set "string=%%b" ) %+ if not "%string%"=="" goto :loop %+  return %stripped%"`

I just need to get my example working. I am 100% positive that "return %stripped%" at the end is nonsense that doesn't do anything
 
Also, could we create a %@HAS_ANSI[] function , that returns a "1" if ANSI codes are detected, and a "0" if none are?
 
Have a look at @REREPLACE (regex substitution with back-references).
 
Thanks, I will!
 
Hmm. @REREPLACE doesn't seem to allow you to actually change a string to a value not already in it as a match. There's no way to change "hello" to "goodbye", for example.
 
ClioCJS said:
Hmm. @REREPLACE doesn't seem to allow you to actually change a string to a value not already in it as a match. There's no way to change "hello" to "goodbye", for example.
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I must be misunderdtanding you. That's simple.

Code: 
echo %@rereplace[Hello,Goodbye,Hello world!]
Goodbye world!
 
Oh i don't think you were misunderstanding me, I think I was misunderstanding the @REPLACE help page hahahaha.

IMO, this is a very poor help page that doesn't provide a simple example, and the explanation is more specific than the actual functionality. But that's just my opinion.

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Ugh, i just can't get this to work.

There's multiple issues.

1) it seems that %@CHAR[27] gives an error when used in REREPLACE context. So I tried using my %ESCAPE environment variable which is set to %@CHAR[27] in order to avoid using the %@CHAR function that was throwing errors.

2) The regex to remove ansi that i googled used "0-?" as a character range, which doesn't seem to be supported. I changed it to 0-9a-z

3) The whole thing just fails and I don't understand the error code. I could do this in perl in 1 minute, but in 45 minutes I can't do it in TCC and i'm driven to the brink of madness haha

4) It only fails when given a string with ANSI codes in it, which is perplexing to me.

Code: 
if not defined      ESCAPE           (set                ESCAPE=%@CHAR[27])
if not defined ANSI_ESCAPE           (set           ANSI_ESCAPE=%@CHAR[27][)
if not defined ANSI_DOUBLE_UNDERLINE (set ANSI_DOUBLE_UNDERLINE=%ANSI_ESCAPE%21m)
function STRIP_ANSI_fail=`%@REREPLACE[%@CHAR[27]\[[0-9a-z] *[ -\/]*[@-~],,%1$]`     %+ rem Char[27] gives an error, huh???
function STRIP_ANSI_TEST=`%@REREPLACE[%ESCAPE\[[0-9a-z] *[ -\/]*[@-~],,%1$]`     %+ rem %ESCAPE% in place of %@CHAR[27] does not give same error
echo Test: %@STRIP_ANSI_TEST[%ANSI_DOUBLE_UNDERLINE% Hello world!]

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vefatica said:
What exactly do you want it to do (in words, no code)?
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Strip all ANSI codes from a string.

Because my messaging system titles the window to match the message, but window tab titles don't actually render ansi color (that'd be neat if they did, though).

Also, i have a huge file set-colors.bat which defines every ANSI function i've ever found and used with several aliases to evade my own bad memory. It seems like a reasonable addition to that file, to also add the ability to strip.

github.com

clairecjs_bat/BAT-and-UTIL-files/set-colors.bat at main · ClaireCJS/clairecjs_bat

Claire's personal BAT files, often TCC.exe-specific - ClaireCJS/clairecjs_bat
github.com github.com
 
If you only want to get rid of color sequences (^e[...m) you can roll your own regex.

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Unfortuantely, i also need to remove stylization ansi too. Drat. This removes color but not underlines/italics.

It also doesn't seem to work for removing color in my real world test, unfortunately.

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Underline/italics are both SGR (m) sequences. They're removed here.

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Hmmm....It may be that your solution has been correct the entire time, actually!

...and that my implementation issue is something with not defining the function right or mistranslating your code when i made the function...

Because currently, i still can't get it to work ...

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Escaping (^) in TCC has always thrown me for a loop. This works. If you can explain it, please do.

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Further complicating that is that I use ^ as my command separator, but it's not hard to setdos /x-5 to turn that off, though I don't have to do that when it appears in quotes (like with grep).

Still. I tried with two ^^, both with setdos /x-5 and without, and it didn't work! Argh.

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Me too. It just seems like REREGEX has quoting issues inside a function that it doesn't have outside of a function.

I wonder if this is a bug.
 
This kind of thing I'm always tempted to do with a plugin — I'm not a regex maven. How exactly do you define an ANSI sequence? ESC [ followed by a series of printables, ending with a letter?
 
The regex is actually came from working examples on the internet. I'm positive it's valid. We just can't get TCC to understand it inside of a function.

But to answer your question:

They start with ESC followed by left bracket
The middle contains a mix of single/multiple numbers and semicolons
The end is one of these characters: [fhlmsunABCDEGHK]

There are also some special ones that start with ESC# (no left bracket!) and end in "0", "5", or "6", but these are an edge case that don't come up often. [Unless you're me, but it won't come up for the situation I'm using this for.]
 
Charles Dye said:
Here's a quick hack. No documentation; I trust you can figure it out on your own.
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It worked! OMG THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!

I hadn't used plugins before today. It was nigh time to learn how!

Loving the plugins you both provided me today! Truly, TCC is best command line! :)
 
I just came here to say thank you a second time. I'm really happy about this.
 
No problem. I'd rather do this, than the actual useful work for which I get paid....
 
Charles Dye said:
No problem. I'd rather do this, than the actual useful work for which I get paid....
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HAHAHAHaHaHaHAHHAHAHAH! May I suggest /r/maliciouscompliance and /r/antiwork? lol
 
Charles Dye said:
No problem. I'd rather do this, than the actual useful work for which I get paid....
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Hey! As an update, I noticed the ansi code:

(B

Is not stripped. It's the code to turn drawing mode off.
 
ClioCJS said:
Hey! As an update, I noticed the ansi code:

(B

Is not stripped. It's the code to turn drawing mode off.
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No, only sequences stating with ESC [. That's my understanding of what ANSI sequences generally mean.
 
Actually untrue. A ton of ansi even uses the left bracket. It's just more esoteric stuff. The problem is, the invisible stuff still gets counted with %@LEN[] so it's impossible to get an accurate length for text positioning without stripping the ansi.

And to top it off, well.... %@LEN fails to count some double-width emoji as a Len of 2, which is what they are for purposes of screen placement.

It's a madness, I admit.

If anyone is curious, check out all the codes i've discovered and implemented as environment variables, replete with tons of aliases so i don't have to remember exact phrasing because i'm trying to alzheimers-proof my command line as much as possible for future me hahaha:

github.com

clairecjs_bat/BAT-and-UTIL-files/set-ansi.bat at main · ClaireCJS/clairecjs_bat

Claire's personal BAT files, often TCC.exe-specific - ClaireCJS/clairecjs_bat
github.com github.com
 
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