kpty.h

/*
    This file is part of the KDE libraries
    SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2003, 2007 Oswald Buddenhagen <[email protected]>
    SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Harald Sitter <[email protected]>
 
    SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.0-or-later
*/
 
#ifndef kpty_h
#define kpty_h
 
#include "kpty_export.h"
 
#include <qglobal.h>
 
#include <memory>
 
class KPtyPrivate;
struct termios;
 
/**
 * Provides primitives for opening & closing a pseudo TTY pair, assigning the
 * controlling TTY, utmp registration and setting various terminal attributes.
 */
class KPTY_EXPORT KPty
{
    Q_DECLARE_PRIVATE(KPty)
 
public:
    /**
     * Constructor
     */
    KPty();
 
    /**
     * Destructor:
     *
     *  If the pty is still open, it will be closed. Note, however, that
     *  an utmp registration is @em not undone.
     */
    ~KPty();
 
    KPty(const KPty &) = delete;
    KPty &operator=(const KPty &) = delete;
 
    /**
     * Create a pty master/slave pair.
     *
     * @return true if a pty pair was successfully opened
     */
    bool open();
 
    /**
     * Open using an existing pty master.
     *
     * @param fd an open pty master file descriptor.
     *   The ownership of the fd remains with the caller;
     *   it will not be automatically closed at any point.
     * @return true if a pty pair was successfully opened
     */
    bool open(int fd);
 
    /**
     * Close the pty master/slave pair.
     */
    void close();
 
    /**
     * Close the pty slave descriptor.
     *
     * When creating the pty, KPty also opens the slave and keeps it open.
     * Consequently the master will never receive an EOF notification.
     * Usually this is the desired behavior, as a closed pty slave can be
     * reopened any time - unlike a pipe or socket. However, in some cases
     * pipe-alike behavior might be desired.
     *
     * After this function was called, slaveFd() and setCTty() cannot be
     * used.
     */
    void closeSlave();
 
    /**
     * Open the pty slave descriptor.
     *
     * This undoes the effect of closeSlave().
     *
     * @return true if the pty slave was successfully opened
     */
    bool openSlave();
 
    /**
     * @brief Whether this will be a controlling terminal
     *
     * This is on by default.
     * Disabling the controllig aspect only makes sense if another process will
     * take over control or there is nothing to control or for technical reasons
     * control cannot be set (this notably is the case with flatpak-spawn when
     * used inside a sandbox).
     *
     * @param enable whether to enable ctty set up
     */
    void setCTtyEnabled(bool enable);
 
    /**
     * Creates a new session and process group and makes this pty the
     * controlling tty.
     */
    void setCTty();
 
    /**
     * Creates an utmp entry for the tty.
     * This function must be called after calling setCTty and
     * making this pty the stdin.
     * @param user the user to be logged on
     * @param remotehost the host from which the login is coming. This is
     *  @em not the local host. For remote logins it should be the hostname
     *  of the client. For local logins from inside an X session it should
     *  be the name of the X display. Otherwise it should be empty.
     */
    void login(const char *user = nullptr, const char *remotehost = nullptr);
 
    /**
     * Removes the utmp entry for this tty.
     */
    void logout();
 
    /**
     * Wrapper around tcgetattr(3).
     *
     * This function can be used only while the PTY is open.
     * You will need an #include &lt;termios.h&gt; to do anything useful
     * with it.
     *
     * @param ttmode a pointer to a termios structure.
     *  Note: when declaring ttmode, @c struct @c ::termios must be used -
     *  without the '::' some version of HP-UX thinks, this declares
     *  the struct in your class, in your method.
     * @return @c true on success, false otherwise
     */
    bool tcGetAttr(struct ::termios *ttmode) const;
 
    /**
     * Wrapper around tcsetattr(3) with mode TCSANOW.
     *
     * This function can be used only while the PTY is open.
     *
     * @param ttmode a pointer to a termios structure.
     * @return @c true on success, false otherwise. Note that success means
     *  that @em at @em least @em one attribute could be set.
     */
    bool tcSetAttr(struct ::termios *ttmode);
 
    /**
     * Change the logical (screen) size of the pty.
     * The default is 24 lines by 80 columns in characters, and zero pixels.
     *
     * This function can be used only while the PTY is open.
     *
     * @param lines the number of character rows
     * @param columns the number of character columns
     * @param height the view height in pixels
     * @param width the view width in pixels
     * @return @c true on success, false otherwise
     *
     * @since 5.93
     */
    bool setWinSize(int lines, int columns, int height, int width);
 
    /**
     * @overload
     * Change the logical (screen) size of the pty.
     * The pixel size is set to zero.
     */
    bool setWinSize(int lines, int columns);
 
    /**
     * Set whether the pty should echo input.
     *
     * Echo is on by default.
     * If the output of automatically fed (non-interactive) PTY clients
     * needs to be parsed, disabling echo often makes it much simpler.
     *
     * This function can be used only while the PTY is open.
     *
     * @param echo true if input should be echoed.
     * @return @c true on success, false otherwise
     */
    bool setEcho(bool echo);
 
    /**
     * @return the name of the slave pty device.
     *
     * This function should be called only while the pty is open.
     */
    const char *ttyName() const;
 
    /**
     * @return the file descriptor of the master pty
     *
     * This function should be called only while the pty is open.
     */
    int masterFd() const;
 
    /**
     * @return the file descriptor of the slave pty
     *
     * This function should be called only while the pty slave is open.
     */
    int slaveFd() const;
 
protected:
    /**
     * @internal
     */
    KPTY_NO_EXPORT explicit KPty(KPtyPrivate *d);
 
    /**
     * @internal
     */
    std::unique_ptr<KPtyPrivate> const d_ptr;
};
 
#endif