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// Copyright (C) 2017 xaizek <xaizek@posteo.net>
//
// This file is part of zograscope.
//
// zograscope is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
// it under the terms of version 3 of the GNU Affero General Public License as
// published by the Free Software Foundation.
//
// zograscope 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 Affero General Public License for more details.
//
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// along with zograscope.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

#ifndef ZOGRASCOPE_INTEGRATION_HPP_
#define ZOGRASCOPE_INTEGRATION_HPP_

#include <memory>
#include <string>
#include <utility>
#include <vector>

/**
 * @file integration.hpp
 *
 * @brief Several terminal integration utilities.
 */

/**
 * @brief A class that automatically spawns pager if output is large.
 *
 * Output must come to @c std::cout and is considered to be large when it
 * doesn't fit screen height.
 */
class RedirectToPager
{
public:
    class Impl;

    /**
     * @brief Can redirect @c std::cout until destruction.
     */
    RedirectToPager();

    //! No copy-constructor.
    RedirectToPager(const RedirectToPager &rhs) = delete;
    //! No copy-assignment.
    RedirectToPager & operator=(const RedirectToPager &rhs) = delete;

    /**
     * @brief Restores previous state of @c std::cout.
     */
    ~RedirectToPager();

public:
    /**
     * @brief Restores previous state of @c std::cout discharging destructor.
     */
    void discharge();

private:
    //! Implementation details.
    std::unique_ptr<Impl> impl;
};

/**
 * @brief Queries whether program output is connected to terminal.
 *
 * @returns @c true if so, otherwise @c false.
 */
bool isOutputToTerminal();

/**
 * @brief Retrieves terminal width and height in characters.
 *
 * @returns Pair of actual terminal width and height, or maximum possible values
 *          of the type.
 */
std::pair<unsigned int, unsigned int> getTerminalSize();

/**
 * @brief Runs a command and captures its output.
 *
 * @note The parameter is taken by value to avoid casting away constness.
 *
 * @param cmd Program name followed by its arguments.
 * @param input Input to be sent to program's standard input stream.
 *
 * @throws std::runtime_error On errors (including application returning non-0).
 */
std::string readCommandOutput(std::vector<std::string> cmd,
                              const std::string &input);

#endif // ZOGRASCOPE_INTEGRATION_HPP_
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