CandyVt

In-memory virtual terminal emulator — parses an ANSI byte stream into a cell grid with cursor, mode, SGR style, and hyperlink state.

Mirrors charmbracelet/x/vt. Used as the terminal emulator behind candy-vcr's render-tape pipeline — every frame produced for a GIF is a Snapshot::of($terminal, $time) after the renderer feeds output bytes into a Terminal instance.

Install

composer require sugarcraft/candy-vt

Quickstart

use SugarCraft\Vt\Terminal\Terminal;

$vt = Terminal::create(cols: 80, rows: 24);

// Feed raw ANSI bytes from a terminal program.
$vt->feed("\x1b[1;1H\x1b[31mmhello\x1b[0m");

// Inspect the rendered screen.
$screen = $vt->screen();
foreach ($screen->lines() as $row => $line) {
    echo "$row: $line\n";
}

// Current cursor position.
$cursor = $vt->cursor();
echo "cursor at {$cursor->row},{$cursor->col}\n";

Architecture

Layer	Class	Role
Facade	`Terminal\Terminal`	Owns a Parser + ScreenHandler; `feed()` drives bytes in
Parser	`Parser\Parser`	VT500 state machine — Paul-Williams algorithm, handles partial input, parses subparameters (`:)
Handler	`Parser\CsiHandler`	CSI sequence handler contract — Phase 1c implementation fills in CUP/SGR/ED/EL/DECSET/DECRST/DECSTBM/TBC
Handler	`Parser\OscHandler`	OSC sequence handler contract — Phase 1c implementation fills in title/hyperlink
Handler	`Handler\ScreenHandler`	Dispatches parser actions to Buffer / Cursor / Sgr / Mode
Screen	`Screen\Screen`	Immutable snapshot — read current grid after feeding bytes
Buffer	`Buffer\Buffer`	Cell grid — `rows × cols` of styled grapheme cells
Cursor	`Cursor\Cursor`	Position + visibility + origin mode tracking
SGR	`Sgr\Sgr`	Current graphics rendition: foreground / background / attributes
Mode	`Mode\Mode`	DEC private mode flags (`DECSET`/`DECRST`) including DECAWM auto-wrap
Hyperlink	`Hyperlink\Hyperlink`	OSC 8 URL + id tracker
Scrollback	`Screen\Scrollback`	Ring buffer — stores rows that scroll off the top (default 1000)
Msg	`Msg\FocusInMsg / FocusOutMsg`	Focus-in / focus-out event records (CSI I/O, mode 1004)
Theme	`Theme`	256-color palette + default fg/bg + factory methods for named themes
Catalog	`Themes`	Bundled theme catalog: `all()` and `v1()` accessors

Two Terminal classes

candy-vt ships two Terminal entry-points for distinct use cases:

Class	Use case	Methods
`SugarCraft\Vt\Terminal\Terminal`	Full VT500 emulator — parses CSI/OSC/DCS, maintains Sgr/Mode/Hyperlink/Scrollback.	`create(cols, rows, ?scrollbackSize)`, `feed(bytes)`, `flush()`, `screen()`, `cursor()`, `mode()`, `windowTitle()`, `palette()`, `clipboardEvents()`, `resize(cols, rows)`, `enableAltScreen()`/`disableAltScreen()`/`isAltScreen()`, plus `with*()` builders for Buffer/Cursor/Mode/WindowTitle/TabStops/ScrollbackSize.
`SugarCraft\Vt\Terminal` (root)	Lightweight emulator used by candy-vcr's renderer — produces `Snapshot` value objects directly.	`new(cols, rows, ?Theme)`, `theme()`, `feed(bytes): self`, `snapshot(?time): Snapshot`, `cursor(): Cursor`, `grid(): CellGrid`, `windowTitle(): string`.

use SugarCraft\Vt\Terminal;       // root — renderer path
use SugarCraft\Vt\Theme;

$vt = Terminal::new(cols: 80, rows: 24, theme: Theme::tokyoNight());
$vt = $vt->feed("\x1b[1;1H\x1b[31mhello\x1b[0m");
$snapshot = $vt->snapshot(time: 1.234);

The root Terminal returns a NEW instance from feed() (immutable fluent style) and uses the HandlerAdapter + CsiHandlerImpl + OscHandlerImpl triple internally. The full Terminal\Terminal mutates in place (feed(): void) — it's optimised for byte-stream ingest rather than per-frame snapshots.

Renderer value objects (vcr path)

The SugarCraft\Vt root namespace provides simplified value objects for the candy-vcr VHS renderer path — independent of the full VT parser stack:

use SugarCraft\Vt\Cell;
use SugarCraft\Vt\CellGrid;
use SugarCraft\Vt\Cursor;

// Cell — char + fg (0-255) + bg (0-255) + attrs bitfield
$cell = new Cell(char: 'X', fg: 196, bg: 21, attrs: Cell::ATTR_BOLD);
$cell = $cell->withFg(34);            // green foreground
$cell = $cell->withBg(226);           // yellow background
$cell = $cell->withAttrs(Cell::ATTR_ITALIC | Cell::ATTR_UNDERLINE);

// CellGrid — 2D grid with dirty-region tracking
$grid = new CellGrid(cols: 80, rows: 24);
$grid = $grid->set(0, 0, new Cell(char: 'H'));
$grid = $grid->set(0, 1, new Cell(char: 'i'));
echo $grid->get(0, 0)->char;          // 'H'
echo implode(',', $grid->dirtyRegion()); // minRow, maxRow, minCol, maxCol
$grid = $grid->clear();               // resets dirtyRegion
$grid = $grid->resize(100, 40);     // grow/shrink preserving content

// Cursor — row + col + shape + visibility
$cursor = new Cursor(row: 0, col: 0, shape: 0, visible: true);
$cursor = $cursor->at(5, 10);        // move to row 5, col 10
$cursor = $cursor->withShape(2);      // shape 2 = pipe
$cursor = $cursor->hidden();           // hide cursor
$cursor = $cursor->shown();          // show cursor

Parser handlers

Each handler translates parser actions into handler state mutations:

CursorHandler — CUP, HVP, CUU/CUD/CUF/CUB, CR, LF/VT/FF, BS, RI, HOME, DECSC/USC
SgrHandler — SGR sequences (colour + attributes)
EraseHandler — ED, EL, ECH, DECSCA
ScrollHandler — SU, SD, DECSTBM
ModeHandler — DECSET/DECRST/DECMODESET/DECMODERST (includes DECAWM mode 7)
TabHandler — TBC, HTS
OscHandler — OSC window title, hyperlink, colour palette
ScreenHandler — orchestrates all of the above; owns the Buffer

Snapshot

SugarCraft\Vt\Snapshot is an immutable point-in-time grid + cursor:

use SugarCraft\Vt\Snapshot;

$snap = Snapshot::of($terminal, time: 1.234);  // captures grid + cursor
$snap->grid;     // CellGrid
$snap->cursor;   // Cursor
$snap->time;     // float — virtual playback time

$snap->equals($other);          // grid + cursor only (used by FrameDedup)
$snap->equalsWithTime($other);  // grid + cursor + time (strict reproducibility)

Snapshot::equals() is the dedup signal used by candy-vcr's FrameDedup to collapse visually identical adjacent frames before GIF encoding.

Parser state machine

Parser\Parser is a Paul Williams VT500 state machine (reference) that drives a Parser\Handler interface with parsed actions.

Component	Role
`Parser\State`	Enum of parser states: `Ground`, `Escape`, `CsiEntry`, `CsiParam`, `CsiIntermediate`, `CsiIgnore`, `DcsEntry`, `OscString`, etc.
`Parser\Action`	Enum of dispatch actions: `Print`, `Execute`, `CsiDispatch`, `EscDispatch`, `OscDispatch`, `DcsDispatch`, `Hook`, `Put`, `Unhook`.
`Parser\Transitions`	Static transition table — `(state, byte) → (action, next_state)`.
`Parser\Handler`	The contract the parser drives — implementations: `HandlerAdapter` (wraps CSI + OSC sub-handlers), `DebugHandler` (dumps every action).
`Parser\CsiHandler`	CSI dispatch contract — `printable`, `cuu`/`cud`/`cuf`/`cub`, `cup`, `sgr`, `ed`/`el`, `decset`/`decrst`, `decstbm`, `tbc`, `cht`/`cbt`, `gridRows`.
`Parser\OscHandler`	OSC dispatch contract — `title`, `hyperlink`.
`Parser\CsiHandlerImpl`	Default CSI handler used by the root `Terminal` renderer path.
`Parser\OscHandlerImpl`	Default OSC handler — tracks last window title.
`Parser\HandlerAdapter`	Glue that wires `CsiHandler` + `OscHandler` into a single `Handler` for the parser.

Partial input is supported — feed any byte boundary and the parser state persists across feed() calls. Subparameter colons (CSI 4:2 m → double underline) are parsed natively.

CSI coverage table

The default CsiHandlerImpl (used by SugarCraft\Vt\Terminal) implements the renderer-relevant subset of CSI dispatches. The full Handler\ScreenHandler (used by SugarCraft\Vt\Terminal\Terminal) implements the superset.

Final byte	Name	Method	Behavior
`@`	ICH	(Handler)	Insert N blank characters at cursor.
`A`	CUU	`cuu($n=1)`	Cursor up N, clamped to scroll region top.
`B`	CUD	`cud($n=1)`	Cursor down N, clamped to scroll region bottom.
`C`	CUF	`cuf($n=1)`	Cursor right N, clamped to right margin.
`D`	CUB	`cub($n=1)`	Cursor left N, clamped to column 0.
`E`	CNL	(Handler)	Cursor down N + column 0.
`F`	CPL	(Handler)	Cursor up N + column 0.
`G`	CHA	(Handler)	Cursor to column N.
`H`	CUP	`cup($row, $col)`	Move cursor to (row, col) 1-indexed.
`I`	CHT	`cht($n=1)`	Cursor forward N tab stops.
`J`	ED	`ed($mode=0)`	Erase display: 0=cursor→end, 1=begin→cursor, 2=all, 3=all+scrollback.
`K`	EL	`el($mode=0)`	Erase line: 0=cursor→eol, 1=bol→cursor, 2=full line.
`L`	IL	(Handler)	Insert N blank lines at cursor.
`M`	DL	(Handler)	Delete N lines at cursor.
`P`	DCH	(Handler)	Delete N characters at cursor.
`S`	SU	(Handler)	Scroll up N lines.
`T`	SD	(Handler)	Scroll down N lines.
`X`	ECH	(Handler)	Erase N characters from cursor (preserves BCE bg).
`Z`	CBT	`cbt($n=1)`	Cursor backward N tab stops.
`d`	VPA	(Handler)	Cursor to row N.
`f`	HVP	`hvp($row, $col)`	Same as CUP — move cursor to (row, col).
`g`	TBC	`tbc($mode=0)`	Tab clear: 0=column, 3=all.
`h`	SM/DECSET	`decset($mode, $prefix)`	Set mode. `?` prefix → private. `?7 h` enables DECAWM, `?12 h` BCE, `?25 h` cursor visible, `?47/?1047/?1049 h` alt screen, `?1004 h` focus events, `?2026 h` sync-update, `?6 h` DECOM.
`l`	RM/DECRST	`decrst($mode, $prefix)`	Reset mode (mirror of `h`).
`m`	SGR	`sgr($params)`	Set graphic rendition. Subparam colons (`4:1`..`4:5`) parsed.
`r`	DECSTBM	`decstbm($top, $bottom)`	Set scroll region rows (1-indexed).
`s`	DECSC	(Handler)	Save cursor + Sgr + origin mode.
`u`	DECRC	(Handler)	Restore cursor + Sgr + origin mode.
`<n> SP q`	DECSCUSR	(Handler)	Cursor shape 0–6 (block/underline/bar × blink).
`<n> I/O`	Focus	(Handler)	Focus-in / focus-out report (under `?1004 h`).

(Handler) rows live in the full Handler/ScreenHandler dispatcher used by SugarCraft\Vt\Terminal\Terminal. The renderer path (SugarCraft\Vt\Terminal) implements the rows with an explicit Method column — the rest of the CSI sequences are ignored when the renderer encounters them (they're already simplified-away by upstream applications writing rendered output).

The printable and execute paths also route through the same adapter — printable bytes call CsiHandlerImpl::printable() (writes the cell + advances cursor + auto-wraps), and C0 controls (\b \t \n \r) call the corresponding cursor handler.

OSC coverage

The default OscHandlerImpl (renderer path) implements:

Sequence	Method	Behavior
`OSC 0;<title> BEL/ST`	`title($title)`	Set window title (and icon name).
`OSC 2;<title> BEL/ST`	`title($title)`	Set window title only.
`OSC 8;<id>;<uri> BEL/ST`	`hyperlink($uri, $id)`	Begin/end hyperlink (OSC 8). Empty URI ends the link.
`lastTitle()`	accessor	Most recent title set during the stream.

The full Handler\OscHandler (used by SugarCraft\Vt\Terminal\Terminal) adds palette query/set (OSC 4, OSC 10, OSC 11), clipboard get/set (OSC 52), and forwards focus / mode-query events to ScreenHandler::$clipboardEvents / $focusEvents.

SGR attributes

Sgr\Sgr tracks the current pen state. Supported attributes:

SGR param	Effect
`0`	Reset all attributes.
`1`	Bold.
`2`	Faint.
`3`	Italic.
`4` (or `4:1`)	Single underline.
`4:2` / `4:3` / `4:4` / `4:5`	Double / Curly / Dotted / Dashed underline.
`7`	Inverse (swap fg/bg).
`9`	Strikethrough.
`21` / `22`	Reset bold + faint.
`23` / `24` / `27` / `29`	Reset italic / underline / inverse / strikethrough.
`30..37` / `90..97`	Set 8 + 8 bright ANSI foreground.
`38;5;<n>` / `38;2;<r>;<g>;<b>`	256-color / truecolor foreground.
`40..47` / `100..107`	Set 8 + 8 bright ANSI background.
`48;5;<n>` / `48;2;<r>;<g>;<b>`	256-color / truecolor background.
`39` / `49`	Reset fg / bg to default.

Attribute bitfield mirrored on Cell::ATTR_* constants: ATTR_BOLD, ATTR_ITALIC, ATTR_UNDERLINE, ATTR_INVERSE, ATTR_STRIKETHROUGH.

Background Color Erase (BCE)

When BCE mode is enabled (CSI ?12 h), erase operations (CSI K, CSI J, CSI X) fill cleared cells with the current SGR background color instead of a plain blank cell. This prevents "ghosting" in terminals with colored backgrounds — the erased area retains its visual background rather than going black.

$vt = Terminal::create(cols: 80, rows: 24);
$vt->feed("\x1b[48;5;196m\x1b[?12h");  // red background + BCE on
$vt->feed("\x1b[2J");                   // erase screen — cells carry red bg
echo $vt->screen()->cell(0, 0)->background()?->toInt(); // 196

BCE state is tracked via the Sgr object's background color — the pen must be set before the erase sequence for the background to carry through.

Diff API

After feeding bytes, snapshot the screen and compare:

$before = $vt->screen();
$vt->feed($moreBytes);
$after  = $vt->screen();

foreach ($before->diff($after) as $change) {
    [$row, $col, $prev, $next] = $change;
    echo "{$row},{$col}: '{$prev->grapheme}' → '{$next->grapheme}'\n";
}

Auto-wrap (DECAWM)

DECAWM (CSI ? 7 h / CSI ? 7 l) controls whether the cursor automatically wraps to the next line when a character is printed at the rightmost column. The Mode object exposes this as:

// Query the current state.
$mode = $vt->mode();
var_dump($mode->autoWrap);  // bool

// Build a new mode with auto-wrap forced on/off.
$wrapped = $mode->withAutoWrap(true);

When auto-wrap is off (the default), characters written at the rightmost column are silently discarded. When on, the cursor moves to column 0 of the next row before writing — and if that row is within a scroll region the region scrolls up by one line, matching VT100 behavior.

Scroll regions (DECSTBM, CSI r) and auto-wrap interact correctly: wrapping at the bottom of a scroll region triggers a scroll within that region, not on the whole buffer.

SGR underline styles

SGR CSI 4:N controls the underline style. The Sgr object exposes this as an UnderlineStyle enum and a fluent setter:

use SugarCraft\Vt\Sgr\Sgr;
use SugarCraft\Vt\Sgr\UnderlineStyle;

// Build an Sgr state with a specific underline style.
$sgr = Sgr::empty()->withUnderlineStyle(UnderlineStyle::Double);
echo $sgr->underline;           // true
echo $sgr->underlineStyle->value; // 2 (Double)

UnderlineStyle values map to CSI sequences as follows:

Enum value	CSI sequence	Description
`None`	`CSI 4:0 m`	No underline
`Single`	`CSI 4:1 m`	Single underline
`Double`	`CSI 4:2 m`	Double underline
`Curly`	`CSI 4:3 m`	Curly underline
`Dotted`	`CSI 4:4 m`	Dotted underline
`Dashed`	`CSI 4:5 m`	Dashed underline

CSI 24 m clears underline (any style). Plain CSI 4 m (no subparam) is equivalent to 4:1 (single).

Scrollback buffer

When the screen scrolls (LF at the bottom, DECSTBM scroll region, or auto-wrap at the bottom of a region), rows pushed off the top are stored in a ring-buffer Scrollback. Access it via:

$screen = $vt->screen();
$scrollback = $screen->scrollback();

foreach ($scrollback->all() as $rowIndex => $row) {
    // $row is array<int, Cell>
    echo "scrollback row $rowIndex\n";
}

The default capacity is 1000 rows. Configure it at construction or retrospectively:

// Set at construction.
$vt = Terminal::create(cols: 80, rows: 24, scrollbackSize: 5000);

// Retrospective change — existing scrollback is replaced.
$vt = $vt->withScrollbackSize(5000);

Available Scrollback accessors:

$scrollback->count()    // int — rows currently stored
$scrollback->maxSize()  // int — configured capacity
$scrollback->at($n)     // array<int, Cell>|null — row offset N from oldest
$scrollback->all()       // array<int, array<int, Cell>> — all rows oldest→newest

The scrollback is consumed by ScreenHandler's scroll-up and scroll-down operations (SU/SD/IND/RI/NEL). Erase-of-scrollback (CSI 3 J) clears the ring buffer.

Origin mode (DECOM)

DECOM (CSI ?6 h / CSI ?6 l) controls whether cursor addressing is relative to the absolute screen origin or to the scroll region defined by DECSTBM. The Mode object exposes this as:

$mode = $vt->mode();
var_dump($mode->originMode);  // bool

$origin = $mode->withOriginMode(true);

When origin mode is on, the cursor is constrained to the scroll region and cursor-addressing commands (CSI row;col H, CSI row;col f) treat (1,1) as the top-left of the DECSTBM region. When off (the default), (1,1) is the absolute top-left of the screen. DECSTBM must be reset when leaving origin mode — both happen together via CSI ?6 l.

Cursor shape (DECSCUSR)

DECSCUSR (CSI Ps SP q) sets the terminal cursor shape. The Mode object stores this as an integer and exposes it via the CursorShape enum:

use SugarCraft\Vt\Mode\Mode;
use SugarCraft\Vt\CursorShape;

$mode = $vt->mode();
var_dump($mode->cursorShape);  // int (0–6)

// Build a new mode with a specific cursor shape.
$bar = $mode->withCursorShape(CursorShape::SteadyBar->toInt());

CursorShape values map to VT sequences:

Enum value	Value	CSI sequence	Description
`BlinkingBlock`	0/1	`CSI 0 SP q`	Blinking block
`SteadyBlock`	2	`CSI 2 SP q`	Steady block
`BlinkingUnderline`	3	`CSI 3 SP q`	Blinking underline
`SteadyUnderline`	4	`CSI 4 SP q`	Steady underline
`BlinkingBar`	5	`CSI 5 SP q`	Blinking vertical bar
`SteadyBar`	6	`CSI 6 SP q`	Steady vertical bar

CursorShape::fromInt() normalises both 0 and 1 to BlinkingBlock to match the VT spec.

Focus events (mode 1004)

When focus event reporting is enabled (CSI ?1004 h / CSI ?1004 l), the terminal records focus-in (CSI I) and focus-out (CSI O) events. The Mode object tracks the reporting flag:

$mode = $vt->mode();
var_dump($mode->reportFocusEvents);  // bool

$tracking = $mode->withReportFocusEvents(true);

Events are accumulated on the internal ScreenHandler::$focusEvents array as FocusInMsg / FocusOutMsg value objects. A consumer can inspect the array directly or wire the handler to dispatch events to an event loop.

Combining characters and wide characters

ScreenHandler::printChar() categorises every incoming rune by width:

Wide (width ≥ 2): CJK and most emoji occupy 2 cells. A Cell::continuation() marker is written to the second cell and inherits SGR + hyperlink from the base cell. The cursor advances by the full width.
Normal (width 1): Written to a single cell.
Combining mark (width 0): Zero-width Unicode combining diacritical marks (U+0300–U+036F) are not silently discarded. Instead they are attached to the preceding cell via Cell::withCombining() so the base character and its combining marks render as a single composed grapheme in one column:

$vt->feed("\x1b[31me\xcc\x81");  // 'e' + combining acute accent → 'é'
$cell = $vt->screen()->cell(0, 0);
echo $cell->grapheme;   // 'e'
echo $cell->combining;  // "\xcc\x81" — attach to grapheme for full cluster

Cell::$combining is a plain string; $cell->withCombining($mark) appends to it. The $combining field is compared in Cell::equals() so snapshots that include composed characters compare correctly.

Combining marks that arrive at column 0 or immediately after a wide-char continuation cell are silently dropped — nothing in the preceding column to attach to.

Synchronized output (DEC 2026)

DEC 2026 (CSI ?2026 h / CSI ?2026 l) enables synchronized output mode. While active, all buffer mutations (character writes, combining attachments, erase fills) are held in a queue on ScreenHandler instead of being applied immediately. When the mode is disabled (CSI ?2026 l), all queued mutations are replayed atomically. This prevents mid-sequence screen updates from being visible to the user, matching xterm's batched update behavior.

$mode = $vt->mode();
var_dump($mode->syncUpdate);  // bool

$vt->feed("\x1b[?2026h");    // enter sync-update mode
$vt->feed("\x1b[31mA\x1b[0m"); // queued, not yet visible
$vt->feed("\x1b[?2026l");    // flush → both cells appear together

Mutations are queued in ScreenHandler::$pendingMutations and flushed by flushPendingMutations() when sync mode is exited. BCE erase (CSI ?12 h) and combining-char attachments are both eligible for queued writes.

Theme catalog

Theme provides a 256-color palette with factory methods for named themes. Themes is the catalog listing all available themes:

use SugarCraft\Vt\Theme;
use SugarCraft\Vt\Themes;

// Tokyo Night — the only theme used in the monorepo's 277 .tape files
$theme = Theme::tokyoNight();

// Index into the 256-color palette
$red = $theme->color(1);       // 0xf7768e

// Resolve RGB components from a 256-color index
$rgb = Theme::rgb(196);        // [255, 85, 85]

// Map ANSI 0-15 slot to its 256-color index
$idx = Theme::fgIndex(1);        // 1 (Ansi1 → index 1)

// V1-ready themes
foreach (Themes::v1() as $name => $theme) {
    echo "$name\n";
}
// TokyoNight, TokyoNightLight, TokyoNightStorm

// All themes (including deferred stubs)
foreach (Themes::all() as $name => $theme) {
    echo "$name\n";
}
// TokyoNight, TokyoNightLight, TokyoNightStorm, Dracula, SolarizedDark

Available themes:

Theme	Status	Description
`TokyoNight`	✅ v1	Dark theme — used in all 277 monorepo tapes
`TokyoNightLight`	✅ v1	Light variant of TokyoNight
`TokyoNightStorm`	✅ v1	Storm variant of TokyoNight
`Dracula`	✅ v1	Full Dracula palette
`SolarizedDark`	✅ v1	Full Solarized Dark palette

Attribute constants on Theme match Cell::ATTR_* for SGR bitfield construction: Theme::ATTR_BOLD, Theme::ATTR_ITALIC, Theme::ATTR_UNDERLINE, Theme::ATTR_INVERSE, Theme::ATTR_STRIKETHROUGH.

Theme accessors

Method	Returns
`Theme::color($index)`	`int` — packed 24-bit RGB for palette slot 0..255. Falls back through `Theme::rgb()` for grayscale (232..255) when a slot is absent.
`Theme::rgb($index)`	`array{int,int,int}` — `[R,G,B]` resolution for any 256-color index, including the 6x6x6 color cube (16..231) and the 24-step grayscale ramp (232..255).
`Theme::fgIndex($slot)`	`int` — Map an ANSI 0..15 slot to its 256-color index (currently a no-op identity, kept for spec parity).
`Theme::bgIndex($slot)`	`int` — Same for background slot.
`Theme::defaultPalette()`	`array<int,int>` — Bootstrap palette (xterm defaults) used by `Themes::ansi()`.
`Theme::ANSI_OFFSET` / `Theme::CUBE_OFFSET` / `Theme::GRAYSCALE_OFFSET`	int constants 0 / 16 / 232 — palette region boundaries.

Subsystems

Each subdirectory of src/ owns a small piece of VT state:

Namespace	Purpose	Public surface
`Buffer\Buffer`	Cell grid storage (`rows × cols` array of `Cell`).	`cell($row, $col)`, `put($row, $col, $cell)`, `each(): Generator`, `copy(): array`, `resize($cols, $rows): self`.
`Screen\Screen`	Immutable snapshot of Buffer + Scrollback; cell-level diff API.	`fromBuffer($buf, ?$scrollback)`, `lines()`, `cell($row, $col)`, `scrollback()`, `diff($other)`.
`Screen\Scrollback`	Ring buffer (default 1000 rows) for rows scrolled off the top.	`count()`, `maxSize()`, `at($n)`, `all()`.
`Cell\Cell`	Cell-grid cell — grapheme + Sgr + Hyperlink + combining marks. Used by the full Terminal facade.	`empty()`, `continuation($prev)`, `withCombining($s)`, `sgr()`, `foreground()`, `background()`, `equals()`.
`Cursor\Cursor`	Position + visibility + shape + saved-state.	`withRow($r)`, `withCol($c)`, `withVisible($v)`, `withShape($s)`, `save()`, `restore()`, `equals()`.
`Sgr\Sgr`	Pen state (fg, bg, attrs bitfield, underline style).	`empty()`, `withBold/Italic/Underline/Strikethrough/Blink/Reverse/Dim/Hidden($v)`, `withUnderlineStyle($style)`, `withForeground(?$color)`, `withBackground(?$color)`, `equals()`.
`Sgr\UnderlineStyle`	Enum: `None`/`Single`/`Double`/`Curly`/`Dotted`/`Dashed`.	`fromInt()`, `value`.
`Mode\Mode`	DEC private modes.	`withAltScreen/AltScreenVariant/CursorVisible/MouseSgr/MouseHighlights/MouseAny/MouseCellMotion/MouseExtended/BracketedPaste/SyncUpdate/AutoWrap/OriginMode/CursorShape/ReportFocusEvents`, `isAltScreen()`, `equals()`.
`Hyperlink\Hyperlink`	OSC 8 URI + id state.	`fromRaw($id, $uri)`, `equals()`.
`Msg\FocusInMsg` / `FocusOutMsg`	Focus event records — accumulated on `ScreenHandler::$focusEvents` when DEC mode `1004` is set.	Plain DTOs.
`Color\Color`	Color value object — palette index or truecolor RGB.	`default()`, `indexed16($i)`, `indexed256($i)`, `truecolor($r,$g,$b)`, `fromInt($kind,$v)`, `red()`, `green()`, `blue()`, `equals()`.
`CursorShape` (root enum)	`BlinkingBlock` (0/1) / `SteadyBlock` (2) / `BlinkingUnderline` (3) / `SteadyUnderline` (4) / `BlinkingBar` (5) / `SteadyBar` (6).	`fromInt()`, `toInt()`.

Development

cd candy-vt && composer install
vendor/bin/phpunit                                              # test suite
vendor/bin/phpstan analyze                                      # static analysis (level: max)
vendor/bin/php-cs-fixer fix --config=../.php-cs-fixer.dist.php  # lint + auto-fix style

Snapshot tests

Render output is covered by golden-file snapshot tests. Fixture files live in tests/fixtures/ with a .golden extension and are compared against actual ANSI byte output via SugarCraft\Testing\Snapshot\Assertions::assertGoldenAnsi(). To re-record fixtures after intentional output changes:

UPDATE_GOLDENS=1 vendor/bin/phpunit

Code style is enforced by php-cs-fixer via the root .php-cs-fixer.dist.php (PSR-12 + declare_strict_types + strict_param + short array syntax). Append --dry-run --diff to preview without writing.

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examples		examples
src		src
tests		tests
.gitignore		.gitignore
CALIBER_LEARNINGS.md		CALIBER_LEARNINGS.md
README.md		README.md
composer.json		composer.json
phpstan-baseline.neon		phpstan-baseline.neon
phpstan.neon		phpstan.neon
phpunit.xml		phpunit.xml

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