BearLibTerminal-Swift

Latest version: 1.0.7

Swifty bindings for BearLibTerminal.

This repo is compatible with the Swift package manager. It has not yet been tested with Carthage or Cocoapods.

let terminal = BLTerminal.main
terminal.open()
terminal.print(point: BLPoint(x: 0, y: 0), string: "[color=red]Hi![/color]")
terminal.waitForExit()
terminal.close()

Setup

You need to add a new dependency to your Package.swift:

// swift-tools-version:4.0

import PackageDescription

let package = Package(
    name: "My Game",
    dependencies: [
         .package(url: "https://github.com/irskep/BearLibTerminal-Swift.git", from: "1.0.5"),
    ],
    targets: [
        .target(
            name: "My Game",
            dependencies: ["BearLibTerminal"]),

    ]
)

You also need to link against the BearLibTerminal shared library! On OS X, that's libBearLibTerminal.dylib (download). See the BearLibTerminal site for more links.

Why it's better than using the C bridge directly

The C library plays fast and loose with signedness of ints. You need to convert an Int8 to a UInt8 pretty regularly, and it can be hard to remember where and how to do this.

Also, If you code against the interface, you can write tests for your code without showing a GUI.

Docs

If you're reading this from GitHub, please visit the full documentation.

If you would like more documentation, please open a GitHub issue so I know someone cares!