x86_64/vga: extract special character handling

1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86_64/include/x86_64/vga/text.hpp b/arch/x86_64/include/x86_64/vga/text.hpp
index fcda67f..64cb2b9 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/include/x86_64/vga/text.hpp
+++ b/arch/x86_64/include/x86_64/vga/text.hpp
@@ -129,6 +129,25 @@ namespace teachos::vga::x86_64::text
     [[nodiscard]] auto column() const noexcept -> std::ptrdiff_t;
     [[nodiscard]] auto line() const noexcept -> std::ptrdiff_t;
 
+    //! Process the semantics of special code points, for example newlines and carriage returns.
+    //!
+    //! @param code_point The code point to process.
+    //! @param attribute The attribute to use when writing to the text buffer.
+    //! @return @p true iff. the code point was handled, @p false otherwise.
+    auto handle_special_code_point(char code_point, attribute attribute) -> bool;
+
+    //! Perform the actual output to the buffer.
+    //!
+    //! @param code_points The code points to output..
+    //! @param attribute The attribute to use when writing to the text buffer.
+    auto put(std::string_view code_points, attribute attribute) -> void;
+
+    //! Perform the actual output to the buffer.
+    //!
+    //! @param code_point The code point to output.
+    //! @param attribute The attribute to use when writing to the text buffer.
+    auto put(char code_point, attribute attribute) -> void;
+
     /**
      * @brief Move the cursor to a new line, scrolling the buffer if necessary.
      */