Generate more compact escape sequences by

a) not explicitly setting the default value and
b) not repeating attributes that are already set.

Example (omitting escape character):
Old:  E : [92;49;22;23;24;27mev[39;49;22;23;24;27m [39;49;22;23;24;27mn[39;49;22;23;24;27m
New:  E : [92mev[0m n

(92 is bright green, the other codes set default attributes).

2 files changed, 40 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/clib/terminal.ml b/clib/terminal.ml
index 1d9468137b..d243d6599e 100644
--- a/clib/terminal.ml
+++ b/clib/terminal.ml
@@ -59,6 +59,19 @@ let default = {
   suffix = None;
 }
 
+let reset = "\027[0m"
+
+let reset_style = {
+  fg_color = Some `DEFAULT;
+  bg_color = Some `DEFAULT;
+  bold = Some false;
+  italic = Some false;
+  underline = Some false;
+  negative = Some false;
+  prefix = None;
+  suffix = None;
+}
+
 let make ?fg_color ?bg_color ?bold ?italic ?underline ?negative ?style ?prefix ?suffix () =
   let st = match style with
   | None -> default
@@ -87,6 +100,25 @@ let merge s1 s2 =
     suffix = set s1.suffix s2.suffix;
   }
 
+let diff s1 s2 =
+  let diff_op o1 o2 reset_val = match o1 with
+  | None -> o2
+  | Some _ ->
+    match o2 with
+    | None -> reset_val
+    | Some _ -> if o1 = o2 then None else o2 in
+
+  {
+    fg_color = diff_op s1.fg_color s2.fg_color reset_style.fg_color;
+    bg_color = diff_op s1.bg_color s2.bg_color reset_style.bg_color;
+    bold = diff_op s1.bold s2.bold reset_style.bold;
+    italic = diff_op s1.italic s2.italic reset_style.italic;
+    underline = diff_op s1.underline s2.underline reset_style.underline;
+    negative = diff_op s1.negative s2.negative reset_style.negative;
+    prefix = diff_op s1.prefix s2.prefix reset_style.prefix;
+    suffix = diff_op s1.suffix s2.suffix reset_style.suffix;
+  }
+
 let base_color = function
 | `DEFAULT -> 9
 | `BLACK -> 0
@@ -167,20 +199,8 @@ let repr st =
 let eval st =
   let tags = repr st in
   let tags = List.map string_of_int tags in
-  Printf.sprintf "\027[%sm" (String.concat ";" tags)
-
-let reset = "\027[0m"
-
-let reset_style = {
-  fg_color = Some `DEFAULT;
-  bg_color = Some `DEFAULT;
-  bold = Some false;
-  italic = Some false;
-  underline = Some false;
-  negative = Some false;
-  prefix = None;
-  suffix = None;
-}
+  if List.length tags = 0 then "" else
+    Printf.sprintf "\027[%sm" (String.concat ";" tags)
 
 let has_style t =
   Unix.isatty t && Sys.os_type = "Unix"
diff --git a/clib/terminal.mli b/clib/terminal.mli
index dbf8d4640c..bc30b0016f 100644
--- a/clib/terminal.mli
+++ b/clib/terminal.mli
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ val make : ?fg_color:color -> ?bg_color:color ->
 val merge : style -> style -> style
 (** [merge s1 s2] returns [s1] with all defined values of [s2] overwritten. *)
 
+val diff : style -> style -> style
+(** [diff s1 s2] returns the differences between [s1] and [s2]. *)
+
 val repr : style -> int list
 (** Generate the ANSI code representing the given style. *)
 
@@ -60,6 +63,9 @@ val eval : style -> string
 val reset : string
 (** This escape sequence resets all attributes. *)
 
+val reset_style : style
+(** The default style *)
+
 val has_style : Unix.file_descr -> bool
 (** Whether an output file descriptor handles styles. Very heuristic, only
     checks it is a terminal. *)