adding different types of bars

utf8 bars can be used by going into setup(F2) These bars enable subpixel rendering

Author: rustedusted

DisplayOptionsPanel.c

@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ DisplayOptionsPanel* DisplayOptionsPanel_new(Settings* settings, ScreenManager*
    Panel_add(super, (Object*) CheckItem_newByRef("Highlight new and old processes", &(settings->highlightChanges)));
    Panel_add(super, (Object*) NumberItem_newByRef("- Highlight time (in seconds)", &(settings->highlightDelaySecs), 0, 1, 24 * 60 * 60));
    Panel_add(super, (Object*) NumberItem_newByRef("Hide main function bar (0 - off, 1 - on ESC until next input, 2 - permanently)", &(settings->hideFunctionBar), 0, 0, 2));
+   Panel_add(super, (Object*) NumberItem_newByRef("Bar Type (0-7)", &(settings->barType), 0, 0, 7));
    #ifdef HAVE_LIBHWLOC
    Panel_add(super, (Object*) CheckItem_newByRef("Show topology when selecting affinity by default", &(settings->topologyAffinity)));
    #endif

Meter.c

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ in the source distribution for its full text.
 #include <math.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <wchar.h>
 
 #include "CRT.h"
 #include "Macros.h"
@@ -70,6 +71,17 @@ static void TextMeterMode_draw(Meter* this, int x, int y, int w) {
 
 static const char BarMeterMode_characters[] = "|#*@$%&.";
 
+static const wchar_t* bars[8] = {
+   L" ||||||||",
+   L" ########",
+   L"⠀⡀⡄⡆⡇⣇⣧⣷⣿",
+   L" ░░▒▒▓▓██",
+   L" ▏▎▍▌▋▊▉█",
+   L" ▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█",
+   L" ▌▌▌▌████",
+   L" ▔🮂🮃▀🮄🮅🮆█"
+};
+
 static void BarMeterMode_draw(Meter* this, int x, int y, int w) {
    // Draw the caption
    const char* caption = Meter_getCaption(this);
@@ -120,30 +132,50 @@ static void BarMeterMode_draw(Meter* this, int x, int y, int w) {
    assert(startPos <= w);
    assert(startPos + w <= RichString_sizeVal(bar));
 
+   const Settings* settings = this->host->settings;
    int blockSizes[10];
 
    // First draw in the bar[] buffer...
    int offset = 0;
+   const wchar_t* barChars = &bars[settings->barType][1];
+   const size_t barLen = wcslen(barChars);
+   const uint8_t wsub = w * barLen;
+
    for (uint8_t i = 0; i < this->curItems; i++) {
       double value = this->values[i];
+      int actualWidth = 0;
+
+      // ignore extremely small values
+      if ((value / this->total) * wsub < 0.5) {
+         blockSizes[i] = 0;
+         continue;
+      }
       if (isPositive(value) && this->total > 0.0) {
          value = MINIMUM(value, this->total);
+         actualWidth = ceil((value / this->total) * wsub);
          blockSizes[i] = ceil((value / this->total) * w);
       } else {
          blockSizes[i] = 0;
       }
       int nextOffset = offset + blockSizes[i];
       // (Control against invalid values)
       nextOffset = CLAMP(nextOffset, 0, w);
-      for (int j = offset; j < nextOffset; j++)
+
+      for (int j = offset; j < nextOffset; j++){
          if (RichString_getCharVal(bar, startPos + j) == ' ') {
             if (CRT_colorScheme == COLORSCHEME_MONOCHROME) {
                assert(i < strlen(BarMeterMode_characters));
                RichString_setChar(&bar, startPos + j, BarMeterMode_characters[i]);
+            } else if (settings->barType) {
+               RichString_setChar(&bar, startPos + j, bars[settings->barType][8]);
             } else {
                RichString_setChar(&bar, startPos + j, '|');
             }
          }
+      }
+
+      RichString_setChar(&bar, startPos + nextOffset-1, barChars[actualWidth % barLen]);
+
       offset = nextOffset;
    }
 

Settings.h

@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ typedef struct Settings_ {
 
    bool changed;
    uint64_t lastUpdate;
+
+   int barType;
 } Settings;
 
 #define Settings_cpuId(settings, cpu) ((settings)->countCPUsFromOne ? (cpu)+1 : (cpu))