Fix ANSIString parsing on partial slice from start/end of string. Resolve #2205.

evennia/utils/ansi.py

@@ -526,6 +526,13 @@ def raw(string):
     return string.replace("{", "{{").replace("|", "||")
 
 
+# ------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+# ANSIString - ANSI-aware string class
+#
+# ------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
 def _spacing_preflight(func):
     """
     This wrapper function is used to do some preflight checks on
@@ -896,9 +903,23 @@ class ANSIString(str, metaclass=ANSIMeta):
         replayed.
 
         """
-        slice_indexes = self._char_indexes[slc]
+        char_indexes = self._char_indexes
+        slice_indexes = char_indexes[slc]
         # If it's the end of the string, we need to append final color codes.
         if not slice_indexes:
+            # if we find no characters it may be because we are just outside
+            # of the interval, using an open-ended slice. We must replay all
+            # of the escape characters until/after this point.
+            if char_indexes:
+                if slc.start is None and slc.stop is None:
+                    # a [:] slice of only escape characters
+                    return ANSIString(self._raw_string[slc])
+                if slc.start is None:
+                    # this is a [:x] slice
+                    return ANSIString(self._raw_string[:char_indexes[0]])
+                if slc.stop is None:
+                    # a [x:] slice
+                    return ANSIString(self._raw_string[char_indexes[-1] + 1:])
             return ANSIString("")
         try:
             string = self[slc.start or 0]._raw_string
@@ -918,7 +939,7 @@ class ANSIString(str, metaclass=ANSIMeta):
                 # raw_string not long enough
                 pass
         if i is not None:
-            append_tail = self._get_interleving(self._char_indexes.index(i) + 1)
+            append_tail = self._get_interleving(char_indexes.index(i) + 1)
         else:
             append_tail = ""
         return ANSIString(string + append_tail, decoded=True)

evennia/utils/evform.py

@@ -165,9 +165,12 @@ def _to_rect(lines):
 
 def _to_ansi(obj, regexable=False):
     "convert to ANSIString"
-    if isinstance(obj, str):
+    if isinstance(obj, ANSIString):
+        return obj
+    elif isinstance(obj, str):
         # since ansi will be parsed twice (here and in the normal ansi send), we have to
-        # escape the |-structure twice.
+        # escape the |-structure twice. TODO: This is tied to the default color-tag syntax
+        # which is not ideal for those wanting to replace/extend it ...
         obj = _ANSI_ESCAPE.sub(r"||||", obj)
     if isinstance(obj, dict):
         return dict((key, _to_ansi(value, regexable=regexable)) for key, value in obj.items())

evennia/utils/tests/test_tagparsing.py

@@ -177,6 +177,59 @@ class ANSIStringTestCase(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(a.rstrip(), ANSIString("   |r   Test of stuff |b with spaces|n"))
         self.assertEqual(b.strip(), b)
 
+    def test_regex_search(self):
+        """
+        Test regex-search in ANSIString - the found position should ignore any ansi-markers
+        """
+        string = ANSIString(" |r|[b  Test ")
+        match = re.search(r"Test", string)
+        self.assertTrue(match)
+        self.assertEqual(match.span(), (3, 7))
+
+    def test_regex_replace(self):
+        """
+        Inserting text into an ansistring at an index position should ignore
+        the ansi markers but not remove them!
+
+        """
+        string = ANSIString("A |rTest|n string")
+        match = re.search(r"Test", string)
+        ix1, ix2 = match.span()
+        self.assertEqual((ix1, ix2), (2, 6))
+
+        result = string[:ix1] + "Replacement" + string[ix2:]
+        expected = ANSIString("A |rReplacement|n string")
+
+        self.assertEqual(expected, result)
+
+    def test_slice_insert(self):
+        """
+        Inserting a slice should not remove ansi markup (issue #2205)
+        """
+        string = ANSIString("|rTest|n")
+        split_string = string[:0] + "Test" + string[4:]
+        self.assertEqual(string.raw(), split_string.raw())
+
+    def test_slice_insert_longer(self):
+        """
+        The ANSIString replays the color code before the split in order to
+        produce a *visually* identical result. The result is a longer string in
+        raw characters, but one which correctly represents the color output.
+        """
+        string = ANSIString("A bigger |rTest|n of things |bwith more color|n")
+        # from evennia import set_trace;set_trace()
+        split_string = string[:9] + "Test" + string[13:]
+        self.assertEqual(
+            repr((ANSIString("A bigger ")
+            + ANSIString("|rTest")  # note that the |r|n is replayed together on next line
+            + ANSIString("|r|n of things |bwith more color|n")).raw()),
+            repr(split_string.raw()))
+
+    def test_slice_full(self):
+        string = ANSIString("A bigger |rTest|n of things |bwith more color|n")
+        split_string = string[:]
+        self.assertEqual(string.raw(), split_string.raw())
+
 
 class TestTextToHTMLparser(TestCase):
     def setUp(self):