Add --simple-io option for subprocesses and break out console.h and cpp (#1558)

7 files changed, 536 insertions, 435 deletions

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a692a39..e0528ae 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -340,6 +340,9 @@ llama.o: llama.cpp ggml.h ggml-alloc.h ggml-cuda.h ggml-metal.h llama.h llama-ut
 common.o: examples/common.cpp examples/common.h
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
 
+console.o: examples/console.cpp examples/console.h
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
+
 grammar-parser.o: examples/grammar-parser.cpp examples/grammar-parser.h
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
 
@@ -353,7 +356,7 @@ clean:
 # Examples
 #
 
-main: examples/main/main.cpp                                  build-info.h ggml.o llama.o common.o grammar-parser.o $(OBJS)
+main: examples/main/main.cpp                                  build-info.h ggml.o llama.o common.o console.o grammar-parser.o $(OBJS)
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(filter-out %.h,$^) -o $@ $(LDFLAGS)
 	@echo
 	@echo '====  Run ./main -h for help.  ===='
diff --git a/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index 4b1f1cf..a7b2677 100644
--- a/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ set(TARGET common)
 add_library(${TARGET} OBJECT
     common.h
     common.cpp
+    console.h
+    console.cpp
     grammar-parser.h
     grammar-parser.cpp
     )
diff --git a/examples/common.cpp b/examples/common.cpp
index 3e7c3b6..21f4a03 100644
--- a/examples/common.cpp
+++ b/examples/common.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 #else
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
-#include <wchar.h>
 #endif
 
 #if defined(_MSC_VER)
@@ -329,6 +328,8 @@ bool gpt_params_parse(int argc, char ** argv, gpt_params & params) {
             params.instruct = true;
         } else if (arg == "--multiline-input") {
             params.multiline_input = true;
+        } else if (arg == "--simple-io") {
+            params.simple_io = true;
         } else if (arg == "--color") {
             params.use_color = true;
         } else if (arg == "--mlock") {
@@ -598,6 +599,7 @@ void gpt_print_usage(int /*argc*/, char ** argv, const gpt_params & params) {
     fprintf(stdout, "  --mtest               compute maximum memory usage\n");
     fprintf(stdout, "  --export              export the computation graph to 'llama.ggml'\n");
     fprintf(stdout, "  --verbose-prompt      print prompt before generation\n");
+    fprintf(stderr, "  --simple-io           use basic IO for better compatibility in subprocesses and limited consoles\n");
     fprintf(stdout, "  --lora FNAME          apply LoRA adapter (implies --no-mmap)\n");
     fprintf(stdout, "  --lora-base FNAME     optional model to use as a base for the layers modified by the LoRA adapter\n");
     fprintf(stdout, "  -m FNAME, --model FNAME\n");
@@ -690,376 +692,3 @@ std::tuple<struct llama_model *, struct llama_context *> llama_init_from_gpt_par
 
     return std::make_tuple(model, lctx);
 }
-
-void console_init(console_state & con_st) {
-#if defined(_WIN32)
-    // Windows-specific console initialization
-    DWORD dwMode = 0;
-    con_st.hConsole = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
-    if (con_st.hConsole == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE || !GetConsoleMode(con_st.hConsole, &dwMode)) {
-        con_st.hConsole = GetStdHandle(STD_ERROR_HANDLE);
-        if (con_st.hConsole != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE && (!GetConsoleMode(con_st.hConsole, &dwMode))) {
-            con_st.hConsole = NULL;
-        }
-    }
-    if (con_st.hConsole) {
-        // Enable ANSI colors on Windows 10+
-        if (con_st.use_color && !(dwMode & ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_PROCESSING)) {
-            SetConsoleMode(con_st.hConsole, dwMode | ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_PROCESSING);
-        }
-        // Set console output codepage to UTF8
-        SetConsoleOutputCP(CP_UTF8);
-    }
-    HANDLE hConIn = GetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE);
-    if (hConIn != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE && GetConsoleMode(hConIn, &dwMode)) {
-        // Set console input codepage to UTF16
-        _setmode(_fileno(stdin), _O_WTEXT);
-
-        // Turn off ICANON (ENABLE_LINE_INPUT) and ECHO (ENABLE_ECHO_INPUT)
-        dwMode &= ~(ENABLE_LINE_INPUT | ENABLE_ECHO_INPUT);
-        SetConsoleMode(hConIn, dwMode);
-    }
-#else
-    // POSIX-specific console initialization
-    struct termios new_termios;
-    tcgetattr(STDIN_FILENO, &con_st.prev_state);
-    new_termios = con_st.prev_state;
-    new_termios.c_lflag &= ~(ICANON | ECHO);
-    new_termios.c_cc[VMIN] = 1;
-    new_termios.c_cc[VTIME] = 0;
-    tcsetattr(STDIN_FILENO, TCSANOW, &new_termios);
-
-    con_st.tty = fopen("/dev/tty", "w+");
-    if (con_st.tty != nullptr) {
-        con_st.out = con_st.tty;
-    }
-
-    setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
-#endif
-}
-
-void console_cleanup(console_state & con_st) {
-    // Reset console color
-    console_set_color(con_st, CONSOLE_COLOR_DEFAULT);
-
-#if !defined(_WIN32)
-    if (con_st.tty != nullptr) {
-        con_st.out = stdout;
-        fclose(con_st.tty);
-        con_st.tty = nullptr;
-    }
-    // Restore the terminal settings on POSIX systems
-    tcsetattr(STDIN_FILENO, TCSANOW, &con_st.prev_state);
-#endif
-}
-
-/* Keep track of current color of output, and emit ANSI code if it changes. */
-void console_set_color(console_state & con_st, console_color_t color) {
-    if (con_st.use_color && con_st.color != color) {
-        fflush(stdout);
-        switch(color) {
-            case CONSOLE_COLOR_DEFAULT:
-                fprintf(con_st.out, ANSI_COLOR_RESET);
-                break;
-            case CONSOLE_COLOR_PROMPT:
-                fprintf(con_st.out, ANSI_COLOR_YELLOW);
-                break;
-            case CONSOLE_COLOR_USER_INPUT:
-                fprintf(con_st.out, ANSI_BOLD ANSI_COLOR_GREEN);
-                break;
-            case CONSOLE_COLOR_ERROR:
-                fprintf(con_st.out, ANSI_BOLD ANSI_COLOR_RED);
-                break;
-        }
-        con_st.color = color;
-        fflush(con_st.out);
-    }
-}
-
-char32_t getchar32() {
-#if defined(_WIN32)
-    HANDLE hConsole = GetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE);
-    wchar_t high_surrogate = 0;
-
-    while (true) {
-        INPUT_RECORD record;
-        DWORD count;
-        if (!ReadConsoleInputW(hConsole, &record, 1, &count) || count == 0) {
-            return WEOF;
-        }
-
-        if (record.EventType == KEY_EVENT && record.Event.KeyEvent.bKeyDown) {
-            wchar_t wc = record.Event.KeyEvent.uChar.UnicodeChar;
-            if (wc == 0) {
-                continue;
-            }
-
-            if ((wc >= 0xD800) && (wc <= 0xDBFF)) { // Check if wc is a high surrogate
-                high_surrogate = wc;
-                continue;
-            } else if ((wc >= 0xDC00) && (wc <= 0xDFFF)) { // Check if wc is a low surrogate
-                if (high_surrogate != 0) { // Check if we have a high surrogate
-                    return ((high_surrogate - 0xD800) << 10) + (wc - 0xDC00) + 0x10000;
-                }
-            }
-
-            high_surrogate = 0; // Reset the high surrogate
-            return static_cast<char32_t>(wc);
-        }
-    }
-#else
-    wchar_t wc = getwchar();
-    if (static_cast<wint_t>(wc) == WEOF) {
-        return WEOF;
-    }
-
-#if WCHAR_MAX == 0xFFFF
-    if ((wc >= 0xD800) && (wc <= 0xDBFF)) { // Check if wc is a high surrogate
-        wchar_t low_surrogate = getwchar();
-        if ((low_surrogate >= 0xDC00) && (low_surrogate <= 0xDFFF)) { // Check if the next wchar is a low surrogate
-            return (static_cast<char32_t>(wc & 0x03FF) << 10) + (low_surrogate & 0x03FF) + 0x10000;
-        }
-    }
-    if ((wc >= 0xD800) && (wc <= 0xDFFF)) { // Invalid surrogate pair
-        return 0xFFFD; // Return the replacement character U+FFFD
-    }
-#endif
-
-    return static_cast<char32_t>(wc);
-#endif
-}
-
-void pop_cursor(console_state & con_st) {
-#if defined(_WIN32)
-    if (con_st.hConsole != NULL) {
-        CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO bufferInfo;
-        GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(con_st.hConsole, &bufferInfo);
-
-        COORD newCursorPosition = bufferInfo.dwCursorPosition;
-        if (newCursorPosition.X == 0) {
-            newCursorPosition.X = bufferInfo.dwSize.X - 1;
-            newCursorPosition.Y -= 1;
-        } else {
-            newCursorPosition.X -= 1;
-        }
-
-        SetConsoleCursorPosition(con_st.hConsole, newCursorPosition);
-        return;
-    }
-#endif
-    putc('\b', con_st.out);
-}
-
-int estimateWidth(char32_t codepoint) {
-#if defined(_WIN32)
-    return 1;
-#else
-    return wcwidth(codepoint);
-#endif
-}
-
-int put_codepoint(console_state & con_st, const char* utf8_codepoint, size_t length, int expectedWidth) {
-#if defined(_WIN32)
-    CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO bufferInfo;
-    if (!GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(con_st.hConsole, &bufferInfo)) {
-        // go with the default
-        return expectedWidth;
-    }
-    COORD initialPosition = bufferInfo.dwCursorPosition;
-    DWORD nNumberOfChars = length;
-    WriteConsole(con_st.hConsole, utf8_codepoint, nNumberOfChars, &nNumberOfChars, NULL);
-
-    CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO newBufferInfo;
-    GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(con_st.hConsole, &newBufferInfo);
-
-    // Figure out our real position if we're in the last column
-    if (utf8_codepoint[0] != 0x09 && initialPosition.X == newBufferInfo.dwSize.X - 1) {
-        DWORD nNumberOfChars;
-        WriteConsole(con_st.hConsole, &" \b", 2, &nNumberOfChars, NULL);
-        GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(con_st.hConsole, &newBufferInfo);
-    }
-
-    int width = newBufferInfo.dwCursorPosition.X - initialPosition.X;
-    if (width < 0) {
-        width += newBufferInfo.dwSize.X;
-    }
-    return width;
-#else
-    // we can trust expectedWidth if we've got one
-    if (expectedWidth >= 0 || con_st.tty == nullptr) {
-        fwrite(utf8_codepoint, length, 1, con_st.out);
-        return expectedWidth;
-    }
-
-    fputs("\033[6n", con_st.tty); // Query cursor position
-    int x1, x2, y1, y2;
-    int results = 0;
-    results = fscanf(con_st.tty, "\033[%d;%dR", &y1, &x1);
-
-    fwrite(utf8_codepoint, length, 1, con_st.tty);
-
-    fputs("\033[6n", con_st.tty); // Query cursor position
-    results += fscanf(con_st.tty, "\033[%d;%dR", &y2, &x2);
-
-    if (results != 4) {
-        return expectedWidth;
-    }
-
-    int width = x2 - x1;
-    if (width < 0) {
-        // Calculate the width considering text wrapping
-        struct winsize w;
-        ioctl(STDOUT_FILENO, TIOCGWINSZ, &w);
-        width += w.ws_col;
-    }
-    return width;
-#endif
-}
-
-void replace_last(console_state & con_st, char ch) {
-#if defined(_WIN32)
-    pop_cursor(con_st);
-    put_codepoint(con_st, &ch, 1, 1);
-#else
-    fprintf(con_st.out, "\b%c", ch);
-#endif
-}
-
-void append_utf8(char32_t ch, std::string & out) {
-    if (ch <= 0x7F) {
-        out.push_back(static_cast<unsigned char>(ch));
-    } else if (ch <= 0x7FF) {
-        out.push_back(static_cast<unsigned char>(0xC0 | ((ch >> 6) & 0x1F)));
-        out.push_back(static_cast<unsigned char>(0x80 | (ch & 0x3F)));
-    } else if (ch <= 0xFFFF) {
-        out.push_back(static_cast<unsigned char>(0xE0 | ((ch >> 12) & 0x0F)));
-        out.push_back(static_cast<unsigned char>(0x80 | ((ch >> 6) & 0x3F)));
-        out.push_back(static_cast<unsigned char>(0x80 | (ch & 0x3F)));
-    } else if (ch <= 0x10FFFF) {
-        out.push_back(static_cast<unsigned char>(0xF0 | ((ch >> 18) & 0x07)));
-        out.push_back(static_cast<unsigned char>(0x80 | ((ch >> 12) & 0x3F)));
-        out.push_back(static_cast<unsigned char>(0x80 | ((ch >> 6) & 0x3F)));
-        out.push_back(static_cast<unsigned char>(0x80 | (ch & 0x3F)));
-    } else {
-        // Invalid Unicode code point
-    }
-}
-
-// Helper function to remove the last UTF-8 character from a string
-void pop_back_utf8_char(std::string & line) {
-    if (line.empty()) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    size_t pos = line.length() - 1;
-
-    // Find the start of the last UTF-8 character (checking up to 4 bytes back)
-    for (size_t i = 0; i < 3 && pos > 0; ++i, --pos) {
-        if ((line[pos] & 0xC0) != 0x80) break; // Found the start of the character
-    }
-    line.erase(pos);
-}
-
-bool console_readline(console_state & con_st, std::string & line) {
-    console_set_color(con_st, CONSOLE_COLOR_USER_INPUT);
-    if (con_st.out != stdout) {
-        fflush(stdout);
-    }
-
-    line.clear();
-    std::vector<int> widths;
-    bool is_special_char = false;
-    bool end_of_stream = false;
-
-    char32_t input_char;
-    while (true) {
-        fflush(con_st.out); // Ensure all output is displayed before waiting for input
-        input_char = getchar32();
-
-        if (input_char == '\r' || input_char == '\n') {
-            break;
-        }
-
-        if (input_char == (char32_t) WEOF || input_char == 0x04 /* Ctrl+D*/) {
-            end_of_stream = true;
-            break;
-        }
-
-        if (is_special_char) {
-            console_set_color(con_st, CONSOLE_COLOR_USER_INPUT);
-            replace_last(con_st, line.back());
-            is_special_char = false;
-        }
-
-        if (input_char == '\033') { // Escape sequence
-            char32_t code = getchar32();
-            if (code == '[' || code == 0x1B) {
-                // Discard the rest of the escape sequence
-                while ((code = getchar32()) != (char32_t) WEOF) {
-                    if ((code >= 'A' && code <= 'Z') || (code >= 'a' && code <= 'z') || code == '~') {
-                        break;
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        } else if (input_char == 0x08 || input_char == 0x7F) { // Backspace
-            if (!widths.empty()) {
-                int count;
-                do {
-                    count = widths.back();
-                    widths.pop_back();
-                    // Move cursor back, print space, and move cursor back again
-                    for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
-                        replace_last(con_st, ' ');
-                        pop_cursor(con_st);
-                    }
-                    pop_back_utf8_char(line);
-                } while (count == 0 && !widths.empty());
-            }
-        } else {
-            int offset = line.length();
-            append_utf8(input_char, line);
-            int width = put_codepoint(con_st, line.c_str() + offset, line.length() - offset, estimateWidth(input_char));
-            if (width < 0) {
-                width = 0;
-            }
-            widths.push_back(width);
-        }
-
-        if (!line.empty() && (line.back() == '\\' || line.back() == '/')) {
-            console_set_color(con_st, CONSOLE_COLOR_PROMPT);
-            replace_last(con_st, line.back());
-            is_special_char = true;
-        }
-    }
-
-    bool has_more = con_st.multiline_input;
-    if (is_special_char) {
-        replace_last(con_st, ' ');
-        pop_cursor(con_st);
-
-        char last = line.back();
-        line.pop_back();
-        if (last == '\\') {
-            line += '\n';
-            fputc('\n', con_st.out);
-            has_more = !has_more;
-        } else {
-            // llama will just eat the single space, it won't act as a space
-            if (line.length() == 1 && line.back() == ' ') {
-                line.clear();
-                pop_cursor(con_st);
-            }
-            has_more = false;
-        }
-    } else {
-        if (end_of_stream) {
-            has_more = false;
-        } else {
-            line += '\n';
-            fputc('\n', con_st.out);
-        }
-    }
-
-    fflush(con_st.out);
-    return has_more;
-}
diff --git a/examples/common.h b/examples/common.h
index 9744842..375bc0a 100644
--- a/examples/common.h
+++ b/examples/common.h
@@ -11,11 +11,6 @@
 #include <unordered_map>
 #include <tuple>
 
-#if !defined (_WIN32)
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <termios.h>
-#endif
-
 //
 // CLI argument parsing
 //
@@ -85,6 +80,7 @@ struct gpt_params {
     bool embedding         = false; // get only sentence embedding
     bool interactive_first = false; // wait for user input immediately
     bool multiline_input   = false; // reverse the usage of `\`
+    bool simple_io         = false; // improves compatibility with subprocesses and limited consoles
 
     bool input_prefix_bos  = false; // prefix BOS to user inputs, preceding input_prefix
     bool instruct          = false; // instruction mode (used for Alpaca models)
@@ -116,42 +112,3 @@ std::vector<llama_token> llama_tokenize(struct llama_context * ctx, const std::s
 
 std::tuple<struct llama_model *, struct llama_context *> llama_init_from_gpt_params(const gpt_params & params);
 struct llama_context_params llama_context_params_from_gpt_params(const gpt_params & params);
-
-//
-// Console utils
-//
-
-#define ANSI_COLOR_RED     "\x1b[31m"
-#define ANSI_COLOR_GREEN   "\x1b[32m"
-#define ANSI_COLOR_YELLOW  "\x1b[33m"
-#define ANSI_COLOR_BLUE    "\x1b[34m"
-#define ANSI_COLOR_MAGENTA "\x1b[35m"
-#define ANSI_COLOR_CYAN    "\x1b[36m"
-#define ANSI_COLOR_RESET   "\x1b[0m"
-#define ANSI_BOLD          "\x1b[1m"
-
-enum console_color_t {
-    CONSOLE_COLOR_DEFAULT=0,
-    CONSOLE_COLOR_PROMPT,
-    CONSOLE_COLOR_USER_INPUT,
-    CONSOLE_COLOR_ERROR
-};
-
-struct console_state {
-    bool multiline_input = false;
-    bool use_color = false;
-    console_color_t color = CONSOLE_COLOR_DEFAULT;
-
-    FILE* out = stdout;
-#if defined (_WIN32)
-    void* hConsole;
-#else
-    FILE* tty = nullptr;
-    termios prev_state;
-#endif
-};
-
-void console_init(console_state & con_st);
-void console_cleanup(console_state & con_st);
-void console_set_color(console_state & con_st, console_color_t color);
-bool console_readline(console_state & con_st, std::string & line);
diff --git a/examples/console.cpp b/examples/console.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4c32f3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/console.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,494 @@
+#include "console.h"
+#include <vector>
+#include <iostream>
+
+#if defined(_WIN32)
+#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
+#ifndef NOMINMAX
+#define NOMINMAX
+#endif
+#include <windows.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <io.h>
+#else
+#include <climits>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <wchar.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <termios.h>
+#endif
+
+#define ANSI_COLOR_RED     "\x1b[31m"
+#define ANSI_COLOR_GREEN   "\x1b[32m"
+#define ANSI_COLOR_YELLOW  "\x1b[33m"
+#define ANSI_COLOR_BLUE    "\x1b[34m"
+#define ANSI_COLOR_MAGENTA "\x1b[35m"
+#define ANSI_COLOR_CYAN    "\x1b[36m"
+#define ANSI_COLOR_RESET   "\x1b[0m"
+#define ANSI_BOLD          "\x1b[1m"
+
+namespace console {
+
+    //
+    // Console state
+    //
+
+    static bool      advanced_display = false;
+    static bool      simple_io        = true;
+    static display_t current_display  = reset;
+
+    static FILE*     out              = stdout;
+
+#if defined (_WIN32)
+    static void*     hConsole;
+#else
+    static FILE*     tty              = nullptr;
+    static termios   initial_state;
+#endif
+
+    //
+    // Init and cleanup
+    //
+
+    void init(bool use_simple_io, bool use_advanced_display) {
+        advanced_display = use_advanced_display;
+        simple_io = use_simple_io;
+#if defined(_WIN32)
+        // Windows-specific console initialization
+        DWORD dwMode = 0;
+        hConsole = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
+        if (hConsole == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE || !GetConsoleMode(hConsole, &dwMode)) {
+            hConsole = GetStdHandle(STD_ERROR_HANDLE);
+            if (hConsole != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE && (!GetConsoleMode(hConsole, &dwMode))) {
+                hConsole = nullptr;
+                simple_io = true;
+            }
+        }
+        if (hConsole) {
+            // Enable ANSI colors on Windows 10+
+            if (advanced_display && !(dwMode & ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_PROCESSING)) {
+                SetConsoleMode(hConsole, dwMode | ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_PROCESSING);
+            }
+            // Set console output codepage to UTF8
+            SetConsoleOutputCP(CP_UTF8);
+        }
+        HANDLE hConIn = GetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE);
+        if (hConIn != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE && GetConsoleMode(hConIn, &dwMode)) {
+            // Set console input codepage to UTF16
+            _setmode(_fileno(stdin), _O_WTEXT);
+
+            if (!simple_io) {
+                // Turn off ICANON (ENABLE_LINE_INPUT) and ECHO (ENABLE_ECHO_INPUT)
+                dwMode &= ~(ENABLE_LINE_INPUT | ENABLE_ECHO_INPUT);
+            }
+            if (!SetConsoleMode(hConIn, dwMode)) {
+                simple_io = true;
+            }
+        }
+#else
+        // POSIX-specific console initialization
+        if (!simple_io) {
+            struct termios new_termios;
+            tcgetattr(STDIN_FILENO, &initial_state);
+            new_termios = initial_state;
+            new_termios.c_lflag &= ~(ICANON | ECHO);
+            new_termios.c_cc[VMIN] = 1;
+            new_termios.c_cc[VTIME] = 0;
+            tcsetattr(STDIN_FILENO, TCSANOW, &new_termios);
+
+            tty = fopen("/dev/tty", "w+");
+            if (tty != nullptr) {
+                out = tty;
+            }
+        }
+
+        setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
+#endif
+    }
+
+    void cleanup() {
+        // Reset console display
+        set_display(reset);
+
+#if !defined(_WIN32)
+        // Restore settings on POSIX systems
+        if (!simple_io) {
+            if (tty != nullptr) {
+                out = stdout;
+                fclose(tty);
+                tty = nullptr;
+            }
+            tcsetattr(STDIN_FILENO, TCSANOW, &initial_state);
+        }
+#endif
+    }
+
+    //
+    // Display and IO
+    //
+
+    // Keep track of current display and only emit ANSI code if it changes
+    void set_display(display_t display) {
+        if (advanced_display && current_display != display) {
+            fflush(stdout);
+            switch(display) {
+                case reset:
+                    fprintf(out, ANSI_COLOR_RESET);
+                    break;
+                case prompt:
+                    fprintf(out, ANSI_COLOR_YELLOW);
+                    break;
+                case user_input:
+                    fprintf(out, ANSI_BOLD ANSI_COLOR_GREEN);
+                    break;
+                case error:
+                    fprintf(out, ANSI_BOLD ANSI_COLOR_RED);
+            }
+            current_display = display;
+            fflush(out);
+        }
+    }
+
+    char32_t getchar32() {
+#if defined(_WIN32)
+        HANDLE hConsole = GetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE);
+        wchar_t high_surrogate = 0;
+
+        while (true) {
+            INPUT_RECORD record;
+            DWORD count;
+            if (!ReadConsoleInputW(hConsole, &record, 1, &count) || count == 0) {
+                return WEOF;
+            }
+
+            if (record.EventType == KEY_EVENT && record.Event.KeyEvent.bKeyDown) {
+                wchar_t wc = record.Event.KeyEvent.uChar.UnicodeChar;
+                if (wc == 0) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                if ((wc >= 0xD800) && (wc <= 0xDBFF)) { // Check if wc is a high surrogate
+                    high_surrogate = wc;
+                    continue;
+                }
+                if ((wc >= 0xDC00) && (wc <= 0xDFFF)) { // Check if wc is a low surrogate
+                    if (high_surrogate != 0) { // Check if we have a high surrogate
+                        return ((high_surrogate - 0xD800) << 10) + (wc - 0xDC00) + 0x10000;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                high_surrogate = 0; // Reset the high surrogate
+                return static_cast<char32_t>(wc);
+            }
+        }
+#else
+        wchar_t wc = getwchar();
+        if (static_cast<wint_t>(wc) == WEOF) {
+            return WEOF;
+        }
+
+#if WCHAR_MAX == 0xFFFF
+        if ((wc >= 0xD800) && (wc <= 0xDBFF)) { // Check if wc is a high surrogate
+            wchar_t low_surrogate = getwchar();
+            if ((low_surrogate >= 0xDC00) && (low_surrogate <= 0xDFFF)) { // Check if the next wchar is a low surrogate
+                return (static_cast<char32_t>(wc & 0x03FF) << 10) + (low_surrogate & 0x03FF) + 0x10000;
+            }
+        }
+        if ((wc >= 0xD800) && (wc <= 0xDFFF)) { // Invalid surrogate pair
+            return 0xFFFD; // Return the replacement character U+FFFD
+        }
+#endif
+
+        return static_cast<char32_t>(wc);
+#endif
+    }
+
+    void pop_cursor() {
+#if defined(_WIN32)
+        if (hConsole != NULL) {
+            CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO bufferInfo;
+            GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(hConsole, &bufferInfo);
+
+            COORD newCursorPosition = bufferInfo.dwCursorPosition;
+            if (newCursorPosition.X == 0) {
+                newCursorPosition.X = bufferInfo.dwSize.X - 1;
+                newCursorPosition.Y -= 1;
+            } else {
+                newCursorPosition.X -= 1;
+            }
+
+            SetConsoleCursorPosition(hConsole, newCursorPosition);
+            return;
+        }
+#endif
+        putc('\b', out);
+    }
+
+    int estimateWidth(char32_t codepoint) {
+#if defined(_WIN32)
+        return 1;
+#else
+        return wcwidth(codepoint);
+#endif
+    }
+
+    int put_codepoint(const char* utf8_codepoint, size_t length, int expectedWidth) {
+#if defined(_WIN32)
+        CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO bufferInfo;
+        if (!GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(hConsole, &bufferInfo)) {
+            // go with the default
+            return expectedWidth;
+        }
+        COORD initialPosition = bufferInfo.dwCursorPosition;
+        DWORD nNumberOfChars = length;
+        WriteConsole(hConsole, utf8_codepoint, nNumberOfChars, &nNumberOfChars, NULL);
+
+        CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO newBufferInfo;
+        GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(hConsole, &newBufferInfo);
+
+        // Figure out our real position if we're in the last column
+        if (utf8_codepoint[0] != 0x09 && initialPosition.X == newBufferInfo.dwSize.X - 1) {
+            DWORD nNumberOfChars;
+            WriteConsole(hConsole, &" \b", 2, &nNumberOfChars, NULL);
+            GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(hConsole, &newBufferInfo);
+        }
+
+        int width = newBufferInfo.dwCursorPosition.X - initialPosition.X;
+        if (width < 0) {
+            width += newBufferInfo.dwSize.X;
+        }
+        return width;
+#else
+        // We can trust expectedWidth if we've got one
+        if (expectedWidth >= 0 || tty == nullptr) {
+            fwrite(utf8_codepoint, length, 1, out);
+            return expectedWidth;
+        }
+
+        fputs("\033[6n", tty); // Query cursor position
+        int x1;
+        int y1;
+        int x2;
+        int y2;
+        int results = 0;
+        results = fscanf(tty, "\033[%d;%dR", &y1, &x1);
+
+        fwrite(utf8_codepoint, length, 1, tty);
+
+        fputs("\033[6n", tty); // Query cursor position
+        results += fscanf(tty, "\033[%d;%dR", &y2, &x2);
+
+        if (results != 4) {
+            return expectedWidth;
+        }
+
+        int width = x2 - x1;
+        if (width < 0) {
+            // Calculate the width considering text wrapping
+            struct winsize w;
+            ioctl(STDOUT_FILENO, TIOCGWINSZ, &w);
+            width += w.ws_col;
+        }
+        return width;
+#endif
+    }
+
+    void replace_last(char ch) {
+#if defined(_WIN32)
+        pop_cursor();
+        put_codepoint(&ch, 1, 1);
+#else
+        fprintf(out, "\b%c", ch);
+#endif
+    }
+
+    void append_utf8(char32_t ch, std::string & out) {
+        if (ch <= 0x7F) {
+            out.push_back(static_cast<unsigned char>(ch));
+        } else if (ch <= 0x7FF) {
+            out.push_back(static_cast<unsigned char>(0xC0 | ((ch >> 6) & 0x1F)));
+            out.push_back(static_cast<unsigned char>(0x80 | (ch & 0x3F)));
+        } else if (ch <= 0xFFFF) {
+            out.push_back(static_cast<unsigned char>(0xE0 | ((ch >> 12) & 0x0F)));
+            out.push_back(static_cast<unsigned char>(0x80 | ((ch >> 6) & 0x3F)));
+            out.push_back(static_cast<unsigned char>(0x80 | (ch & 0x3F)));
+        } else if (ch <= 0x10FFFF) {
+            out.push_back(static_cast<unsigned char>(0xF0 | ((ch >> 18) & 0x07)));
+            out.push_back(static_cast<unsigned char>(0x80 | ((ch >> 12) & 0x3F)));
+            out.push_back(static_cast<unsigned char>(0x80 | ((ch >> 6) & 0x3F)));
+            out.push_back(static_cast<unsigned char>(0x80 | (ch & 0x3F)));
+        } else {
+            // Invalid Unicode code point
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Helper function to remove the last UTF-8 character from a string
+    void pop_back_utf8_char(std::string & line) {
+        if (line.empty()) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        size_t pos = line.length() - 1;
+
+        // Find the start of the last UTF-8 character (checking up to 4 bytes back)
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < 3 && pos > 0; ++i, --pos) {
+            if ((line[pos] & 0xC0) != 0x80) {
+                break; // Found the start of the character
+            }
+        }
+        line.erase(pos);
+    }
+
+    bool readline_advanced(std::string & line, bool multiline_input) {
+        if (out != stdout) {
+            fflush(stdout);
+        }
+
+        line.clear();
+        std::vector<int> widths;
+        bool is_special_char = false;
+        bool end_of_stream = false;
+
+        char32_t input_char;
+        while (true) {
+            fflush(out); // Ensure all output is displayed before waiting for input
+            input_char = getchar32();
+
+            if (input_char == '\r' || input_char == '\n') {
+                break;
+            }
+
+            if (input_char == (char32_t) WEOF || input_char == 0x04 /* Ctrl+D*/) {
+                end_of_stream = true;
+                break;
+            }
+
+            if (is_special_char) {
+                set_display(user_input);
+                replace_last(line.back());
+                is_special_char = false;
+            }
+
+            if (input_char == '\033') { // Escape sequence
+                char32_t code = getchar32();
+                if (code == '[' || code == 0x1B) {
+                    // Discard the rest of the escape sequence
+                    while ((code = getchar32()) != (char32_t) WEOF) {
+                        if ((code >= 'A' && code <= 'Z') || (code >= 'a' && code <= 'z') || code == '~') {
+                            break;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            } else if (input_char == 0x08 || input_char == 0x7F) { // Backspace
+                if (!widths.empty()) {
+                    int count;
+                    do {
+                        count = widths.back();
+                        widths.pop_back();
+                        // Move cursor back, print space, and move cursor back again
+                        for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+                            replace_last(' ');
+                            pop_cursor();
+                        }
+                        pop_back_utf8_char(line);
+                    } while (count == 0 && !widths.empty());
+                }
+            } else {
+                int offset = line.length();
+                append_utf8(input_char, line);
+                int width = put_codepoint(line.c_str() + offset, line.length() - offset, estimateWidth(input_char));
+                if (width < 0) {
+                    width = 0;
+                }
+                widths.push_back(width);
+            }
+
+            if (!line.empty() && (line.back() == '\\' || line.back() == '/')) {
+                set_display(prompt);
+                replace_last(line.back());
+                is_special_char = true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        bool has_more = multiline_input;
+        if (is_special_char) {
+            replace_last(' ');
+            pop_cursor();
+
+            char last = line.back();
+            line.pop_back();
+            if (last == '\\') {
+                line += '\n';
+                fputc('\n', out);
+                has_more = !has_more;
+            } else {
+                // llama will just eat the single space, it won't act as a space
+                if (line.length() == 1 && line.back() == ' ') {
+                    line.clear();
+                    pop_cursor();
+                }
+                has_more = false;
+            }
+        } else {
+            if (end_of_stream) {
+                has_more = false;
+            } else {
+                line += '\n';
+                fputc('\n', out);
+            }
+        }
+
+        fflush(out);
+        return has_more;
+    }
+
+    bool readline_simple(std::string & line, bool multiline_input) {
+#if defined(_WIN32)
+        std::wstring wline;
+        if (!std::getline(std::wcin, wline)) {
+            // Input stream is bad or EOF received
+            line.clear();
+            GenerateConsoleCtrlEvent(CTRL_C_EVENT, 0);
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        int size_needed = WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8, 0, &wline[0], (int)wline.size(), NULL, 0, NULL, NULL);
+        line.resize(size_needed);
+        WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8, 0, &wline[0], (int)wline.size(), &line[0], size_needed, NULL, NULL);
+#else
+        if (!std::getline(std::cin, line)) {
+            // Input stream is bad or EOF received
+            line.clear();
+            return false;
+        }
+#endif
+        if (!line.empty()) {
+            char last = line.back();
+            if (last == '/') { // Always return control on '/' symbol
+                line.pop_back();
+                return false;
+            }
+            if (last == '\\') { // '\\' changes the default action
+                line.pop_back();
+                multiline_input = !multiline_input;
+            }
+        }
+        line += '\n';
+
+        // By default, continue input if multiline_input is set
+        return multiline_input;
+    }
+
+    bool readline(std::string & line, bool multiline_input) {
+        set_display(user_input);
+
+        if (simple_io) {
+            return readline_simple(line, multiline_input);
+        }
+        return readline_advanced(line, multiline_input);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/examples/console.h b/examples/console.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec17526
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/console.h
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// Console functions
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <string>
+
+namespace console {
+    enum display_t {
+        reset = 0,
+        prompt,
+        user_input,
+        error
+    };
+
+    void init(bool use_simple_io, bool use_advanced_display);
+    void cleanup();
+    void set_display(display_t display);
+    bool readline(std::string & line, bool multiline_input);
+}
diff --git a/examples/main/main.cpp b/examples/main/main.cpp
index 3796a92..56ada7e 100644
--- a/examples/main/main.cpp
+++ b/examples/main/main.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #include "common.h"
+#include "console.h"
 #include "llama.h"
 #include "build-info.h"
 #include "grammar-parser.h"
@@ -35,9 +36,7 @@
 #pragma warning(disable: 4244 4267) // possible loss of data
 #endif
 
-static console_state con_st;
 static llama_context ** g_ctx;
-
 static bool is_interacting = false;
 
 #if defined (__unix__) || (defined (__APPLE__) && defined (__MACH__)) || defined (_WIN32)
@@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ void sigint_handler(int signo) {
         if (!is_interacting) {
             is_interacting=true;
         } else {
-            console_cleanup(con_st);
+            console::cleanup();
             printf("\n");
             llama_print_timings(*g_ctx);
             _exit(130);
@@ -64,10 +63,8 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
 
     // save choice to use color for later
     // (note for later: this is a slightly awkward choice)
-    con_st.use_color = params.use_color;
-    con_st.multiline_input = params.multiline_input;
-    console_init(con_st);
-    atexit([]() { console_cleanup(con_st); });
+    console::init(params.simple_io, params.use_color);
+    atexit([]() { console::cleanup(); });
 
     if (params.perplexity) {
         printf("\n************\n");
@@ -373,7 +370,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
 
     if (params.interactive) {
         const char *control_message;
-        if (con_st.multiline_input) {
+        if (params.multiline_input) {
             control_message = " - To return control to LLaMa, end your input with '\\'.\n"
                               " - To return control without starting a new line, end your input with '/'.\n";
         } else {
@@ -401,7 +398,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
     int n_past_guidance    = 0;
 
     // the first thing we will do is to output the prompt, so set color accordingly
-    console_set_color(con_st, CONSOLE_COLOR_PROMPT);
+    console::set_display(console::prompt);
 
     std::vector<llama_token> embd;
     std::vector<llama_token> embd_guidance;
@@ -422,9 +419,9 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
             // Ensure the input doesn't exceed the context size by truncating embd if necessary.
             if ((int)embd.size() > max_embd_size) {
                 auto skipped_tokens = embd.size() - max_embd_size;
-                console_set_color(con_st, CONSOLE_COLOR_ERROR);
+                console::set_display(console::error);
                 printf("<<input too long: skipped %zu token%s>>", skipped_tokens, skipped_tokens != 1 ? "s" : "");
-                console_set_color(con_st, CONSOLE_COLOR_DEFAULT);
+                console::set_display(console::reset);
                 fflush(stdout);
                 embd.resize(max_embd_size);
             }
@@ -667,7 +664,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
         }
         // reset color to default if we there is no pending user input
         if (input_echo && (int)embd_inp.size() == n_consumed) {
-            console_set_color(con_st, CONSOLE_COLOR_DEFAULT);
+            console::set_display(console::reset);
         }
 
         // if not currently processing queued inputs;
@@ -693,7 +690,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
                     if (last_output.find(antiprompt.c_str(), search_start_pos) != std::string::npos) {
                         if (params.interactive) {
                             is_interacting = true;
-                            console_set_color(con_st, CONSOLE_COLOR_USER_INPUT);
+                            console::set_display(console::user_input);
                         }
                         is_antiprompt = true;
                         fflush(stdout);
@@ -714,7 +711,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
 
                     is_interacting = true;
                     printf("\n");
-                    console_set_color(con_st, CONSOLE_COLOR_USER_INPUT);
+                    console::set_display(console::user_input);
                     fflush(stdout);
                 } else if (params.instruct) {
                     is_interacting = true;
@@ -739,12 +736,12 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
                 std::string line;
                 bool another_line = true;
                 do {
-                    another_line = console_readline(con_st, line);
+                    another_line = console::readline(line, params.multiline_input);
                     buffer += line;
                 } while (another_line);
 
                 // done taking input, reset color
-                console_set_color(con_st, CONSOLE_COLOR_DEFAULT);
+                console::set_display(console::reset);
 
                 // Add tokens to embd only if the input buffer is non-empty
                 // Entering a empty line lets the user pass control back