Undo backwards-incompatible change in naming of cmd2.ansi.Cursor method.

.gitignore

@@ -54,4 +54,3 @@ uv.lock
 # Node/npm used for installing Prettier locally to override the outdated version that is bundled with the VSCode extension
 node_modules/
 package-lock.json
-package.json

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 - Breaking Change
     - `cmd2` 2.6 supports Python 3.9+ (removed support for Python 3.8)
-    - Renamed methods in `cmd2.ansi.Cursor` to make it clear they are intended for internal use only as was documented
 - Enhancements
     - Add support for Python 3.14
 

Makefile

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 # Simple Makefile for use with a uv-based development environment
 .PHONY: install
-install: ## Install the virtual environment
-	@echo "🚀 Creating virtual environment"
+install: ## Install the virtual environment with dependencies
+	@echo "🚀 Creating uv Python virtual environment"
 	@uv sync
+	@echo "🚀 Installing Prettier using npm"
+	@npm install
 
 .PHONY: check
 check: ## Run code quality tools.

cmd2/ansi.py

@@ -219,27 +219,27 @@ class Cursor:
     """Create ANSI sequences to alter the cursor position."""
 
     @staticmethod
-    def _up(count: int = 1) -> str:
+    def UP(count: int = 1) -> str:  # noqa: N802
         """Move the cursor up a specified amount of lines (Defaults to 1)."""
         return f"{CSI}{count}A"
 
     @staticmethod
-    def _down(count: int = 1) -> str:
+    def DOWN(count: int = 1) -> str:  # noqa: N802
         """Move the cursor down a specified amount of lines (Defaults to 1)."""
         return f"{CSI}{count}B"
 
     @staticmethod
-    def _forward(count: int = 1) -> str:
+    def FORWARD(count: int = 1) -> str:  # noqa: N802
         """Move the cursor forward a specified amount of lines (Defaults to 1)."""
         return f"{CSI}{count}C"
 
     @staticmethod
-    def _back(count: int = 1) -> str:
+    def BACK(count: int = 1) -> str:  # noqa: N802
         """Move the cursor back a specified amount of lines (Defaults to 1)."""
         return f"{CSI}{count}D"
 
     @staticmethod
-    def _set_pos(x: int, y: int) -> str:
+    def SET_POS(x: int, y: int) -> str:  # noqa: N802
         """Set the cursor position to coordinates which are 1-based."""
         return f"{CSI}{y};{x}H"
 
@@ -1079,11 +1079,11 @@ def async_alert_str(*, terminal_columns: int, prompt: str, line: str, cursor_off
 
     # Move the cursor down to the last input line
     if cursor_input_line != num_input_terminal_lines:
-        terminal_str += Cursor._down(num_input_terminal_lines - cursor_input_line)
+        terminal_str += Cursor.DOWN(num_input_terminal_lines - cursor_input_line)
 
     # Clear each line from the bottom up so that the cursor ends up on the first prompt line
     total_lines = num_prompt_terminal_lines + num_input_terminal_lines
-    terminal_str += (clear_line() + Cursor._up(1)) * (total_lines - 1)
+    terminal_str += (clear_line() + Cursor.UP(1)) * (total_lines - 1)
 
     # Clear the first prompt line
     terminal_str += clear_line()

package.json

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "prettier": "^3.5.3",
+    "prettier-plugin-toml": "^2.0.5"
+  }
+}

pyproject.toml

@@ -266,7 +266,6 @@ per-file-ignores."cmd2/argparse_custom.py" = [
     "B010", # Do not call setattr with a constant attribute value
 ]
 
-
 per-file-ignores."examples/*.py" = [
     "ANN",     # Ignore all type annotation rules in examples folder
     "D",       # Ignore all pydocstyle rules in examples folder
@@ -309,7 +308,6 @@ per-file-ignores."tests_isolated/*.py" = [
     "SLF", # Ignore all warnings about private or protected member access in test folders
 ]
 
-
 [tool.ruff.format]
 # Like Black, use double quotes for strings.
 quote-style = "preserve"

tests/test_ansi.py

@@ -202,14 +202,14 @@ def test_clear_line() -> None:
 
 def test_cursor() -> None:
     count = 1
-    assert ansi.Cursor._up(count) == f"{ansi.CSI}{count}A"
-    assert ansi.Cursor._down(count) == f"{ansi.CSI}{count}B"
-    assert ansi.Cursor._forward(count) == f"{ansi.CSI}{count}C"
-    assert ansi.Cursor._back(count) == f"{ansi.CSI}{count}D"
+    assert ansi.Cursor.UP(count) == f"{ansi.CSI}{count}A"
+    assert ansi.Cursor.DOWN(count) == f"{ansi.CSI}{count}B"
+    assert ansi.Cursor.FORWARD(count) == f"{ansi.CSI}{count}C"
+    assert ansi.Cursor.BACK(count) == f"{ansi.CSI}{count}D"
 
     x = 4
     y = 5
-    assert ansi.Cursor._set_pos(x, y) == f"{ansi.CSI}{y};{x}H"
+    assert ansi.Cursor.SET_POS(x, y) == f"{ansi.CSI}{y};{x}H"
 
 
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