parser refactor + bytes input fix

gui/custom_widgets/main_context_widget.py

@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ def submit_input(self):
         user_line = self.input_widget.text()
         logger.debug("Sending input '%s' to inferior", user_line)
         user_input = b""
+        user_echo = b""
         # Check if the user wants to input a byte string literal, i.e. the input is in the form: 'b"MyInput \x12\x34"'
         if re.match(r'^b["\'].*["\']$', user_line):
             # Parse the str as if it were a bytes object
@@ -214,11 +215,16 @@ def submit_input(self):
             logger.debug("Parsed input as bytes string, final input: %s", byte_string)
             # Don't pass a newline here, the user needs to specify this himself by writing '\n' at the end of his input
             user_input = byte_string
+            # We want the user to get the evaluated string echoed back
+            # However without leading b' and ending ' to avoid confusion with regular string insert
+            user_echo = repr(byte_string)[2:][:-1].encode()
         else:
+            user_echo = user_line.encode() + b"\n"
             user_input = user_line.encode() + b"\n"
         if self.inferior_attached:
             self.gdb_write_input.emit(user_input)
         else:
+            self.update_gui.emit("main", user_echo)
             self.inferior_write.emit(user_input)
         self.input_widget.clear()
 

gui/parser.py

@@ -79,28 +79,28 @@ def parse_ascii_control(self, token: bytes):
         # Colors
         if start == b"30m":
             self.parser.setTextColor(Qt.GlobalColor.black)
-            self.parser.insertPlainText(token.replace(start, b"", 1).decode())
+            self.insert_token(token.replace(start, b"", 1))
         elif start == b"31m":
             self.parser.setTextColor(PwndbgGuiConstants.RED)
-            self.parser.insertPlainText(token.replace(start, b"", 1).decode())
+            self.insert_token(token.replace(start, b"", 1))
         elif start == b"32m":
             self.parser.setTextColor(PwndbgGuiConstants.GREEN)
-            self.parser.insertPlainText(token.replace(start, b"", 1).decode())
+            self.insert_token(token.replace(start, b"", 1))
         elif start == b"33m":
             self.parser.setTextColor(PwndbgGuiConstants.YELLOW)
-            self.parser.insertPlainText(token.replace(start, b"", 1).decode())
+            self.insert_token(token.replace(start, b"", 1))
         elif start == b"34m":
             self.parser.setTextColor(PwndbgGuiConstants.LIGHT_BLUE)
-            self.parser.insertPlainText(token.replace(start, b"", 1).decode())
+            self.insert_token(token.replace(start, b"", 1))
         elif start == b"35m":
             self.parser.setTextColor(PwndbgGuiConstants.PURPLE)
-            self.parser.insertPlainText(token.replace(start, b"", 1).decode())
+            self.insert_token(token.replace(start, b"", 1))
         elif start == b"36m":
             self.parser.setTextColor(PwndbgGuiConstants.CYAN)
-            self.parser.insertPlainText(token.replace(start, b"", 1).decode())
+            self.insert_token(token.replace(start, b"", 1))
         elif start == b"37m":
             self.parser.setTextColor(Qt.GlobalColor.white)
-            self.parser.insertPlainText(token.replace(start, b"", 1).decode())
+            self.insert_token(token.replace(start, b"", 1))
         elif start.startswith(b"38"):
             # 256-bit color format: 38;5;<FG COLOR>m
             # RGB format: 38;2;<r>;<g>;<b>m
@@ -116,26 +116,32 @@ def parse_ascii_control(self, token: bytes):
                 self.parser.setTextColor(QColor.fromRgb(r, g, b, 255))
             # Add the "m" into the start for stripping
             start = token[:token.index(b"m") + 1]
-            self.parser.insertPlainText(token.replace(start, b"", 1).decode())
+            self.insert_token(token.replace(start, b"", 1))
         elif start == b"39m":
             self.parser.setTextColor(Qt.GlobalColor.white)
-            self.parser.insertPlainText(token.replace(start, b"").decode())
+            self.insert_token(token.replace(start, b""))
         elif start == b"91m":
             # Bright red
             self.parser.setTextColor(Qt.GlobalColor.red)
-            self.parser.insertPlainText(token.replace(start, b"").decode())
+            self.insert_token(token.replace(start, b""))
         # Font
         elif start.startswith(b"0m"):
             self.reset_font()
-            self.parser.insertPlainText(token[2:].decode())
+            self.insert_token(token[2:])
         elif start.startswith(b"1m"):
             self.parser.setFontWeight(QFont.Weight.Bold)
-            self.parser.insertPlainText(token[2:].decode())
+            self.insert_token(token[2:])
         elif start.startswith(b"3m"):
             self.parser.setFontItalic(not self.parser.fontItalic())
-            self.parser.insertPlainText(token[2:].decode())
+            self.insert_token(token[2:])
         elif start.startswith(b"4m"):
             self.parser.setFontUnderline(not self.parser.fontUnderline())
-            self.parser.insertPlainText(token[2:].decode())
+            self.insert_token(token[2:])
         else:
+           self.insert_token(token)
+
+    def insert_token(self, token: bytes):
+        try:
             self.parser.insertPlainText(token.decode())
+        except UnicodeDecodeError:
+            self.parser.insertPlainText(repr(token))