crayon

An extremely simple way to turn your bland terminal output into beautifully styled text.

Installation:

Install using vpkg

vpkg get https://github.com/thecodrr/crayon

Install using v’s builtin vpm (you will need to import the module with: import thecodrr.crayon with this method of installation):

v install thecodrr.crayon

Install using git:

cd path/to/your/project
git clone https://github.com/thecodrr/crayon
# Or add it as a submodule
git submodule add https://github.com/thecodrr/crayon crayon && git submodule update --init --recursive

Then in the wherever you want to use it:

import crayon

And that’s it!

Usage

crayon.new(texts …string)

Initializes a new Crayon for the specified text. You can pass multiple strings in the texts argument. Nesting Crayons is supported (see example below).

crayon.new returns a Chalk by default. Turn it into a styled string using the .str() function

crayon.new("Hello", crayon.new("world").bold().str()).cyan().underline().str()

crayon.color(text string)

Use this to style the text using the template API.

crayon.color("{bold.underline I am bold and underlined} and I am not")

Each template starts with { and ends with }. All styles must come at the beginning without any spaces. This function returns a string by default. You can use rgb function as rgb(92,92,92) to use custom colors.

Nested templates are currently not supported (WIP) so keep in mind that.

crayon.strip_text(text string)

Strip a styled string of all the styles returning a pure & clean string

The Crayon struct

The template API uses these same names just without the () except for the rgb usage.

Styles:

bold()

italic()

reverse()

underline()

strikethrough()

dim()

slow_blink()

rapid_blink()

Colors:

For background colors just put bg_ before each method

black()

white()

red()

green()

yellow()

blue()

magenta()

cyan()

light_gray()

dark_gray()

light_red()

light_green()

light_yellow()

light_blue()

light_magenta()

light_cyan()

RGB Support

rbg(int,int,int)

Other Methods:

strip() Strip the Crayon of all styles. Returns a string

len() Get the actual length of the styled string. Same as doing strip().len()

print()Print the styled stringtoterminal.

print_with(...string)Print the styled string to terminal with some additional strings

Projects Using Crayon:

1. thecodrr.boxx

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License

Copyright (c) 2019 Abdullah Atta

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