Colorfmt

Golang ANSI-colors library based on inlined tags.

Install

go get -u github.com/dolab/colorize

Usage

package main

import (
	"os"

	"github.com/pior/colorfmt"
)

func main() {
	colorfmt.Printf("{red+bh}-> {yellow+h}Go to {link}%s", "https://wikipedia.com")
	colorfmt.Printf(" {white+bh}NOW !!{reset}\n")

	text := "{Red+bh}Warning: {yellow}this some color\n"

	colorfmt.New(os.Stderr, true).Printf(text)  // To stdout
	colorfmt.New(os.Stderr, false).Printf(text) // Without color
}

Tag format

Format: fgColor+fgAttributes:bgColor+bgAttributes

Examples:

• {red} (red text)
• {yellow:bh} (bold light-yellow text)
• {red+white:h} (red text on light-white background)

Colors:

• black
• red
• green
• yellow
• blue
• magenta
• cyan
• white
• 0...255 (256 colors)

Foreground Attributes:

• B = Blink
• b = bold
• h = high intensity (bright)
• i = inverse
• s = strikethrough
• u = underline

Background Attributes:

• h = high intensity (bright)

Special tags:

• {reset}: emit a reset ANSI code to clear all coloring/styling
• {link}: simulate the style of a clickable hypertext link

License

MIT