A Go module (and standalone binary) to make the output of coloured/formatted text in the terminal easier and more readable.
You can use it in your Go programs, and bash etc. too.
The output of coloured/formatted text is easy using the following syntax:
package main
import "github.com/liamg/tml"
func main() {
tml.Printf("<red>this text is <bold>red</bold></red> and the following is <green>%s</green>\n", "not red")
}First, install tml:
Install Go and run the following command.
# For Go 1.16+
# Make sure that `$GOPATH/bin` is in your `$PATH`, because that's where this gets installed
go install github.com/liamg/tml/tml@latest
# For Go <1.16
go get -u github.com/liamg/tml/tml
Then you can simply pipe text containing tags to tml:
#!/bin/bash
echo "<red>this text is <bold>red</bold></red> and the following is <green>not red</green>" | tmlEach tag is enclosed in angle brackets, much like HTML.
You can nest tags as deeply as you like.
It's not required to close tags you've opened, though it can make for easier reading.
<red><green><yellow><blue><magenta><cyan><lightgrey><darkgrey><black><white><lightred><lightgreen><lightyellow><lightblue><lightmagenta><lightcyan>
<bg-red><bg-green><bg-yellow><bg-blue><bg-magenta><bg-cyan><bg-lightgrey><bg-darkgrey><bg-black><bg-white><bg-lightred><bg-lightgreen><bg-lightyellow><bg-lightblue><bg-lightmagenta><bg-lightcyan>
<bold><dim><italic><underline><blink><reverse><hidden><strikethrough>