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TermColors

Import and export between multiple terminal colour scheme formats

Many templates are sourced from the Base16-Builder.

Colors are handled using Colr.

Installation

npm install termcolors

Terminal Usage

Use the -i and -o flags to set the input and output formats. Pipe the input data into stdin.

Missing colors will be automatically replaced with the default colors.

Reading from one file and writing to another:

$ termcolors -i xresources -o json < ~/.Xresources > output.json

Reading from xrdb output, and writing to stdout:

$ xrdb -q | termcolors -i xresources -o text

JS API Usage

var fs = require('fs');
var termcolors = require('termcolors');

var xresources = fs.readFileSync('~/.Xresources', 'utf8');
var colors = termcolors.xresources.import(xresources);

var iterm = termcolors.iterm.export(colors);
fs.writeFile('~/config.itermcolors', iterm);

Supported Formats

Note: only a select few formats support importing.

Name	ID	Import	Export
Alacritty	alacritty	✅	✅
Chrome Secure Shell	chromeshell		✅
Gnome	gnome		✅
Guake	guake		✅
iTerm	iterm	✅	✅
JSON	json	✅	✅
Kitty	kitty		✅
Konsole	konsole		✅
Linux Console	linux		✅
lxterminal	lxterminal		✅
MinTTY	mintty		✅
Putty	putty		✅
Simple Terminal	st		✅
Terminal.app	terminalapp	✅	✅
Terminator	terminator		✅
Termite	termite	✅	✅
Plain Text	text		✅
Sublime Text / Textmate	textmate		✅
Tilix	tilix		✅
urxvt	urxvt		✅
Wal	wal		✅
XFCE4 Terminal	xfce		✅
Windows Terminal	windowsTerminal	✅	✅
Xresources	xresources	✅	✅
XSHELL	xshell		✅

DIY Export

Templates use doT.js.

Check the templates folder for some examples.

Usage:

termcolors.export(template, [transformer])

• template (string)
• transformer (function)

The transformer is an optional function that is passed the colors input into the template and can transform them for use in the template.

This is useful so that you don't have to use the tinycolor

Example Without Converter:

var template = 'body { background {{=c.background.hexString()}}; }'

var cssTemplate = termcolors.export(template);

Example With Converter:

var template = 'body { background: {{=c.background}}; }'

var toHex = function (colors) {
    return {
        background: colors.background.hexString();
    }
};

var cssTemplate = termcolors.export(template, toHex);

Example With Lodash Mapping:

var _ = require('lodash');
var template = 'body { background: {{=c.background}}; }'

var toHex = _.partialRight(_.mapValues, function (color) {
    return color.hexString();
});

var cssTemplate = termcolors.export(template, toHex);