Crate termcolor[−][src]

This crate provides a cross platform abstraction for writing colored text to a terminal. Colors are written using either ANSI escape sequences or by communicating with a Windows console. Much of this API was motivated by use inside command line applications, where colors or styles can be configured by the end user and/or the environment.

This crate also provides platform independent support for writing colored text to an in memory buffer. While this is easy to do with ANSI escape sequences (because they are in the buffer themselves), it is trickier to do with the Windows console API, which requires synchronous communication.

Organization

The WriteColor trait extends the io::Write trait with methods for setting colors or resetting them.

StandardStream and StandardStreamLock both satisfy WriteColor and are analogous to std::io::Stdout and std::io::StdoutLock, or std::io::Stderr and std::io::StderrLock.

Buffer is an in memory buffer that supports colored text. In a parallel program, each thread might write to its own buffer. A buffer can be printed to using a BufferWriter. The advantage of this design is that each thread can work in parallel on a buffer without having to synchronize access to global resources such as the Windows console. Moreover, this design also prevents interleaving of buffer output.

Ansi and NoColor both satisfy WriteColor for arbitrary implementors of io::Write. These types are useful when you know exactly what you need. An analogous type for the Windows console is not provided since it cannot exist.

Example: using `StandardStream`

The StandardStream type in this crate works similarly to std::io::Stdout, except it is augmented with methods for coloring by the WriteColor trait. For example, to write some green text:

use std::io::Write;
use termcolor::{Color, ColorChoice, ColorSpec, StandardStream, WriteColor};

let mut stdout = StandardStream::stdout(ColorChoice::Always);
stdout.set_color(ColorSpec::new().set_fg(Some(Color::Green)))?;
writeln!(&mut stdout, "green text!")?;

Example: using `BufferWriter`

A BufferWriter can create buffers and write buffers to stdout or stderr. It does not implement io::Write or WriteColor itself. Instead, Buffer implements io::Write and io::WriteColor.

This example shows how to print some green text to stderr.

use std::io::Write;
use termcolor::{BufferWriter, Color, ColorChoice, ColorSpec, WriteColor};

let mut bufwtr = BufferWriter::stderr(ColorChoice::Always);
let mut buffer = bufwtr.buffer();
buffer.set_color(ColorSpec::new().set_fg(Some(Color::Green)))?;
writeln!(&mut buffer, "green text!")?;
bufwtr.print(&buffer)?;

Structs

Ansi	Satisfies `WriteColor` using standard ANSI escape sequences.
Buffer	Write colored text to memory.
BufferWriter	Writes colored buffers to stdout or stderr.
ColorSpec	A color specification.
NoColor	Satisfies `WriteColor` but ignores all color options.
ParseColorError	An error from parsing an invalid color specification.
StandardStream	Satisfies `io::Write` and `WriteColor`, and supports optional coloring to either of the standard output streams, stdout and stderr.
StandardStreamLock	`StandardStreamLock` is a locked reference to a `StandardStream`.

Enums

Color	The set of available colors for the terminal foreground/background.
ColorChoice	ColorChoice represents the color preferences of an end user.

Traits

WriteColor

This trait describes the behavior of writers that support colored output.