🖊️ a highlight marker for your color ansi strings
If your CLI app outputs strings containing ANSI color codes, like this...
const ansiStr = '\u001b[37m\u001b[33m<\u001b[36mbody\u001b[33m>\u001b[37m \u001b[39m\n\u001b[37m\t\u001b[33m<\u001b[36mspan\u001b[33m>\u001b[37mGood\u001b[33m</\u001b[36mspan\u001b[33m>\u001b[37m\u001b[39m\n\u001b[37m\t\u001b[33m<\u001b[36mspan\u001b[33m>\u001b[37mBad\u001b[33m<\u001b[36mspan\u001b[33m>\u001b[37m \u001b[39m\n\u001b[37m\u001b[33m<\u001b[36mbody\u001b[33m>\u001b[37m \u001b[39m\n\u001b[37m\u001b[39m'
console.log(ansiStr)
... then your ANSI string contains visible, and invisible characters. This makes it difficult if you want to highlight a portion of your string. The start and end position of your highlight needs to account for the invisible characters.
But wouldn't it be simpler for everyone if there was a Node Module that let you highlight a sub-string using the offsets of the visible characters?
That is what ansi-mark does:
const chalk = require('chalk')
const opts = {
start: {line: 3, column: 11},
end: {line: 4, column: 7},
color: chalk.bgRed.white.bold,
resetColor: true
}
const result = ansiMark(ansiStr, opts)
If you want to keep the underlying colors in the portion of the string you are highlighting, use the resetColor: false option:
const chalk = require('chalk')
const opts = {
start: {line: 3, column: 11},
end: {line: 4, column: 7},
color: chalk.bgBlack
resetColor: false
}
const result = ansiMark(ansiStr, opts)
You can also highlight by a linear character offset rather than lines and columns
const chalk = require('chalk')
const opts = {
start: 46,
end: 64,
color: chalk.bgRed.white.bold,
resetColor: true
}
const result = ansiMark(ansiStr, opts)
$ yarn add ansi-mark
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