A haxe library with easy access to ANSI commands / escape codes.

Implements most commands allowing for complete control of the terminal.

install using this git repo

haxelib git http://www.github.com/snsvrno/ansi-hx.git

and then use to make rich terminal applications

import ansi.Paint.*;
// you can use single commands it change different aspects

Sys.println(background(Cyan) + bold() + " [ ANSI.hx ] " + reset());
Sys.println(color(Magenta) + "It's " + italic() + color() + "Great!" + italic(false));

// or you can use the paint wrapper

Sys.println(paint(" [ ANSI.hx ] ", null, Cyan, Bold));
Sys.println(paint("It's ", Magenta) + paint("Great!", Standout));

There are two main packages:

1. ansi.Command - sends commands to the terminal
2. ansi.Paint - creates command strings that need to be written to the terminal

By default ANSI.hx will be using True Color mode. This should allow you to print to the terminal using all 24bits of colors.

All though all modern terminals should support this, there maybe some that do not. ANSI.hx has a fallback so that things will look somewhat like you want them.

In order to enable fallback you need to run the color mode check function

ansi.colors.ColorMode.check();

This will determine if the terminal supports True Color 256 Color or just the standard 16 colors.

Everything else will automatically evaluate based on what the terminal supports.

Sys.println(backgroundRGB(0, 230, 0));

This will show the actual rgb color of (0,230,0) if True Color, the closest 256 color of index 46 (0,255,0) in 256 Color or the standard color of Green.

It is imporant to note that the standard color scheme may vary drastically from the desired color because of a user's terminal theme.