minchin.text 5.1.1

minchin.text
============

Python library for text formatting on the command line.

Available Data
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\_\_version\_\_
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library version.

re_ansi_control_codes
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Compiled regex pattern for ANSI control codes, including colors.

re_weburl
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Compiled regex pattern for web URL's -- http, https, and naked domains like "example.com"

re_allurl
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Compiled regex pattern to match all URL's, including "mailto:foo@example.com", "x-whatever://foo", etc.

Available Commands
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length_no_ansi(mystring)
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Takes a string, strips out the ANSI escape codes
(used for colouring terminal output, etc.), and returns
the length of the resulting string

centered (mystring, linewidth=None, fill=" ")
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Takes a string, centres it, and pads it on both sides. Default ``linewidth`` is one less than the console width.

clock_on_right(mystring)
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Takes a string, and prints it with the time right aligned

query_yes_no(question, default="yes")
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Ask a yes/no question via raw_input() and return their answer.

- "question" is a string that is presented to the user.
- "default" is the presumed answer if the user just hits <Enter>. It must be "yes" (the default), "no" or None (meaning an answer is required of the user).
- The "answer" return value is one of "yes" or "no".

query_yes_no_all(question, default="yes")
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Ask a yes/no/all question via raw_input() and return their answer.

- "question" is a string that is presented to the user.
- "default" is the presumed answer if the user just hits <Enter>. It must be "yes" (the default), "no", "all" or None (meaning an answer is required of the user).
- The "answer" return value is one of "yes", "no", or "all".

def query_yes_quit(question, default="quit")
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Ask a yes/quit question via raw_input() and return their answer.

- "question" is a string that is presented to the user.
- "default" is the presumed answer if the user just hits <Enter>. It must be "yes" (the default), "quit" or None (meaning an answer is required of the user).
- The "answer" return value is one of "yes" or "quit".

wait(sec)
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Prints a timer with the format 0:00 to the console,
and then clears the line when the timer is done.

title(mytitle)
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Takes 'mytitle', centers it, and prints it in yellow letters on a blue background.


subtitle(mysubtitle)
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Takes 'mysubtitle', centers it, and prints it in bright (white) letters on a normal (black) background.

progressbar (class)
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This class is used to create and then update a 'progress bar', like:

.. code-block:: shell

[================> ] 17 / 70


progressbar(current=0, maximum=100, bar_color=colorama.Fore.GREEN)
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Creates a progress bar class. Prints the progress bar.

progressbar.update(currently=None)
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Updates the value of the progress bar and prints it.

progressbar.reset()
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Sets the value of the progress bar to 0 (zero) and prints it.

Code
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The code is available at `https://github.com/MinchinWeb/minchin.text <https://github.com/MinchinWeb/minchin.text>`_

Contributions are welcome!

Tests
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Located in the `test` folder. Each is a "visual test", so they need to be run and the output manually examined.

License
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The code is licensed under the MIT license. See that attached `LICENSE` file.


v 5.1.1 [2017-10-03]
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- allow `setup.py` to work with versions of Python before 3.6
- remove hardcoded terminal width of 79 characters

v 5.1.0 [2017-01-29]
====================

- `minchin.text.progressbar()` will only print (by default) every 0.1 seconds
- fix progressbar bug where "overfull" bars would go on to multiple lines
- add `get_terminal_size()`
- upgrade release machinery

v 5.0 [2015-06-10]
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- move package to `minchin.text`
- add tests for `minchin.text.centered()`
- add end character to progress bar
- add documentation to README.rst

v 4.4 [2014-10-26]
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- typographic changes to allow wmtext to work in Python 3

v 4.1 [2014-03-10]
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- allow access as a direct object. i.e. use `import wmtext` rather than `from wmtext import wmtext`

v 4.0 [2014-02-06]
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- packaged as a separate module
- added progress bar
- first public release

v 3.2 [2014-02-02]
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- add `length_no_ansi()` allowing you to determine the length of a string after stripping out ANSI codes.