== Easily add colors, boxes, repetitions and emojis to your terminal output using pipes (|). Install using the Ruby Gem: > gem install pipetext Includes a Ruby library module which can be included in your code: require 'pipetext' class YellowPrinter include PipeText def print(string) write('|Y' + string + '|n') end end printer = YellowPrinter.new printer.print('This is yellow') The gem includes a command line interface too: > pipetext > pipetext '|Ccyan|n' --- | pipe || & ampersand && Toggle (&) background color mode |& smoke |s white |W black text on white background |k&w red |r bright red |R red background &r green |g bright green |G green background &g blue |b bright blue |B blue background &b cyan |c bright cyan |C cyan background &c yellow |y bright yellow |Y yellow background &y magenta |m bright magenta |M magenta background &m --- Hex RGB color codes: Foreground |#RRGGBB Background &#RRGGBB Palette colors (256) using Hex: |p33&pF8 Clear Screen |! black with white background |K&w Blinking |@ white with magenta background |w&m invert |i smoke with green background |s&g Underlined |_ red with cyan background |r&c Italics |~ bright red with blue background |R&b Bold |+ green with yellow background |g&y Faint |. bright green with red background |G&r Crossed out |x normal color and background |n&n Escape Sequence |\ --- Example unicode sequences: https://unicode.org/emoji/charts/full-emoji-list.html |[CLDR Short Name] ⚙ |[gear] 😍 |[smiling face with heart-eyes] 💤 |[zzz] ✔ |U2714 ❌ |U274c ☮ |u262E 💎 |u1f48e 💜 |u1f49c --- Single or double line box mode with |- or |= ┌──┬──┐ ╔══╦══╗ +--+--+ <-- Draw this with this: |15 |-[--v--] |=[--v--] |o[--v--] │ │ │ ║ ║ ║ | | | |15 |-! ! ! |=! ! ! |o! ! ! 123456789012345├──┴──┤ ╠══╩══╣ +--+--+ |y1234567890|g12345|n|->--^--< |=>--^--< |o>--^--< 15 Spaces │ │ ║ ║ | | |c15|n Spaces|6 |-! ! |=! ! |o! ! (|15 ) └─────┘ ╚═════╝ +-----+ (||15 )|9 |-{-----} |={-----} |o{-----} ┌──────────────────┐ ╔════════════════════╗ |-[|18-]|4 |g&m|=[|20-]|n&n|O │ │ ║ ║ |-!|18 !|4 |g&m|=!|20 !|n&n|O ├──────────────────┤ ╠════════════════════╣ |->|18-<|4 &m|g|=>|20-<|n&n|O │ │ ║ ║ |-!|18 !|4 |g&m|=!|20 !|n&n|O └──────────────────┘ ╚════════════════════╝ |-{|18-}|4 |g&m|={|20-}|n&n|O --- Repetition using | followed by the number of characters to repeat and then the character to repeat. |15* does the * character 15 times like this: *************** --- ==Use the ++pipetext++ command to see other options and examples.