ptcolors Package

ptcolors is a lightweight Python package designed to add vibrant color messages to your terminal output with minimal effort. Whether you’re building command-line applications and scripts or simply want to enhance the readability of your terminal messages, ptcolors provides an easy-to-use interface to bring your text to life.

With ptcolors, you can apply a wide range of colors and styles to your terminal text, making it more engaging and visually appealing. It's perfect for developers who want to add a splash of color to their terminal without dealing with the complexities of ANSI escape codes.

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Components

The ptcolors's codebase structure is as shown below:

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├── LICENSE
├── README.md
├── MANIFEST.in
├── VERSION
├── build_docs
│   ├── Makefile
│   ├── __init__.py
│   ├── build
│   ├── make.bat
│   └── src
│       ├── __init__.py
│       ├── _static
│       ├── _templates
│       ├── conf.py
│       ├── index.rst
│       └── ptcolors.rst
├── requirements
│   ├── testing.txt
├── requirements.txt
├── setup.py
└── src
    ├── ptcolors
    │   ├── __init__.py
    │   └── ptcolors.py
    └── tests
        ├── __init__.py
        └── test_ptcolors.py

Example

Here's an example of how to use ptcolors:

# import the PTColors class
from ptcolors.ptcolors import PTColors

# create a msg object
msg = PTColors()

# use the msg methods
msg.headermsg("This is a header message.")
msg.okmsg("This is a success message.")
msg.warnmsg("This is a warning message.")
msg.failmsg("This is a failure message.")
msg.infomsg("This is an info message.")

This should create a terminal output similar to the one below.

Here’s an example of using a context manager to handle resources, like managing messages during a function’s execution. Context managers in Python, typically implemented with the with statement, allow you to control resource allocation and release efficiently. Here we demonstrate using the PTColors context manager.

# import the PTColors class
from ptcolors.ptcolors import PTColors
from builtins import RuntimeError

# instanstiate a PTColors object called msg
msg = PTColors()

# define a callback function foo that takes an argument bar and variable keyword arguments
def foo(bar: str, **kwargs) -> None:
    """A function that does nothing."""

# Use the context manager messages in the script
with msg.messages(
    "Running the foo function...",          # Message displayed at the start
    "foo function complete...",             # Message displayed on successful completion
    "foo function experienced a problem!",  # Message displayed on failure
    foo,                                    # The callback or function to be executed (foo)
    *["bar",],                              # Positional arguments for the function (bar)
    **{"Exception": RuntimeError, },        # Optional keyword arguments and optional arguments
                                            # for the callback function
) as status:
    if status:
        print("Oh no!")
    else:
        print("Hooray!")

This should create a terminal output similar to the one below.