Parcol - Parse ANSI Colors

A simple and powerful utility for parsing Chalk color methods in strings. Parcol makes it easy to add beautiful colors to your terminal output with a simple syntax.

Table of Contents

• Syntax
• Installation
• Usage
• Examples
  • Using Parcol Multiple Times in a String
  • Using Multiple Methods
• All Color Keys
  • Basic Colors
  • Bright (Highlight) Colors
  • Background Colors
  • Bright Background Colors
  • Modifiers
• License

Syntax

~(color_key) (your_text)~

We refer to the text enclosed between ~ ~ as parcol. Instead of the color key in the syntax above, you can find a table of color key methods converted to Parcol keys below ANSI colors.

The simplest usage example is bl for blue. So when you type ~bl ...~, Parcol will convert your code to c.blue("...").

Installation

Install Parcol using your preferred package manager:

# Using npm
npm install parcol

# Using yarn
yarn add parcol

# Using pnpm
pnpm add parcol

Usage

The following code demonstrates how Parcol converts text to specific ANSI colors. It will convert the text "blue" to c.blue("blue"), so the blue text will remain blue while other text will not be modified.

import parcol from "parcol";

const my_text = "this is a ~bl blue~ message";

parcol.pit(my_text);

Examples

Below are some usage examples for Parcol.

Using Parcol Multiple Times in a String

You can use Parcol multiple times in a single string expression.

import parcol from "parcol";

parcol.pit("~y hi~ ~r red~, my favorite color is ~bl blue~ but I also love ~m purple~");

Using Multiple Methods

To apply more than one method, separate them with a comma (,). Here is an example using bl,d:

import parcol from "parcol";

// It sets the text to both blue and dim (bl,d).
parcol.pit("this is a ~bl,d blue~ message", "and this is ~d dim~ text");

All Color Keys

You can find all Parcol color keys below. The tables consist of two columns: the first column lists the color keys available in Parcol, and the second column shows the corresponding method names in ANSI colors.

Basic Colors

Bright (Highlight) Colors

Background Colors

Bright Background Colors

Modifiers

LICENSE : MIT