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ansi-aware-terminal-text-utils

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Streamline terminal UI table formatting with ANSI-aware text utilities.

Software Engineering#terminal#CLI tools#table formatting#text utilities#ANSI codes
Authorruskibeats
Version1.0.0
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What problem does it solve?

This Skill addresses the challenge of formatting terminal UI tables correctly, especially when dealing with ANSI escape codes and wide characters.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • ANSI Code Handling: Correctly measures and handles strings with ANSI escape codes for consistent visual display.
  • Wide Character Support: Counts CJK ideographs and emoji as two visual columns for accurate table layout.
  • Utility Functions: Provides functions like visualWidth, truncate, pad, padOnly, and stripAnsi for flexible text manipulation.
  • Use Case: When building a CLI tool or terminal-based application that requires precise text formatting, such as a table renderer or board view.

Quick Start

Use the ansi-aware-terminal-text-utils skill to calculate the visual width of a string containing ANSI codes: visualWidth("Hello\x1b[31mWorld\x1b[0m").

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Name: ansi-aware-terminal-text-utils
Download link: https://github.com/ruskibeats/t1d/archive/main.zip#ansi-aware-terminal-text-utils

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