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Getopt-EX-v1.6.0
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/ Getopt::EX::Colormap

NAME

Getopt::EX::Colormap - ANSI terminal color and option support

SYNOPSIS

  GetOptions('colormap|cm:s' => @opt_colormap);

  require Getopt::EX::Colormap;
  my $cm = new Getopt::EX::Colormap;
  $cm->load_params(@opt_colormap);  

  print $cm->color('FILE', 'FILE labeled text');

  print $cm->index_color($index, 'TEXT');

    or

  use Getopt::EX::Colormap qw(colorize);
  $text = colorize(SPEC, TEXT);
  $text = colorize(SPEC_1, TEXT_1, SPEC_2, TEXT_2, ...);

DESCRIPTION

Coloring text capability is not strongly bound to option processing, but it may be useful to give simple uniform way to specify complicated color setting from command line.

This module assumes the color information is given in two ways: one in labeled list, and one in indexed list.

This is an example of labeled list:

    --cm 'COMMAND=SE,OMARK=CS,NMARK=MS' \
    --cm 'OTEXT=C,NTEXT=M,*CHANGE=BD/445,DELETE=APPEND=RD/544' \
    --cm 'CMARK=GS,MMARK=YS,CTEXT=G,MTEXT=Y'

Each color definitions are separated by comma (,) and label is specified by LABEL= style precedence. Multiple labels can be set for same value by connecting them together. Label name can be specified with * and ? wild characters.

Indexed list example is like this:

    --cm 555/100,555/010,555/001 \
    --cm 555/011,555/101,555/110 \
    --cm 555/021,555/201,555/210 \
    --cm 555/012,555/102,555/120

This is the example of RGB 6x6x6 216 colors specification. Left side of slash is foreground color, and right side is for background. This color list is accessed by index.

Handler maintains hash and list objects, and labeled colors are stored in hash, non-label colors are in list automatically. User can mix both specifications.

Besides producing ANSI colored text, this module supports calling arbitrary function to handle a string. See "FUNCTION SPEC" section for more detail.

COLOR SPEC

Color specification is a combination of single uppercase character representing 8 colors :

    R  Red
    G  Green
    B  Blue
    C  Cyan
    M  Magenta
    Y  Yellow
    K  Black
    W  White

and alternative (usually brighter) colors in lowercase:

    r, g, b, c, m, y, k, w

or RGB values and 24 grey levels if using ANSI 256 or full color terminal :

    000000 .. FFFFFF : 24bit RGB colors
    000 .. 555       : 6x6x6 RGB 216 colors
    L00 .. L23       : 24 grey levels

    Note that, when values are all same in 24bit RGB, it is converted to 24 grey level, otherwise 6x6x6 216 color.

with other special effects :

    Z  0 Zero (reset)
    D  1 Double-struck (boldface)
    P  2 Pale (dark)
    I  3 Italic
    U  4 Underline
    F  5 Flash (blink: slow)
    Q  6 Quick (blink: rapid)
    S  7 Stand-out (reverse video)
    V  8 Vanish (concealed)
    J  9 Junk (crossed out)

    E    Erase Line

    ;  No effect
    X  No effect

If the spec includes /, left side is considered as foreground color and right side as background. If multiple colors are given in same spec, all indicators are produced in the order of their presence. Consequently, the last one takes effect.

Effect characters are case insensitive, and can be found anywhere and in any order in color spec string. Because X and ; takes no effect, you can use them to improve readability, like SxD;K/544.

Samples:

    RGB  6x6x6    24bit           color
    ===  =======  =============   ==================
    B    005      0000FF        : blue foreground
     /M     /505        /FF00FF : magenta background
    K/W  000/555  000000/FFFFFF : black on white
    R/G  500/050  FF0000/00FF00 : red on green
    W/w  L03/L20  303030/c6c6c6 : grey on grey

24-bit RGB color sequence is supported but disabled by default. Set $COLOR_RGB24 module variable to enable it.

Character "E" is abbreviation for "{EL}", and it clears the line from cursor to the end of the line. At this time, background color is set to the area. When this code is found at the end of start sequence, it is copied to just before ending reset sequence, to kepp the effect even when the text is wrapped to multiple lines.

Other ANSI CSI sequences are also available in the form of "{NAME}", despite there are few reasons to use them.

    CUU n   Cursor up
    CUD n   Cursor Down
    CUF n   Cursor Forward
    CUB n   Cursor Back
    CNL n   Cursor Next Line
    CPL n   Cursor Previous line
    CHA n   Cursor Horizontal Absolute
    CUP n,m Cursor Position
    ED  n   Erase in Display (0 after, 1 before, 2 entire, 3 w/buffer)
    EL  n   Erase in Line (0 after, 1 before, 2 entire)
    SU  n   Scroll Up
    SD  n   Scroll Down
    HVP n,m Horizontal Vertical Position
    SGR n*  Select Graphic Rendition
    SCP     Save Cursor Position
    RCP     Restore Cursor Position

These name accept following optional numerical parameters, using comma (',') or semicolon (';') to separate multiple ones, with optional braces. For example, color spec DK/544 can be described as {SGR1;30;48;5;224} or more readable {SGR(1,30,48,5,224)}.

FUNCTION SPEC

It is also possible to set arbitrary function which is called to handle string in place of color, and that is not necessarily concerned with color. This scheme is quite powerful and the module name itself may be somewhat misleading. Spec string which start with sub{ is considered as a function definition. So

    % example --cm 'sub{uc}'

set the function object in the color entry. And when color method is called with that object, specified function is called instead of producing ANSI color sequence. Function is supposed to get the target text as a global variable $_, and return the result as a string. Function sub{uc} in the above example returns uppercase version of $_.

If your script prints file name according to the color spec labeled by FILE, then

    % example --cm FILE=R

prints the file name in red, but

    % example --cm FILE=sub{uc}

will print the name in uppercases.

Spec start with & is considered as a function name. If the function double is defined like:

    sub double { $_ . $_ }

then, command

    % example --cm '&double'

produces doubled text by color method. Function can also take parameters, so the next example

    sub repeat {
        my %opt = @_;
        $_ x $opt{count} // 1;
    }

    % example --cm '&repeat(count=3)'

produces tripled text.

Function object is created by <Getopt::EX::Func> module. Take a look at the module for detail.

EXAMPLE CODE

    #!/usr/bin/perl
    
    use strict;
    use warnings;

    my @opt_colormap;
    use Getopt::EX::Long;
    GetOptions("colormap|cm=s" => \@opt_colormap);
    
    my %colormap = ( # default color map
        FILE => 'R',
        LINE => 'G',
        TEXT => 'B',
        );
    my @colors;
    
    require Getopt::EX::Colormap;
    my $handler = new Getopt::EX::Colormap
        HASH => \%colormap,
        LIST => \@colors;
    
    $handler->load_params(@opt_colormap);

    for (0 .. $#colors) {
        print $handler->index_color($_, "COLOR $_"), "\n";
    }
    
    for (sort keys %colormap) {
        print $handler->color($_, $_), "\n";
    }

This sample program is complete to work. If you save this script as a file example, try to put following contents in ~/.examplerc and see what happens.

    option default \
        --cm 555/100,555/010,555/001 \
        --cm 555/011,555/101,555/110 \
        --cm 555/021,555/201,555/210 \
        --cm 555/012,555/102,555/120

METHODS

color label, TEXT
color color_spec, TEXT

Return colored text indicated by label or color spec string.

index_color index, TEXT

Return colored text indicated by index. If the index is bigger than color list, it rounds up.

new
append
load_params

See super class Getopt::EX::LabeledParam.

SEE ALSO

Getopt::EX, Getopt::EX::LabeledParam

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code