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anstream

IO stream adapters for writing colored text that will gracefully degrade according to your terminal's capabilities

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anstream

A simple cross platform library for writing colored text to a terminal.

A portmanteau of "ansi stream"

Documentation License Crates Status

Specialized stdout and stderr that accept ANSI escape codes and adapt them based on the terminal's capabilities.

anstream::adapter::strip_str may also be of interest on its own for low overhead stripping of ANSI escape codes.

License

Licensed under either of

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