NAME
Print::Colored - print, say, prompt with predefined colors
SYNOPSIS
use Print::Colored;
use Print::Colored ':all';
# color
use Print::Colored ':color';
$colored_text = color_error $text; # bright red
$colored_text = color_info $text; # bright blue
$colored_text = color_input $text; # bright cyan
$colored_text = color_ok $text; # bright green
$colored_text = color_warn $text; # bright magenta
# print
use Print::Colored ':print';
print_error $text;
print_info $text;
print_input $text;
print_ok $text;
print_warn $text;
# prompt
use Print::Colored ':prompt';
$input = prompt_error $text, @params;
$input = prompt_info $text, @params;
$input = prompt_input $text, @params;
$input = prompt_ok $text, @params;
$input = prompt_warn $text, @params;
$password = password_error $text, @params;
$password = password_info $text, @params;
$password = password_input $text, @params;
$password = password_ok $text, @params;
$password = password_warn $text, @params;
# say
use Print::Colored ':say';
say_error $text;
say_info $text;
say_input $text;
say_ok $text;
say_warn $text;DESCRIPTION
Print::Colored provides functions to print, say, prompt with predefined colors.
We should use colors all the time we write sripts that run in the terminal. Read Use terminal colors to distinguish information by brian d foy to get some more ideas about it.
But experience shows that the more commands and constants we have to use the less colors our scripts have. This was the reason to build this rather simple module.
Limitations
Because the colors are predefined, there isn't much to configure. If you don't like them (and quite sure you don't) and until we come up with a better solution, you can use "coloralias" in Term::ANSIColor to modify them.
use Term::ANSIColor 'coloralias';
coloralias('error', 'yellow'); # default: bright_red
coloralias('info', 'white'); # default: bright_blue
coloralias('input', 'bright_white'); # default: bright_cyan
coloralias('ok', 'black'); # default: bright_green
coloralias('warn', 'red'); # default: bright_blueAll the commands except "color_" write directly to STDOUT.
print_ok $filehandle 'Everything okay.'; # ✗ no
say_ok $filehandle 'Everything okay.'; # ✗ noYou can't "print" and "say" to filehandles.
print $filehandle color_ok 'Everything okay.'; # ✓
say $filehandle color_ok 'Everything okay.'; # ✓Instead you have to use one of the "color" functions.
color
use Print::Colored ':color';Imports the functions "color_error", "color_info", "color_input", "color_ok", and "color_warn".
color_error
$colored_text = color_error 'There was an error';Returns a text colored as error.
color_info
$colored_text = color_info 'This is an info';Returns a text colored as info.
color_input
$colored_text = color_input 'Waiting for an input...';Returns a text colored as input.
color_ok
$colored_text = color_ok 'Everything okay';Returns a text colored as ok.
color_warn
$colored_text = color_warn 'Last warning';Returns a text colored as warn.
use Print::Colored ':print';Imports the functions "print_error", "print_info", "print_input", "print_ok", and "print_warn".
print_error
print_error 'There was an error';Prints a text colored as error.
print_info
print_info 'This is an info';Prints a text colored as info.
print_input
print_input 'Waiting for an input...';Prints a text colored as input.
print_ok
print_ok 'Everything okay';Prints a text colored as ok.
print_warn
print_warn 'Last warning';Prints a text colored as warn.
prompt
use Print::Colored ':prompt';Imports the functions "prompt_error", "prompt_info", "prompt_input", "prompt_ok", "prompt_warn", "password_error", "password_info", "password_input", "password_ok", and "password_warn". Internally they call "prompt" in IO::Prompter.
$password = prompt_input 'Enter your password: ', -echo => '*';
$password = password_input 'Enter your password: ';password functions ask for a password and are identical to prompt with parameter <-echo = '*'>>.
prompt_error
$input = prompt_error 'Enter your data: ';Prompts colored as error and returns the input.
prompt_info
$input = prompt_info 'Enter your data: ';Prompts colored as info and returns the input.
prompt_input
$input = prompt_input 'Enter your data: ';Prompts colored as input and returns the input.
prompt_ok
$input = prompt_ok 'Enter your data: ';Prompts colored as ok and returns the input.
prompt_warn
$input = prompt_warn 'Enter your data: ';Prompts colored as warn and returns the input.
password_error
$password = password_error 'Enter your password: ';Prompts colored as error for a password and returns the input.
password_info
$password = password_info 'Enter your password: ';Prompts colored as info for a password and returns the input.
password_input
$password = password_input 'Enter your password: ';Prompts colored as input for a password and returns the input.
password_ok
$password = password_ok 'Enter your password: ';Prompts colored as ok for a password and returns the input.
password_warn
$password = password_warn 'Enter your password: ';Prompts colored as warn for a password and returns the input.
say
use Print::Colored ':say';Imports the functions "say_error", "say_info", "say_input", "say_ok", and "say_warn".
say_error
say_error 'There was an error';Prints a text with appended newline colored as error.
say_info
say_info 'This is an info';Prints a text with appended newline colored as info.
say_input
say_input 'Waiting for an input...';Prints a text with appended newline colored as input.
say_ok
say_ok 'Everything okay';Prints a text with appended newline colored as ok.
say_warn
say_warn 'Last warning';Prints a text with appended newline colored as warn.
AUTHOR & COPYRIGHT
© 2019-2020 by Tekki (Rolf Stöckli).
This program is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the Artistic License version 2.0.