A `formatter_class` for `argparse` that deals with ANSI colour escapes. Specifically, this formatter does not count escape characters as displayed characters when wrapping `argparse`'s help text into the terminal.
Project description
argparse-color-formatter
A formatter_class
for argparse
that deals with ANSI colour escapes. Specifically, this formatter does not count escape characters as displayed characters when wrapping argparse's help text into the terminal.
Install
$ pip install argparse-color-formatter
Usage
Pass in argparse_color_formatter.ColorHelpFormatter
to a new argument parser as formatter_class
import argparse
from argparse_color_formatter import ColorHelpFormatter
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
formatter_class=ColorHelpFormatter
)
Development
Setup
pipenv install --dev
pre-commit install
pre-commit install --hook-type commit-msg
Build
pipenv run build
Test
pipenv run test
After & Before
ANSI colour escapes using this library's new ColorHelpFormatter
:
ANSI colour escapes using the default HelpFormatter
:
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