argparse-color-formatter 1.2.2.post2

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.

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.

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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
)

Before & After

ANSI colour escapes using the default HelpFormatter:

ANSI colour escapes using this libraries new ColorHelpFormatter: