MyTColor

MyTColor provides a lightweight, dependency-free interface for ANSI terminal formatting in Python. It offers a straightforward API for adding colors and styles to terminal output, suitable for logging, CUI (Console User Interface) development, and script enhancements.

Key features:

• Zero Dependencies: Pure Python implementation using standard libraries.
• Cross-Platform: Native support for ANSI sequences on Linux, macOS, and automatic Virtual Terminal processing on Windows.
• Performance: Uses static string constants for minimal runtime overhead.
• Type Safety: Compatible with standard Python type checking.

Installation

Install via pip:

pip install MyTColor

Usage

MyTColor exposes ANSI sequences as string constants through the MyT class. This design allows for seamless integration with Python's f-strings.

Basic Example

from MyTColor import MyT

# Success message
print(f"{MyT.GREEN}✔ Operation completed successfully.{MyT.RESET}")

# Error message with style
print(f"{MyT.RED}{MyT.BOLD}✖ Error: Connection failed.{MyT.RESET}")

Advanced Formatting

Combine background colors, styles, and foreground colors for rich output.

# Header style: Bold white text on blue background
header_style = f"{MyT.BOLD}{MyT.BG_BLUE}{MyT.WHITE}"
print(f"{header_style} SYSTEM STATUS {MyT.RESET}")

API Reference

The MyT class provides the following constants.

Foreground Colors

Background Colors

Prefix any color with BG_.

• Example: MyT.BG_RED, MyT.BG_L_BLUE.

Styles

• MyT.BOLD: Bold
• MyT.DIM: Dim/Faint
• MyT.ITALIC: Italic
• MyT.UNDERLINE: Underline
• MyT.BLINK: Blink
• MyT.REVERSE: Invert colors
• MyT.HIDDEN: Hidden text
• MyT.STRIKETHROUGH: Strikethrough

Utilities

• MyT.RESET: Resets all formatting. Essential to prevent style leakage.

Compatibility

MyTColor automatically enables standard ANSI support on Windows 10 and 11 terminals using ctypes. On Unix-like systems (Linux, macOS), it outputs standard ANSI sequences directly.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.