terminaltexteffects 0.3.0

Terminal Text Effects

Inline Visual Effects in the Terminal

Table Of Contents

• About
• Requirements
• Installation
• Usage
• Options
• Examples
• In-Development Preview
• License

TTE

TerminalTextEffects is a collection of visual effects that run inline in the terminal. The underlying visual effect framework supports the following:

• Xterm 256 color and RBG hex color support
• Color gradients
• Runs inline, preserving terminal state and workflow
• Dynamic character movement with motion easing
• Dynamic animations with symbol and color changes
• Effect customization through command line arguments

Requirements

TerminalTextEffects is written in Python and does not require any 3rd party modules. Terminal interactions use standard ANSI terminal sequences and should work in most modern terminals.

Note: Windows Terminal performance is slow for some effects.

Installation

pip install terminaltexteffects

Usage

cat your_text | tte <effect> [options]

OR

cat your_text | python -m terminaltexteffects <effect> [options]

• All effects support adjustable animation speed using the -a option.
• Use <effect> -h to view options for a specific effect, such as color or movement direction.
  • Ex: tte decrypt -h

Options

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --xterm-colors        Convert any colors specified in RBG hex to the closest XTerm-256 color.
  --no-color            Disable all colors in the effect.
  --tab-width TAB_WIDTH
                        Number of spaces to use for a tab character.
  --no-wrap             Disable wrapping of text.

Effect:
  Name of the effect to apply. Use <effect> -h for effect specific help.

  {bouncyballs,bubbles,burn,columnslide,decrypt,expand,fireworks,pour,rain,randomsequence,rowmerge,rowslide,scattered,spray,unstable,verticalslice}
                        Available Effects
    bouncyballs         Characters are bouncy balls falling from the top of the output area.
    bubbles             Characters are formed into bubbles that float down and pop.
    burn                Burns vertically in the output area.
    columnslide         Slides each column into place from the outside to the middle.
    decrypt             Display a movie style decryption effect.
    expand              Expands the text from a single point.
    fireworks           Characters launch and explode like fireworks and fall into place.
    pour                Pours the characters into position from the given direction.
    rain                Rain characters from the top of the output area.
    randomsequence      Prints the input data in a random sequence.
    rowmerge            Merges rows of characters.
    rowslide            Slides each row into place.
    scattered           Move the characters into place from random starting locations.
    spray               Draws the characters spawning at varying rates from a single point.
    unstable            Spawn characters jumbled, explode them to the edge of the output area, then reassemble them in the correct layout.
    verticalslice       Slices the input in half vertically and slides it into place from opposite directions.

Examples

Fireworks

RAIN

DECRYPT

SPRAY

SCATTERED

EXPAND

BURN

POUR

ROWSLIDE

ROWMERGE

COLUMNSLIDE

RANDOMSEQUENCE

VERTICALSLICE

In-Development Preview

Any effects shown below are in development and will be available in the next release.

Unstable

Bubbles

Bouncyballs

Middleout

License

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.