colo

Command-line tool for displaying colors, written in Rust

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• Changelog
• Installation
  • Build from source
• Usage
  • Supported color spaces
  • Specifying hexadecimal colors
  • Color square size
  • Printing text
  • Default terminal colors
• Code of Conduct
• Contributing

Changelog

The changelog can be found here.

Note that colo is very young and evolving rapidly. There will likely be big changes in the next releases.

Installation

Installation is explained on the releases page.

Build from source

If you want to build colo from source, make sure you have the Rust toolchain (including Cargo) installed. Then clone this repository and run

cargo install --path .

Or, if you don't want to clone the repository, you can run

cargo install --git https://github.com/Aloso/colo

This builds the code from the main branch. You can specify a different branch with --branch or a tag with --tag.

Usage

colo's most important subcommand of show, or s for short. It recognizes hexadecimal RGB colors as well as HTML color names:

Color spaces other than RGB can be entered as well:

If colo is used outside of a terminal, it outputs the color as text. The format can be specified with the -o/--out flag:

Supported color spaces

Read in more detail about these color spaces here.

Specifying hexadecimal colors

Hexadecimal colors are a different notation for RGB colors. They can optionally be prefixed with a #, e.g. colo s "#F00".

Hexadecimal colors can be specified with varying precision: Each color channel can be between 1 and 8 digits long, for example

Color square size

The color square size can be adjusted with --size or -s:

Printing text

With the print subcommand, text can be printed with color and style. The subcommand accepts text to print, and then 1 or 2 colors, for the text and the background. To use different styles in the same line, the -n flag can be used, which prevents adding a line break:

The following flags are available:

• -b for bold text
• -i for italic text
• -u for underlined text
• -n to not print a new line afterwards

Default terminal colors

With the term subcommand, the default terminal colors are printed:

Code of Conduct

Since this program is written in Rust, the Rust code of conduct applies. Please be friendly and treat everyone with respect.

Contributing

I appreciate your help! The easiest way to help is to file bug reports or suggest new features in the issue tracker.

If you want to create a pull request, make sure the following requirements are met:

• The code is documented
• If you add a dependency that includes unsafe code, please explain why it is required
• Please try to keep compile times small, if feasible

Also, to pass continuous integration, the code must

• be properly formatted with cargo fmt
• pass cargo clippy
• compile on the latest stable Rust version
• all tests must succeed

You can also look in the issue tracker for issues with the label help wanted.

That's it! If you have any questions, feel free to create an issue.