fyi_msg 1.6.1

Simple ANSI-formatted, prefixed messages for console printing.
Documentation

FYI Msg

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This crate contains the objects providing the heart of the FYI command line application, namely Msg, a simple struct for status-like messages that can be easily printed to STDOUT or STDERR.

Examples

use fyi_msg::{Msg, MsgKind};

// One way.
Msg::new(MsgKind::Success, "You did it!")
    .with_newline(true)
    .print();

// Another equivalent way.
Msg::success("You did it!").print();

For more usage examples, check out the examples/msg demo, which covers just about every common use case.

Macros

Macro Equivalent
confirm!(…) Msg::new(MsgKind::Confirm, "Some question…").prompt()

Optional Features

Feature Description
fitted Enables Msg::fitted for obtaining a slice trimmed to a specific display width.
progress Enables Progless, a thread-safe CLI progress bar displayer.
timestamps Enables timestamp-related methods and flags like Msg::with_timestamp.