# nils-term
## Overview
Small terminal utilities shared across the workspace.
## Progress
`nils-term` provides a minimal, RAII-friendly progress abstraction that is safe for
machine-readable stdout output:
- progress is drawn to **stderr** by default
- with `ProgressEnabled::Auto` (default), progress is enabled only when **stderr is a TTY**
### Determinate progress
```rust
use nils_term::progress::{Progress, ProgressOptions};
let total = 3_u64;
let progress = Progress::new(total, ProgressOptions::default().with_prefix("work "));
for i in 0..total {
progress.set_message(format!("item {i}"));
progress.inc(1);
}
progress.finish();
```
### Spinner progress
```rust
use nils_term::progress::{Progress, ProgressFinish, ProgressOptions};
let spinner = Progress::spinner(
ProgressOptions::default()
.with_prefix("fetch ")
.with_finish(ProgressFinish::Clear),
);
spinner.set_message("loading");
spinner.tick();
spinner.finish_and_clear();
```
### Library guidance
Prefer accepting a `Progress` (or `ProgressOptions`) from the caller instead of reading env vars
inside library code. This keeps libraries deterministic and lets binaries decide whether to show
progress (e.g. interactive vs CI).
## Docs
- [Docs index](docs/README.md)