PastelEx 1.0.4

PastelEx 💥

Elevate Console Output with Colors and Styles

Simplify coloring console text with PastelEx, inspired by Pastel and Crayon.

Tested on Windows and Linux terminals. Download on nuget!

🎨 Inspiration

This library simplifies the process of applying ANSI color codes to strings, mitigating several potential drawbacks:

• If a terminal lacks ANSI support, the output might display the string with visible ANSI codes, as the terminal wouldn't recognize them as formatting instructions.
• Manually composing ANSI codes can be intricate for humans, involving the need to write out each code explicitly.

⚙️ How It Works

Example:

using PastelExtended;
using System.Drawing;

Console.WriteLine($"This text is {"yellow".Fg("#ffff00")}!".Fg(Color.White));
Console.WriteLine(PastelEx.Gradient("This text is gradient.", new[] { Color.Magenta, Color.Aqua }));

If needed or desired, you can modify PastelEx's behavior using the PastelSettings class. To adjust the settings, simply modify the PastelEx.Settings property.

❓ When to Use

For adding color or decoration in small console apps.

🚫 NO_COLOR Compatibility

Respects the NO_COLOR environment variable. If this variable exists with any value, colors and decorations will be disabled by default.

🧪 Tested

Tested for accurate rendering. If you find any issues, please report them via the issues page.

⚡ Performance

Efficient, minimal memory use.

Benchmark (lower values are better):

|   Method  |      Mean   |   Gen 0   | Allocated |
|-----------|------------:|----------:|----------:|
|   Pastel  | 2,551.55 ns |  1.2665   |   2656 B  |
| PastelEx  |    25.78 ns |  0.0382   |     80 B  |
|   Crayon  |   453.23 ns |  0.6266   |   1312 B  |