Awesome

Installation:

Install using vpkg

vpkg get https://github.com/thecodrr/boxx

Install using V's builtin vpm:

v install thecodrr.boxx

Install using git:

cd path/to/your/project
git clone https://github.com/thecodrr/boxx

All the awesome color support is made possible by thecodrr.crayon so install it:

v install thecodrr.crayon

Then in the wherever you want to use it:

import boxx // or with vpm use thecodrr.boxx

And that's it!

Usage

boxx.new(Config)

Initializes a new Box with the specified Config

    box := boxx.new(boxx.Config{px: 2, py: 1, typ: "single", color: "green"})
    box.print("Boxx is a great start for CLI tools.", "Welcome to Boxx!")

Config

px: Horizontal Padding

py: Vertical Padding

content_align: Content Alignment inside the box

color :rgb or named (see Crayon for possible values & usage)

typ: The type of box (see Box Types below)

title_position: choose from one of inside, top or bottom

Box Types:

1. single

2. single_double

3. double_single

4. bold

5. round

6. classic

7. hidden

8. double

Title Positions:

1. inside

2. top

3. bottom

Boxx struct

You can create your own boxes as well if you want using the following values:

struct Boxx {
    top_right string //the top right corner symbol
    top_left string //the top left corner symbol
    vertical string //the symbol used for the vertical bars
    horizontal string  //the symbol used for the horizontal bars
    bottom_right string //the bottom right corner symbol
    bottom_left string //the bottom left corner symbol
}

Example:

box := &boxx.Boxx {
    top_right: "x"
    top_left: "x"
    bottom_right: "x"
    bottom_left: "x"
    vertical: "+"
    horizontal: "+"
}

Boxx.print(string, string)

Print the box according to the specified config.

Params:

text: The text that is to appear inside the box

title: The title at the top of the box. It is always center aligned. (optional)

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Much thanks to the developers of these repos:

1. Atrox/box
2. sindresorhus/cli-boxes

License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2019 Abdullah Atta

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