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ts/index.ts

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+import 'typings-global'
+import * as ansiColors from 'ansi-256-colors'
+
+/**
+ * all the color names that are available for proper xterm translation
+ */
+export type TColorName = 'black' |
+    'blue' |
+    'brown' |
+    'cyan' |
+    'green' |
+    'red' |
+    'orange' |
+    'white'
+
+export interface IRGB {
+    r: number,
+    b: number,
+    g: number
+}
+
+/**
+ * the color translator function
+ */
+let colorTranslator = (colorArg: TColorName): IRGB => {
+    switch (colorArg) {
+        case 'blue':
+            return {r: 0, g: 1, b: 5}
+        case 'cyan':
+            return {r: 0,g: 4, b: 4}
+        case 'green':
+            return {r: 2, g: 5, b: 0}
+        case 'red':
+            return {r: 5, g: 0, b: 0}
+        case 'orange':
+            return {r: 5, g: 3, b: 0}
+        case 'brown':
+            return {r: 1, g: 0 , b: 0}
+        case 'black':
+            return {r: 0, g: 0, b: 0}
+        case 'white':
+            return {r: 5, g: 5, b: 5}
+        default:
+            return {r: 5, g: 5, b: 5}
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * colors the font of a string
+ */
+let coloredFont = (stringArg: string, colorArg: TColorName) => {
+    let rgbCode: IRGB = colorTranslator(colorArg)
+    return ansiColors.fg.getRgb(rgbCode.r, rgbCode.g, rgbCode.b) + stringArg
+}
+
+/**
+ * colors the back of a string
+ */
+let coloredBackground = (stringArg: string, colorArg: TColorName) => {
+    let rgbCode = colorTranslator(colorArg)
+    return ansiColors.bg.getRgb(rgbCode.r, rgbCode.g, rgbCode.b) + stringArg
+}
+
+/**
+ * color a string with xterm
+ */
+export let coloredString = (stringArg: string, colorFontArg: TColorName, colorBackgroundArg?: TColorName): string => {
+    let returnString = coloredFont(stringArg, colorFontArg)
+    if (colorBackgroundArg) {
+        returnString = coloredBackground(returnString, colorBackgroundArg)
+    }
+    returnString = returnString + ansiColors.reset
+    return returnString
+}