def Cli():
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
description = 'xtermcolor: 256 terminal color library')
parser.add_argument('action',
choices = ['convert', 'list'],
help = 'Actions')
parser.add_argument('--color',
help = 'Color to convert')
parser.add_argument('--compat',
choices=['xterm', 'vt100'],
default='xterm',
help = 'Compatibility mode. Defaults to xterm.')
cli = parser.parse_args()
if cli.compat.lower() not in ['xterm', 'vt100']:
sys.stderr.write('Error: --compat must be xterm or vt100\n')
sys.exit(-1)
if cli.compat.lower() == 'xterm':
colorMap = XTermColorMap()
if cli.compat.lower() == 'vt100':
colorMap = VT100ColorMap()
if cli.action == 'list':
for xterm, hexcolor in colorMap.getColors().items():
string = "\033[38;5;{xterm:d}mansi={xterm:d}; rgb=#{hexcolor:06x}; printf={cprintf:s}\033[0m"
print(string.format(xterm=xterm, hexcolor=hexcolor, cprintf=cPrintfString(xterm)));
if cli.action == 'convert':
if not cli.color:
sys.stderr.write('Error: must specify --color\n')
sys.exit(-1)
if cli.color[0] == '#':
cli.color = '0x' + cli.color[1:]
cli.color = int(cli.color, 16)
colorizedMsg = colorMap.colorize('The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.', cli.color)
(ansi, rgb) = colorMap.convert(cli.color)
print("#{start:06x} is closest to #{closest:06x} which is ANSI code {ansi:d}\n".format( \
start=cli.color, closest=rgb, ansi=ansi))
print("Example: " + colorizedMsg)
print("printf() string: " + cPrintfString(ansi))
