This simple crates allows developers to enable ANSI escape characters in Windows' console, be it CMD or PowerShell. Its usage is very simple, as shown below:
```rust extern crate output_vt100;
fn main() { output_vt100::init(); println!("\x1b[31mThis text is red!\x1b[0m"); } ```
If you wish to ensure the output_vt100::init() function is only ran once, you can use the crate ctor. Be aware though it might not be suited for every use case, as explained on the crate’s presentation.
```rust extern crate output_vt100; extern crate ctor; use ctor::*;
fn initterm() { outputvt100::init(); }
fn main() { println!("\x1b[31mThis text is red!\x1b[0m"); } ```
Not that init panics on error, if you do not wish to panic, use
output_vt100::try_init which returns a Result<(), ()>
A big thank you to nbouteme who helped me a lot during the development of this create.