🐌 snailshell

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A tiny library and application for animating text in the terminal.

🪄 It's so easy add some flair to your text RPGs or console programs. 🪄

demo

☝️ From Fun Stuff example. (obviously looks smoother in an actual terminal)

Compatibility

Compatible with EVERYTHING! 🥳

Snailshell works with any type which implements Display, so literally everything that you would normally use with print!(), println!(), or format!() just works! This includes colored text from other libraries such as Crossterm.

👩‍🏫 Examples


Basic

```rust use snailshell::*;

// It's dead simple. snailprint("hello, friend :)"); ```

Custom Fixed Duration

rust snailprint_d("This whole message will print in half a second regardless of the size.", 0.5);

Refresh Rate

rust // This is optional. Default fps is 60. // All subsequent snailprint functions will use this fps. set_snail_fps(30);

🐌🖥️ Snailshell Standalone:

You can also use snailshell from the command line.

cli demo

Useful for making shell scripts and videos!

Installation:

cargo install snailshell

Usage:


```USAGE: snailshell [OPTIONS]

ARGS: Text you want to animate

OPTIONS: -d, --duration How long the text should animate for -f, --fps Refresh rate of animation -h, --help Print help information -s, --speed Constant speed of chars per second to render. Conflicts with duration ```

Example

snailshell "text you want to animate"

📖 License


This crate is licensed under the MIT license.