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1 # Sheepy
2 This is a sheepy package for [sheepy](https://spartatek.se/r/sheepy/file/README.md.html) and using [libsheepy](https://spartatek.se/r/libsheepy/file/README.md.html)
3
4 # boxen
5
6 Create boxes in the terminal.
7
8 This is the C implementation of [boxen javscript](https://github.com/sindresorhus/boxen), the API is similar.
9
10 The output looks like this:
11
12 ```
13 (single)
14 ┌─────────────┐
15 │ │
16 │ unicorn │
17 │ │
18 └─────────────┘
19
20 (double)
21 ╔═════════════╗
22 ║ ║
23 ║ unicorn ║
24 ║ ║
25 ╚═════════════╝
26
27 (single-double)
28 ╓───╖
29 ║foo║
30 ╙───╜
31
32 (double-single)
33 ╒═══╕
34 │foo│
35 ╘═══╛
36
37 (classic)
38 +---+
39 |foo|
40 +---+
41 ```
42
43 # Usage
44
45 Install with spm: `spm install boxen`
46
47 Include header file:
48 - `#include "shpPackages/boxen/boxen.h"`
49
50 ```c
51 boxent *box = allocBoxen();
52
53 char *s = boxO(box, "foo", NULL);
54 puts(s);
55 free(s);
56
57 terminateO(box);
58 ```
59
60 Usage examples are in `main.c`.
61
62 ## API
63
64 ## boxO(obj,input,opts)
65
66 ### input
67
68 Type: `char *`
69
70 Text inside the box.
71
72 ### Options
73
74 Type: `char *`
75
76 The string must represent a JSON.
77
78 OPTIONS: (the values are case insensitive)
79
80 ```
81 "{borderColor: 'Yellow',"
82 "borderStyle: 'double',"
83 "dimBorder: true,"
84 "padding: {top: 1, left: 2, right: 2, bottom: 2},"
85 "margin: {top: 1, left: 1, right: 1, bottom: 1},"
86 "float: 'right',"
87 "backgroundColor: 'green',"
88 "align: 'center'}"
89 ```
90
91
92 #### borderColor
93
94 - Type: `string`
95
96 Values: black red green yellow blue magenta cyan white gray, a hex value like #ff0000 or reset for default terminal color
97
98 Color of the box border.
99
100
101 #### borderStyle
102
103 - Type: `string` `object`
104 - Default: single
105
106 single, double, single-double, double-single, classic
107
108
109 #### dimBorder
110
111 - Type: `boolean`
112 - Default: false
113
114 Reduce opacity of the border.
115
116
117
118 #### padding
119
120 - Type: `number` `Object`
121 - Default: 0
122
123 Space between the text and box border.
124
125 Accepts a number or an object with any of the top, right, bottom, left properties. When a number is specified, the left/right padding is 3 times the top/bottom to make it look nice.
126
127
128 #### margin
129
130
131 - Type: `number` `Object`
132 - Default: 0
133
134 Space around the box.
135
136 Accepts a number or an object with any of the top, right, bottom, left properties. When a number is specified, the left/right margin is 3 times the top/bottom to make it look nice.
137
138
139 #### float
140
141 - Type: `string`
142 - Values: right center left
143 - Default: left
144
145 Float the box on the available terminal screen space.
146
147
148 #### backgroundColor
149
150 - Type: `string`
151 - Values: black red green yellow blue magenta cyan white gray, a hex value like #ff0000 or reset for default terminal color
152
153 Color of the background.
154
155
156 #### align
157
158 - Type: `string`
159 - Default: left
160 - Values: left center right
161
162 Align the text in the box based on the widest line.