Terminalia

A Python Library for Command Line Interface (CLI) Development

Terminalia provides a collection of useful functions for working with terminals, including:

• Terminal.set_title(title: str): sets the title of the console window to the given title.
• Terminal.clear(): clears the terminal screen.
• Terminal.hide_cursor(): hides the cursor in the console.
• Terminal.show_cursor(): shows the cursor in the console.
• Terminal.translate(text: str): translates the given text from English to another language.
• Terminal.write(text: str, interval: float = 0.01, hide_cursor: bool = True): simulates typing out the given text with a specified interval between characters.

Install

pip3 install Terminalia

Usage

To use this package, simply import it as follows:

from Terminalia import Terminal, Color # importing color is optional

Title

Sets the title of the terminal window.

from Terminalia import Terminal

Terminal.Title("This is a test title")

• Args:
  • title (str): The title to set for the terminal window.

Clear

Clears the terminal screen.

from Terminalia import Terminal

Terminal.Clear()

Hide_Cursor

Hides the cursor on the terminal.

from Terminalia import Terminal

Terminal.Hide_Cursor()

Show_Cursor

Displays the cursor on the terminal.

from Terminalia import Terminal

Terminal.Show_Cursor()

Translate

Translate text from one language to another. Auto detects the specified text’s language as well as the users language.

from Terminalia import Terminal

print(Terminal.Translate("Ceci est un exemple de texte"))

• Args:
  • text (str): The text to translate.
• Returns:
  • str: The translated text.

Write

Writes the specified text to the console, one character at a time, with an optional delay between characters.

from Terminalia import Terminal

print(Terminal.Write(text="This is an example text", interval=0.5, hide_cursor=True))

• Args:
  • text (str): The text to write out.
  • interval (float, optional): The delay between characters, in seconds. Default is 0.01 seconds.
  • hide_cursor (bool, optional): Whether to hide the cursor while writing the text. Default is True.
• Returns:
  • str: The final typed out string.

Color

Colors text with the specified color.

from Terminalia import Color

print(f"{Color.BLUE}Hello, world!{Color.RESET}")

• Colors
  • BLACK
  • RED
  • GREEN
  • YELLOW
  • BLUE
  • PURPLE
  • CYAN
  • WHITE
  • GREY
  • BOLD
  • UNDERLINE
  • BG_BLACK
  • BG_RED
  • BG_GREEN
  • BG_YELLOW
  • BG_BLUE
  • BG_MAGENTA
  • BG_CYAN
  • BG_WHITE
  • BRIGHT_RED
  • BRIGHT_GREEN
  • BRIGHT_YELLOW
  • BRIGHT_BLUE
  • BRIGHT_PURPLE
  • BRIGHT_CYAN
  • BRIGHT_WHITE
  • RESET

Contact

• Telegram: t.me/angell