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[](https://crates.io/crates/output_vt100)
[](https://docs.rs/output_vt100)
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[](https://crates.io/crates/output_vt100)
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[](https://crates.io/crates/output_vt100)
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[](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/Phundrak/output-vt100-rs)
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[](https://drone.phundrak.com/phundrak/output-vt100-rs)
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# Output-VT100
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 ](https://crates.io/crates/ctor ). Be aware though it might not be suited for every use case, as explained on the crate’
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```rust
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extern crate output_vt100;
extern crate ctor;
use ctor::*;
#[ctor]
fn init_term() {
output_vt100::init();
}
fn main() {
println!("\x1b[31mThis text is red!\x1b[0m");
}
```
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Not that init panics on error, if you do not wish to panic, use
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`output_vt100::try_init` which returns a `Result<(), InitError>`
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# Acknowledgements
A big thank you to [nbouteme ](https://github.com/nbouteme ) who helped me a lot during the development of this create.
