terminal rgb colors in qolop

files/fimplate.py

@@ -92,9 +92,9 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
                     value = open(value[1:], 'rt').read()
                 elif value[0:2] == "\\@":
                     value = value[1:]
-            l = l.replace(p[0], value)
+            l = l.replace(p[0].encode('utf-8'), value.encode('utf-8'))
         if options.env:
             var_list = [m.group(0) for m in re.finditer('\${[^ ]+}', l)]
             for v in var_list:
                 l = l.replace(v, os.environ.get(v[:-1][2:], ""))
-        sys.stdout.write(l)
+        sys.stdout.write(l.decode('utf-8'))

reporting/qolop

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-_qColVersion() { echo Version 2019.06.21.0; }
+_qColVersion() { echo Version 2020.09.27.0; }
 
 _qColHelp() {
   _qColVersion
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Functions:
 - _qCode:  Print ANSI color codes by number sequence
 - _qParse: Print ANSI color by english words ex. "red", "lightgreen", "gray on blue"
 - _qPos:   Move cursor
+- _qRGB, _qRGBbg: Set color with 8bit integer triplet
 - _qClr:   Clear screen
 - _qReset: Reset terminal
 
@@ -39,8 +40,8 @@ Run qolop as script to print ANSI code table, or evaluate commands
   The first command produces string with ANSI commands, the
   second will escape the escape characters, so you can copy/paste
   it in to another echo -e command.
-  
-  qolop c G  
+
+  qolop c G
   qolop p green
 
   produce the same output, just the color code
@@ -191,6 +192,15 @@ _qPos() {
   return 1
 }
 
+_qRGB() {
+  # Foreground 8-bit RGB triplet
+  printf '\033[38;2;%d;%d;%dm' "$1" "$2" "$3"
+}
+
+_qRGBbg() {
+  # Background 8-bit RGB triplet
+  printf '\033[48;2;%d;%d;%dm' "$1" "$2" "$3"
+}
 
 _qReset() {
   # Reset terminal
@@ -270,6 +280,7 @@ ${_S}====================${_Z}
   9 st ${_st}Strike        ${_Z} 36 c ${_c}Cyan    ${_Z}36;1 C ${_C}Cyan    ${_Z}46 bc ${_k}${_bc}Cyan    ${_Z}
  29 so ${_so}Strike off    ${_Z} 37 w ${_w}White   ${_Z}37;1 W ${_W}White   ${_Z}47 bw ${_k}${_bw}White   ${_Z}
   Enter raw color code sequence with _qCode function
+  Use RGB triplets with _qRGB and _qRGBbg functions
 ${_S}Clearing and movement${_Z}  ESC[X or ESC[1X
 ${_S}=====================${_Z}
    2J    CLR            Clear screen