merge

bin/ansi-codes

@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ import sys,os
 sys.path.append(os.path.realpath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__),
                 "..","reporting")))
 import ansi
-ansi.demo()
+print(ansi.demo())

reporting/ansi.py

@@ -142,4 +142,4 @@ ${S}=====================${Z}
    C .left()  Left         y;xH .pos()       Absolute Position
    D .right() Right """
 
-    print(c.color_string(unformatted))
+    return(c.color_string(unformatted))

reporting/md_color.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
 import sys,os,re
-from argparse import ArgumentParser
+from argparse import ArgumentParser, RawDescriptionHelpFormatter
 sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)))
 import ansi
 
@@ -16,12 +16,13 @@ def setup_options():
     usage = '''
 Markdown syntax color in ansi codes.
 Special syntaxes:
-Colors: insert string ${C}, where C is one of %s.
-Any ANSI control code:  ${3A}, ${1;34;42m}, etc..
+- Colors: insert string e.g. ${C}.
+- Any ANSI control code:  ${3A}, ${1;34;42m}, see the table..
 
-'''%(" ".join(bc.get_keys()))
+''' + ansi.demo()
 
     parser = ArgumentParser(
+        formatter_class = RawDescriptionHelpFormatter,
         description = usage,
         epilog = __author__
     )

reporting/src2ans

@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ def setup_options():
     usage='''
 Color notation renderer in ANSI codes
 Special syntaxes:
-    * Colors: insert string ${X}, where X is one of %s.
+    * Colors: insert string ${X}, where X values in the table below.
 
-'''%(" ".join(bc.get_keys()))
+''' + ansi.demo()
 
     parser=ArgumentParser(description=usage,
                           formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter,
@@ -61,15 +61,17 @@ else:
 for row in f:
     if not row:
         continue
-    row=row.decode('utf-8').rstrip("\n\r ")
+    if type(row) == bytes:
+        row = row.decode('utf-8')
+    row=row.rstrip("\n\r ")
     if opts.color:
         colored=bc.color_string(row)
     else:
         colored=bc.nocolor_string(row)
-    sys.stdout.write(colored.encode('utf-8'))
+    sys.stdout.write(colored)
     if opts.zero and opts.color:
         sys.stdout.write(bc.Z)
     sys.stdout.write("\n")
 if opts.zero_final and opts.color:
-    sys.stdout.write(bc.Z.encode('utf-8'))
+    sys.stdout.write(bc.Z)