nim: Make printing customizable and default to colored output.

build.gradle

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ apply plugin: "groovy"
 apply plugin: "maven"
 
 group = "com.jdbernard"
-version = "1.2.1"
+version = "1.2.2"
 
 repositories {
     mavenLocal()

console_progress.nimble

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Package
 
-version       = "1.2.1"
+version       = "1.2.3"
 author        = "Jonathan Bernard"
 description   = "Utility for writing dynamic progress bars to the console."
 license       = "BSD"
@@ -9,4 +9,3 @@ srcDir        = "src/main/nim"
 # Dependencies
 
 requires "nim >= 0.13.0"
-

src/main/nim/console_progress.nim

@@ -1,11 +1,37 @@
 import strutils, times, math
 
-type Progress* = ref object of RootObj
-  sout: File
-  lastStep, width, maxSteps: int
-  startTime: float
-  lastInfo: string
-  maxValue: BiggestInt
+type
+  PBDisplayConfig* = object
+    ## Progress Bar Display Configuration - controls how the progress bar is
+    ## displayed to the terminal
+    before*: string     ## Written at the start, before the bar. This is
+                        ## intended for ANSI control characters and must take
+                        ## up zero characters when printed.
+    after*: string      ## Written at the end, after the bar This is intended
+                        ## for ANSI control characters and must take up zero
+                        ## characters when printed.
+    completed*: string  ## Written for each completed step of the bar. This
+                        ## should take up one character of space when printed.
+    todo*: string       ## Written for each step remaining in the bar. This
+                        ## should take up one character of space when printed.
+    separator*: string  ## Written for the current step, separating completed
+                        ## and done. This should take up one character of space
+                        ## when printed.
+
+  Progress* = ref object of RootObj
+    sout: File
+    lastStep, width, maxSteps: int
+    startTime: float
+    lastInfo: string
+    maxValue: BiggestInt
+    displayCfg: PBDisplayConfig
+
+const DEFAULT_DISPLAY_CFG* = PBDisplayConfig(
+  before: "\x1b[38;5;2m",
+  after: "\x1b[0m",
+  completed: "━",
+  todo: "─",
+  separator: "𜱶\x1b[38;5;8m")
 
 proc getMax*(pd: Progress): BiggestInt =
   return pd.maxValue
@@ -13,13 +39,20 @@ proc getMax*(pd: Progress): BiggestInt =
 proc setMax*(pd: Progress, maxValue: BiggestInt) =
   pd.maxValue = max(maxValue, 1)
 
-proc newProgress*(sout: File, maxValue: BiggestInt): Progress =
+proc newProgress*(
+    maxValue: BiggestInt,
+    sout: File = stdout,
+    width: int = 79,
+    maxSteps: int = 35,
+    displayCfg: PBDisplayConfig = DEFAULT_DISPLAY_CFG): Progress =
+
   return Progress(sout: sout,
     startTime: cpuTime(),
     lastStep: 0,
     maxValue: maxValue,
     width: 79,
-    maxSteps: 35)
+    maxSteps: 35,
+    displayCfg: displayCfg)
 
 proc updateProgress*(pd: Progress, newValue: BiggestInt, info: string): void =
 
@@ -32,7 +65,9 @@ proc updateProgress*(pd: Progress, newValue: BiggestInt, info: string): void =
 
   let curDuration = cpuTime() - pd.startTime
   let remTime = ((curDuration / curPercent) - curDuration)
-  let displayedSteps = max(curStep - 1, 0)
+  let displayedSteps =
+    if curStep == pd.maxSteps: curStep
+    else: max(curStep - 1, 0)
 
   pd.lastInfo = info
   var displayedInfo = info
@@ -43,10 +78,13 @@ proc updateProgress*(pd: Progress, newValue: BiggestInt, info: string): void =
   pd.sout.write('\b'.repeat(pd.width))
 
   var line =
-    '='.repeat(displayedSteps) & (if curStep > 0: "0" else: "") &
-    '-'.repeat(pd.maxSteps - curStep) & " " &
+    pd.displayCfg.before &
+    pd.displayCfg.completed.repeat(displayedSteps) &
+    (if curStep > 0 and curStep < pd.maxSteps: pd.displayCfg.separator else: "") &
+    pd.displayCfg.todo.repeat(pd.maxSteps - curStep) &
+    pd.displayCfg.after & " " &
     displayedInfo & " -- (" &
-    (curPercent * 100).formatFloat(ffDecimal, 2) & "%" 
+    (curPercent * 100).formatFloat(ffDecimal, 2) & "%"
 
   if curPercent > 0.05:
     line &= ", "

src/test/nim/test.nim

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import std/os
+import ../../main/nim/console_progress
+
+when isMainModule:
+  let pd = newProgress(100)
+  for i in 0 .. 100:
+    pd.updateProgress(i, "step " & $i)
+    sleep 25