Only emit ANSI escape codes when stdout is a TTY.

pit.nimble

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Package
 
-version       = "4.31.1"
+version       = "4.31.2"
 author        = "Jonathan Bernard"
 description   = "Personal issue tracker."
 license       = "MIT"

src/pit/cliconstants.nim

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const PIT_VERSION* = "4.31.1"
+const PIT_VERSION* = "4.31.2"
 
 const USAGE* = """Usage:
   pit ( new | add) <summary> [<state>] [options]

src/pit/libpit.nim

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import std/[json, jsonutils, logging, options, os, strformat, strutils, tables, times,
+import std/[json, logging, options, os, strformat, strutils, tables, times,
             unicode]
 import cliutils, docopt, langutils, uuids, zero_functional
 

src/pit/projects.nim

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 import std/[algorithm, json, jsonutils, options, os, sets, strutils, tables,
-            terminal, times, unicode, wordwrap]
+            terminal, times, unicode]
 from std/sequtils import repeat, toSeq
 import cliutils, uuids, zero_functional
 import ./[formatting, libpit]
 
-const NO_PROJECT* = "<no-project>"
-const NO_MILESTONE* = "<no-project>"
-const NO_CONTEXT* = "<no-project>"
+const NO_PROJECT* = "∅ No Project"
+const NO_MILESTONE* = "∅ No Milestone"
+const NO_CONTEXT* = "<no-context>"
 
 type
   ProjectCfg* = ref object of RootObj
@@ -129,6 +129,8 @@ proc listProjects*(ctx: CliContext, filter = none[IssueFilter]()) =
   let projectsCfg = ctx.loadProjectsConfiguration()
   var projectsCfgChanged = false
 
+  var linesToPrint = newSeq[string]()
+
   if filter.isSome: ctx.filterIssues(filter.get)
 
   let projectsByContext = newTable[string, CountTableRef[string]]()
@@ -150,10 +152,10 @@ proc listProjects*(ctx: CliContext, filter = none[IssueFilter]()) =
 
   for (context, projects) in pairs(projectsByContext):
 
-    stdout.writeLine(withColor(
+    linesToPrint.add(withColor(
       ctx.getIssueContextDisplayName(context) & ":",
       fgYellow) & termReset)
-    stdout.writeLine("")
+    linesToPrint.add("")
 
     var toList = toHashSet(toSeq(keys(projects)))
 
@@ -164,22 +166,29 @@ proc listProjects*(ctx: CliContext, filter = none[IssueFilter]()) =
     for project in projectsCfg[context]:
       if project.name in toList:
         toList.excl(project.name)
-        stdout.writeLine("  " & project.name &
+        linesToPrint.add("  " & project.name &
           " (" & $projects[project.name] & " issues)")
 
     # Then list any remaining projects not in the configuration, and add them
     # to the configuration
     for (projectName, count) in pairs(projects):
       if projectName in toList:
-        stdout.writeLine("  " & projectName & " (" & $count & " issues)")
+        linesToPrint.add("  " & projectName & " (" & $count & " issues)")
         projectsCfg[context].add(ProjectCfg(name: projectName, milestoneOrder: @[]))
         projectsCfgChanged = true
 
-    stdout.writeLine("")
+    linesToPrint.add("")
 
     if projectsCfgChanged: ctx.saveProjectsConfiguration(projectsCfg)
 
+  if isatty(stdout):
+    stdout.writeLine(linesToPrint.join("\p"))
+  else:
+    stdout.writeLine(stripAnsi(linesToPrint.join("\p")))
+
 proc listMilestones*(ctx: CliContext, filter = none[IssueFilter]()) =
+  var linesToPrint = newSeq[string]()
+
   ctx.loadAllIssues()
   if filter.isSome: ctx.filterIssues(filter.get)
 
@@ -194,8 +203,8 @@ proc listMilestones*(ctx: CliContext, filter = none[IssueFilter]()) =
       if values(project.milestones) --> all(it.len == 0):
         continue
 
-      stdout.writeLine(withColor(project.name, fgBlue, bold = true, bright=true))
-      stdout.writeLine(withColor(
+      linesToPrint.add(withColor(project.name, fgBlue, bold = true, bright=true))
+      linesToPrint.add(withColor(
         "─".repeat(runeLen(stripAnsi(project.name))),
         fgBlue, bold = true))
 
@@ -203,9 +212,15 @@ proc listMilestones*(ctx: CliContext, filter = none[IssueFilter]()) =
         if project.milestones.hasKey(milestone) and
            project.milestones[milestone].len > 0:
           let issueCount = project.milestones[milestone].len
-          stdout.writeLine("  " & milestone & " (" & $issueCount & " issues)")
+          linesToPrint.add("  " & milestone & " (" & $issueCount & " issues)")
+
+      linesToPrint.add("")
+
+  if isatty(stdout):
+    stdout.writeLine(linesToPrint.join("\p"))
+  else:
+    stdout.writeLine(stripAnsi(linesToPrint.join("\p")))
 
-      stdout.writeLine("")
 
 proc formatProjectIssue(
     ctx: CliContext,
@@ -306,22 +321,23 @@ proc joinColumns(columns: seq[seq[string]], columnWidth: int): seq[string] =
 
 proc showProject*(ctx: CliContext, project: Project) =
 
+  var linesToPrint = newSeq[string]()
   let fullWidth = terminalWidth() - 1
   let columnWidth = 80
   let numColumns = (fullWidth - 4) div (columnWidth + 2)
 
-  stdout.writeLine("")
-  stdout.writeLine(withColor(
-    "┌" & "─".repeat(project.name.len + 2) &
-    "┬" & "─".repeat(fullWidth - project.name.len - 4) & "┐",
+  linesToPrint.add("")
+  linesToPrint.add(withColor(
+    "┌" & "─".repeat(project.name.runeLen + 2) &
+    "┬" & "─".repeat(fullWidth - project.name.runeLen - 4) & "┐",
     fgBlue, bold=true))
-  stdout.writeLine(
+  linesToPrint.add(
     withColor("│ ", fgBlue, bold=true) &
     withColor(project.name, fgBlue, bold=true, bright=true) &
-    withColor(" │" & " ".repeat(fullWidth - project.name.len - 4) & "│", fgBlue, bold=true))
-  stdout.writeLine(withColor(
-    "├" & "─".repeat(project.name.len + 2) &
-    "┘" & " ".repeat(fullWidth - project.name.len - 4) & "│",
+    withColor(" │" & " ".repeat(fullWidth - project.name.runeLen - 4) & "│", fgBlue, bold=true))
+  linesToPrint.add(withColor(
+    "├" & "─".repeat(project.name.runeLen + 2) &
+    "┘" & " ".repeat(fullWidth - project.name.runeLen - 4) & "│",
     fgBlue, bold=true))
 
   let milestoneTexts: seq[seq[string]] = project.milestoneOrder -->
@@ -338,16 +354,22 @@ proc showProject*(ctx: CliContext, project: Project) =
 
   for line in joinedLines:
     let padLen = fullWidth - runeLen(stripAnsi(line)) - 3
-    stdout.writeLine(
+    linesToPrint.add(
       withColor("│ ", fgBlue) &
       line &
       " ".repeat(padLen) &
       withColor(" │", fgBlue))
 
-  stdout.writeLine(withColor(
+  linesToPrint.add(withColor(
     "└" & "─".repeat(terminalWidth() - 2) & "┘",
     fgBlue, bold=true))
 
+  if isatty(stdout):
+    stdout.writeLine(linesToPrint.join("\p"))
+  else:
+    stdout.writeLine(stripAnsi(linesToPrint.join("\p")))
+
+
 
 proc showProjectBoard*(ctx: CliContext, filter = none[IssueFilter]()) =
   ctx.loadAllIssues()