The ANSI-Project for Java

Make quick ANSI formats to beautify terminal output

WebPage: bruneo32.github.io/ANSI-Project

Installation

1. Download ansi.jar and include it in your project folder
2. Add ansi.jar to buildpath
3. Import ansi.ANSI in your desired Class:

   import ansi.ANSI;
   

Considerations

Your IDE console may not display ANSI characters. Known in Eclipse IDE you need to download a plugin from MarketPlace. Don’t know for NetBeans or any other.

Documentation

Check out the documentation of the ANSI-Project for Java

Quick Example

package ansi;

public class Example {

	public static void main(String[] args) {

		System.out.println(		"Normal "	+
				ANSI.BOLD+		"BOLD "		+ANSI.RESET+
				ANSI.ITALIC+	"italic "	+ANSI.RESET+
				ANSI.UNDER+		"UnderLine"	+ANSI.RESET+" "+
				ANSI.HIDE+		"Hide "		+ANSI.RESET+
				ANSI.STRIKE+	"Strike"	+ANSI.RESET+"\n"
				);

		for (int i = 0; i < 256/4; i++) {
			System.out.print(ANSI.BK_RGB(i*4, i*4, i*4) + " ");
		}
		System.out.println(ANSI.RESET);

		for (int i = 0; i < 256/4; i++) {
			System.out.print(ANSI.BK_RGB(i*4, 0, 0) + " ");
		}
		System.out.println(ANSI.RESET);

		for (int i = 0; i < 256/4; i++) {
			System.out.print(ANSI.BK_RGB(0, i*4, 0) + " ");
		}
		System.out.println(ANSI.RESET);

		for (int i = 0; i < 256/4; i++) {
			System.out.print(ANSI.BK_RGB(0, 0, i*4) + " ");
		}


		System.out.println(ANSI.RESET); // Always RESET at end

	}
}