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8 easily create complex multi-column command-line-interfaces.
13 var ui = require('cliui')()
15 ui.div('Usage: $0 [command] [options]')
29 text: "the file to load." +
30 chalk.green("(if this description is long it wraps).")
35 text: chalk.red("[required]"),
40 console.log(ui.toString())
43 <img width="500" src="screenshot.png">
47 cliui exposes a simple layout DSL:
49 If you create a single `ui.div`, passing a string rather than an
52 * `\n`: characters will be interpreted as new rows.
53 * `\t`: characters will be interpreted as new columns.
54 * `\s`: characters will be interpreted as padding.
59 var ui = require('./')({
64 'Usage: node ./bin/foo.js\n' +
65 ' <regex>\t provide a regex\n' +
66 ' <glob>\t provide a glob\t [required]'
69 console.log(ui.toString())
75 Usage: node ./bin/foo.js
76 <regex> provide a regex
77 <glob> provide a glob [required]
83 cliui = require('cliui')
86 ### cliui({width: integer})
88 Specify the maximum width of the UI being generated.
89 If no width is provided, cliui will try to get the current window's width and use it, and if that doesn't work, width will be set to `80`.
91 ### cliui({wrap: boolean})
93 Enable or disable the wrapping of text in a column.
95 ### cliui.div(column, column, column)
97 Create a row with any number of columns, a column
98 can either be a string, or an object with the following
101 * **text:** some text to place in the column.
102 * **width:** the width of a column.
103 * **align:** alignment, `right` or `center`.
104 * **padding:** `[top, right, bottom, left]`.
105 * **border:** should a border be placed around the div?
107 ### cliui.span(column, column, column)
109 Similar to `div`, except the next row will be appended without
110 a new line being created.
112 ### cliui.resetOutput()
114 Resets the UI elements of the current cliui instance, maintaining the values
115 set for `width` and `wrap`.