This somewhat depends on what platform you are on. The most common way to do this is by printing ANSI escape sequences. For a simple example, here's some Python code from the Blender build scripts:
class bcolors:
HEADER = '\033[95m'
OKBLUE = '\033[94m'
OKCYAN = '\033[96m'
OKGREEN = '\033[92m'
WARNING = '\033[93m'
FAIL = '\033[91m'
ENDC = '\033[0m'
BOLD = '\033[1m'
UNDERLINE = '\033[4m'
To use code like this, you can do something like:
print(bcolors.WARNING + "Warning: No active frommets remain. Continue?" + bcolors.ENDC)
Or, with Python 3.6+:
print(f"{bcolors.WARNING}Warning: No active frommets remain. Continue?{bcolors.ENDC}")
This will work on unixes including OS X, Linux and Windows (provided you use ANSICON, or in Windows 10 provided you enable VT100 emulation). There are ANSI codes for setting the color, moving the cursor, and more.
If you are going to get complicated with this (and it sounds like you are if you are writing a game), you should look into the "curses" module, which handles a lot of the complicated parts of this for you. The Python Curses HowTO is a good introduction.
If you are not using extended ASCII (i.e., not on a PC), you are stuck with the ASCII characters below 127, and '#' or '@' is probably your best bet for a block. If you can ensure your terminal is using a IBM extended ASCII character set, you have many more options. Characters 176, 177, 178 and 219 are the "block characters".
Some modern text-based programs, such as "Dwarf Fortress", emulate text mode in a graphical mode, and use images of the classic PC font. You can find some of these bitmaps that you can use on the Dwarf Fortress Wiki see (user-made tilesets).
The Text Mode Demo Contest has more resources for doing graphics in text mode.
You don't need any plugins to do this.
Just select all lines (CTRL+A) and then from the menu select Edit → Line → Reindent.
This will work if your file is saved with an extension that contains HTML like .html or .php.
If you do this often, you may find this key mapping useful:
{ "keys": ["ctrl+shift+r"], "command": "reindent" , "args": { "single_line": false } }
If your file is not saved (e.g. you just pasted in a snippet to a new window), you can manually set the language for indentation by selecting the menu View → Syntax → language of choice before selecting the reindent option.
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I finally got this to work on my OSX box. I used these steps to get it to work:
Test
sublfrom your ST installation:First, navigate to a small folder in Terminal that you want ST to open and enter the following command:
NOTE: You may need to replace
Sublime\ Text.appin the command above toSublime\ Text\ 3.apporSublime\ Text\ 2.appdepending upon where the application is stored in yourApplicationsdirectory. The.at the end of the above command opens the current working directory you are located in (again make sure you're in a directory that only contains a few files!).If you DO NOT get Sublime Text opening your current working directory then the next set of steps will NOT work. If nothing happens or you get an error from Terminal it will be because it couldn't find the Sublime Text application. This would mean that you would have to check what you've typed (spelling, etc.) OR that Sublime Text isn't installed!
Check ".bash_profile":
Now it's time to create your symbolic link in your
PATHfolder, BUT, before we do, let's check your profile file by usingnano ~/.bash_profile. These are the following lines that pertain to havingsublwork on the command line for Sublime Text:The first line sets the location where you want Terminal to look for binaries on your machine, I'm going to store my symbolic link in the
/usr/local/bindirectory - I guess you could store it anywhere provided you've notified Terminal where to look for binaries.The second line is OPTIONAL and just sets Sublime Text as the default editor. The flag
-whas been added and you can find out more about flags by going to the Sublime Text docs: ST4 subl, ST3 subl or ST2 sublIf you do make any edits to this file once you have closed it, you need to run the command:
to compile your newly applied edits. If you see any errors after sourcing your file get them fixed before moving to the final step.
Create a symbolic link to Sublime Text:
Now in your chosen path (I used
/usr/local/bin) you now enter the following command:The
/Applications/Sublime\ Text.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/sublbeing EXACTLY the same location as what you entered and verified as working in STEP 1 above. The/usr/local/bin/sublbeing the location of where you want the symbolic link to be located - needs to be one of yourPATHlocations from STEP 2 above.Now when you navigate to a folder or file that you want to open in Sublime Text you now just enter
sublfollowed by the name of the file or.to open the current working directory.