cout

A basic JavaScript console utility with sprintf and colors support.

##Install

sudo npm install --save cout

##Usage

var cout = require('cout'),
//sprintf(..., ...) or use cout.kawari(..., ...)
sprintf = cout.kawari;

//configure (optional)
cout.config({
	cout: ['warn', 'error']
});

//will print on a single line (no color)
cout("Hello", "World", {hello: "world"}, ['hello', 'world'], 1,2,3).end();
//will print on newlines (can be changed through cout.config()) (no color)
cout("Hello", "World", {hello: "world"}, ['hello', 'world'], 1,2,3).endl();

//will print with new line color (see themes for color/level)
cout("Hello", "World", {hello: "world"}, ['hello', 'world'], 1,2,3).warn();

//you can customize the background and styles (see styles)
cout("Hello", "World", {hello: "world"}, ['hello', 'world'], 1,2,3).warn({bg: 'green', style: 'bold'});

//sprintf from the top level (to keep things simple internally)
cout(sprintf('...', '...')).warn();

##Methods

• end()
• endl()
• warn()
• data()
• debug()
• error()
• help()
• info()
• input()
• prompt()
• silly()
• verbose()

##Config The following are the default values but can be changed

//configure
cout.config({
	....options....
});

{
	//specify which level (Array or String) to display
	//by default '*' means display all levels
	//if you pass a level array and want to display end() and endl()
	//just add 'normal' to the array.
	cout: ['*'],
	//default theme/colors/levels
	theme: {
	  data: 'grey',
	  debug: 'blue',
	  error: 'red',
	  help: 'cyan',
	  info: 'green',
	  input: 'grey',
	  prompt: 'grey',
	  silly: 'rainbow',
	  verbose: 'cyan',
	  warn: 'yellow',
	},
	//used for pretty printing json/plain objects
	json:{
	    space: 2
	},
	//specify the number of new lines.
	newline: '\n'
}

##Styles

####Usage

//use style key
{style: ...}

• reset
• bold
• dim
• italic
• underline
• inverse
• hidden
• strikethrough

##Background color

####Usage

//use bg key
{bg: ...}

• black
• red
• green
• yellow
• blue
• magenta
• cyan
• white

##Time stamp

cout uses Moment.js for time stamps. See Moment.js' docs for formatting and locales.

###Usage

Default: false

Acceptable types: Boolean, Plain Object

//boolean
true or false

timestamp:{
	//format the time
	format:'dddd',
	//change the locale
	locale: 'ja',
	//spacing: can be tabs or spaces
	space: '\n'
}

##Changlog

0.0.1

• Initial commit

0.0.2

• Cleaned code and removed confusing debug statement.
• Updated readme

0.0.3

• Updated readme
• Removed unnecessary comments.

0.0.4

• Added node_modules to .gitignore

0.0.5

• Added boolean support. You can now set {cout:...} to true or false.

0.0.6

• Added time stamp support. You can pass a Boolean or configure the time stamp's locale and format by passing a plain Object.
• Added 'normal' level for end() and endl() when using an array with levels.