A scala (2.11+) macro based ansi interpolator.

It has two advantages over non-macro interpolators:

• is faster and lighter (brings no extra dependency at runtime)
• detects syntax issues at compile time

Add the following dependency to your SBT project:

"org.backuity" %% "ansi-interpolator" % "1.1" % "provided"

Note about provided: see this stackoverflow answer for a better SBT dependency scope.

Import the AnsiFormatter and use the ansi interpolator:

import org.backuity.ansi.AnsiFormatter.FormattedHelper

ansi"Text containing ansi tags such as %bold{bold text} or %underline{can be %yellow{nested}}"

Here is the list of supported tags:

• bold
• underline
• italic (may not work on every terminal)
• blink (may not work on every terminal)

And color tags:

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

[error] .../Main.scala:17: Unsupported tag underlin
[error]     println(ansi"Please %underlin{underline this : $str}")
[error]                          ^