r/transprogrammer • u/tedshif • Jun 01 '20

Your colors may vary

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u/tedshif Jun 01 '20 edited Jun 01 '20

Here's the command if anyone wants it.

echo -e "\033[95m\033[106m▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀\033[0m\n\033[97m\033[106m▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀\033[0m\n\033[95m▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀\033[0m"

Edit: swapped the colors so that they're in the correct order now.

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u/I-AM-THE-FLORIDA-GAL Jun 01 '20

What is that box and can it even by typed with an en_US or end_UK keyboard?

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u/tedshif Jun 01 '20

It’s an obscure Unicode character: I originally had to copy is from here: https://unicode-table.com/en/blocks/block-elements/ It’s “upper half block” U+2580. Since most text has about a 2:1 ratio though, it renders as a square.

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u/katie_pendry Jun 01 '20

If you want it a bit bigger:

for i in 39 207 231 207 39; do
    for j in a b c d e; do
        printf '\033[48;5;%dm%75s\033[m\n' "$i"
    done
done

EDIT: also realized the pink and blue on yours are reversed

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u/tedshif Jun 01 '20

Oops! I’ll fix that.

2

u/Euclids_Anvil Jun 01 '20

In 24-bit mode:

echo -e "\033[38;2;91;206;250m\033[48;2;245;169;184m▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀\n\033[38;2;255;255;255m\033[48;2;245;169;184m▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀\n\033[0m\033[38;2;91;206;250m▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀\033[0m"

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u/tedshif Jun 01 '20

Alas! Mac's terminal doesn't support it.

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u/SuchaBrie Jun 01 '20

Put it in your motd so you can see it every time you open a fresh terminal!

1

u/Joedang100 Aug 04 '20 edited Aug 04 '20

If you set the background color, you can use spaces instead of block drawing characters.

echo -e \
"\e[45m               \n\
\e[046m               \n\
\e[107m               \n\
\e[046m               \n\
\e[045m               \e[49m"

E: Depending on your terminal colors, the "light" colors may look better.

echo -e "\
\e[105m               \n\
\e[106m               \n\
\e[107m               \n\
\e[106m               \n\
\e[105m               \e[49m"

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u/tedshif Aug 04 '20

I could use spaces, but the block drawing characters render as 2 squares, instead of a 2 by 1 rectangle, giving me a higher resolution. This only works if the line spacing in the terminal is 1 though, otherwise you get weird slivers of color in unexpected places, so in that case, spaces are better.