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+# printc
+
+With this plugin you can print any color within the rgb color space via an interface that
+is as simple as a regular print statement.
+
+This simple tool provides an abstraction layer on top of terminal ANSI rgb escape codes,
+making the addition of colorized output to your functions, shell scripts, and/or
+interactive terminal in zsh a piece of cake. There is support for any of the colors which
+can be achieved via the form R G B, where R, G and B are any numeric value
+between 0 and 255, representing the red, green, blue color space values respectively.
+Users of this plugin are able to issue a  `printc` statement, followed by the previous
+mentioned rgb values, followed by the text to be printed. There is also 36 built in colors
+which can be accessed via tab auto-complete. And there is support for bold, italic, and
+underline text.
+
+#### Table of Contents
+ - [Setup](#Setup)
+ - [Configuration](#Configuration)
+    - [Requirements](#Requirements)
+    - [Italics Setup](#Italics-Setup)
+ - [Usage](#Usage)
+    - [Options](#Options)
+    - [General Structure of Command](#General-Structure-of-Command)
+ - [Notes on Environment Setup and Script Usage](#Notes-on-Environment-Setup-and-Script-Usage)
+
+
+## Setup
+To use, add printc to the plugins array inside your `~/.zshrc` file:
+```
+plugins=(... printc)
+```
+## Configuration
+
+### Requirements
+Your terminal emulator must support 256 color. If you want to leverage italic text,
+depending on your terminal emulator you will likely need to add support for displaying
+italic text. The process is very simple, and I'll include instruction on how to do so. As
+long as your terminal emulator supports, and is set up for 256 color, which almost all are
+now-a-days, you can use the color aspect of the plugin, even without the italic
+functionality.
+
+At the least your TERM environment variable must be set as so:
+```
+export TERM=xterm-256color
+```
+
+It is possible that this is all that will be needed for the italic functionality to work
+as well. I do reccomend trying and seeing if italics work. It it does not, just follow the
+simple steps below.
+
+### Italics Setup
+ 1) Create a directory `~/.terminfo`
+
+ 2) Create a file inside `~/.terminfo` called `xterm-256color-italics.terminfo`
+
+ 3) Place the follwing contents inside `xterm-256color-italics.terminfo` *exactly* as
+ they are shown:
+
+ ```
+ xterm-256color-italic|xterm with 256 colors and italic,
+ sitm=\E[3m, ritm=\E[23m,
+ use=xterm-256color,
+ ```
+
+ 4) Inside `~/.terminfo` run the command `tic xterm-256color-italics.terminfo`
+
+ 5) Set your TERM environment variable as so:
+ ```
+ export TERM=xterm-256color-italic
+ ```
+ You can export TERM in your `~/.zshrc` or `~/.zshenv` or many other ways. If you're an
+ iTerm2 user you can do it through the GUI terminal emulator settings there. It doesn't
+ matter how you do it, as long as the TERM environment variable is set and exported to
+ one of the above mentioned values, most likely the latter if you want italics.
+
+ As an aside, I have not tested this inside TMUX, but it should work there as long as the
+ environment is set up to properly handle color and italics.
+
+# Usage
+
+### Options
+  | Option              | Function               |
+  | :-----------------: | --------------         |
+  | -b                  | Bold                   |
+  | -u                  | Underline              |
+  | -i                  | Italic                 |
+  | -C `color`          | Specify built in color |
+  | -l                  | List built in colors   |
+  | -n                  | No newline             |
+  | -h                  | Display help page      |
+
+### General Structure of Command
+ * `printc [-b] [-u] [-i] [-n] <0-255> <0-255> <0-255> "Colorized Text to Display"`
+     * This is the structure used when specifying a color with RGB values.
+     * Note the absense of quotes around the RGB numbers, this is required.
+     * Note the inclusion of quotes around the intended output, also required.
+         * As usual double quotes will allow parameter expansion.
+     * The RGB values must come after any options, and before the intended output.
+ * `printc [-b] [-u] [-i] [-n]> -C <built in color> "Colorized Text to Display"`
+     * This is the structure used when specifying a color that is built in to the plugin.
+     * Quoting the intended output is not required when using built in color options.
+ * Options can be given in any order, and chained together, such as
+ `-buinC <built in color>`, so long as `built in color` follows immediately after `-C`,
+ and in the case of using RGB values, they must come after any options that are given.
+
+# Notes on Environment Setup and Script Usage
+ Immediately after setup, the `printc` command will be available to use
+ interactively, or inside aliases and functions. You can create nice colorized, formatted
+ text for your output. In order to be used inside ZSH scripts, you will need to make the
+ `printc` tool available outside of your current shell. One easy way to do this is to add
+ the following lines to your `~/.zshenv` file.
+
+ ```
+ fpath=($HOME/.oh-my-zsh/plugins/printc $fpath)'
+ ZSH=$HOME/.oh-my-zsh/'
+ ```
+ The first line makes the plugin itself available to shells that are forked from your
+ interactive session, and the second line is an environment variable provided by OMZ,
+ which is referenced inside of the `printc` plugin, and therefore needs to be exposed to
+ children shells who want access to the tool. This can be done manually, or there is an
+ included script, called `setup.sh` which will set everything up automatically if ran. It
+ only needs to be ran once.
+
+ And finally, any script that uses the `printc` command will have to include the line
+ `autoload -Uz printc` near the top.
+
+ If you only want to use `printc` interactively, and/or inside functions and aliases, then
+ the above environment setup is not needed.
+
diff --git a/plugins/printc/_printc b/plugins/printc/_printc
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+#compdef printc
+
+_printc() {
+  local -a all_opts
+
+  all_opts=(
+    "-b[bold]"
+    "-i[italic]"
+    "-u[underline]"
+    "-l[list built in colors]"
+    "-h[show help message]"
+    "-C[built in colors]:custom:(cayenne \
+      mocha asparagus fern clover moss teal \
+      ocean midnight eggplant plum maroon maraschino \
+      tangerine lemon lime spring seafoam turquois \
+      aqua blueberry grape magenta strawberry salmon \
+      cantaloupe banana honeydew flora spindrift ice \
+      sky orchid lavender bubblegum carnation)"
+  )
+
+  _arguments -s "$all_opts[@]"
+}
+
diff --git a/plugins/printc/printc b/plugins/printc/printc
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+# ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/printc/printc
+
+zsh $ZSH/plugins/printc/printc_scpt $@
diff --git a/plugins/printc/printc.plugin.zsh b/plugins/printc/printc.plugin.zsh
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+# load included completion function into existing
+# ~/.zcompdump-${SHORT_HOST}-${ZSH_VERSION} file
+autoload -Uz _printc && compinit -d $ZSH_COMPDUMP
+
+# Wrapper function to call included printc script
+function printc() {
+  zsh $ZSH/plugins/printc/printc_scpt $@
+}
+
+
diff --git a/plugins/printc/printc_scpt b/plugins/printc/printc_scpt
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+#!/bin/zsh -f
+
+emulate -L zsh
+
+usage() {
+  local yellow="\033[38;5;003m"
+  local green="\033[38;5;002m"
+
+  print """${green}printc ${RS} v0.1
+
+${yellow}USAGE:${RS}
+     printc [FLAGS/OPTIONS] [<R G B>] ['string to print']
+
+${yellow}FLAGS:${RS}
+    ${green}-b${RS}     \033[1mbold${RS}
+    ${green}-i${RS}     \033[3mitalic${RS}
+    ${green}-u${RS}     \033[4munderline${RS}
+    ${green}-n${RS}     do not add newline to the result${RS}
+    ${green}-l${RS}     list built in colors${RS}
+    ${green}-h${RS}     show this help message${RS}
+
+${yellow}OPTIONS:${RS}
+    ${green}-C <built in color>${RS}
+
+${yellow}ARGS:${RS}
+    ${green}<R G B>${RS}    Red Green Blue values from 0 - 255 for each
+
+${yellow}Note:${RS}
+    Either the -C <build in color> OPTION or <R G B> ARGS can be used,
+    but not both. The flags -b -i -u can be used in any combination/order
+    or omitted completely. -C and/or <R G B> can be omitted and the color
+    will default to white, still observering the flags -b -i -u. Text to
+    be printed should be quoted. Use double quotes if you want to expand
+    variables inside your string, single quotes otherwise.
+
+${yellow}Examples:${RS}
+    printc -bu -C maroon 'Some Cool String'
+
+    printc -i 120 200 50 'Some Cool String'
+  """
+}
+
+showall() {
+  local all_colors=()
+  for color_v in $@; do
+    all_colors+=($(zsh $THIS_PROG -b -C $color_v $color_v))
+  done
+  print -C 3 $all_colors
+}
+
+THIS_PROG=$0:A
+UL=
+BD=
+IT=
+RS="\033[0m"
+BUILT_IN_COLOR=
+USED_BUILTIN=0
+
+typeset -A built_in_colors
+built_in_colors=(
+  cayenne '148 017 000'
+  mocha '148 082 000'
+  asparagus '146 144 000'
+  fern '079 143 000'
+  clover '000 143 000'
+  moss '000 144 081'
+  teal '000 145 147'
+  ocean '000 084 147'
+  midnight '001 025 147'
+  eggplant '083 027 147'
+  plum '148 033 147'
+  maroon '148 023 081'
+  maraschino '255 038 000'
+  tangerine '255 147 000'
+  lemon '255 251 000'
+  lime '142 250 000'
+  spring '000 249 000'
+  seafoam '000 250 146'
+  turquois '000 253 255'
+  aqua '000 150 255'
+  blueberry '004 051 255'
+  grape '148 055 255'
+  magenta '255 064 255'
+  strawberry '255 047 146'
+  salmon '255 126 121'
+  cantaloupe '255 212 121'
+  banana '255 252 121'
+  honeydew '212 251 121'
+  flora '115 250 121'
+  spindrift '115 252 214'
+  ice '115 253 255'
+  sky '118 214 255'
+  orchid '122 129 255'
+  lavender '215 131 255'
+  bubblegum '255 133 255'
+  carnation '255 138 216'
+)
+
+bad_color_input() {
+  local yellow="\033[38;5;003m"
+  print """
+${yellow}\033[1mInvalid Color${RS}
+
+\"$1\" is not a recognized color.
+
+Run \`printc -l\` to see all valid colors.
+  """ 1>&2
+  exit 1
+}
+
+test_input() {
+  [[ ! -n ${built_in_colors[(ie)$1]} ]] && \
+    bad_color_input $1
+}
+
+zparseopts -D - \
+  C:=color_flag u=u_flag b=b_flag i=i_flag l=l_flag h=h_flag n=n_flag
+
+if [[ $l_flag ]] || [[ $h_flag ]];then
+  [[ $h_flag ]] && usage || \
+    {
+      all_colors=( ${(k)built_in_colors} )
+      showall $all_colors
+    }
+  exit 0
+elif [[ $color_flag ]] || [[ $u_flag ]] || \
+  [[ $b_flag ]] || [[ $i_flag ]]; then
+
+  if [[ $color_flag ]]; then
+    test_input $color_flag[2]
+    USED_BUILTIN=1
+    BUILT_IN_COLOR=$built_in_colors[$color_flag[2]]
+  fi
+  if [[ $u_flag ]]; then
+    UL="\033[4m" # underline
+  fi
+  if [[ $b_flag ]]; then
+    BD="\033[1m" # bold
+  fi
+  if [[ $i_flag ]]; then
+    IT="\033[3m" # italic
+  fi
+else
+  echo
+  echo "\033[1m\033[38;5;001mInvalid Option${RS}"
+  echo
+  usage
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [[ $USED_BUILTIN == 1 ]]; then
+  R=$BUILT_IN_COLOR[1,3]
+  G=$BUILT_IN_COLOR[5,7]
+  B=$BUILT_IN_COLOR[9,11]
+  MSG=$@
+else
+  if [[ $# == 4 ]]; then
+    R=$1
+    G=$2
+    B=$3
+    MSG=$4
+  elif [[ $# == 1 ]]; then
+    R=255
+    G=255
+    B=255
+    MSG=$1
+  else
+    usage
+  fi
+fi
+
+if [[ $n_flag ]]; then
+  echo -n "${UL}${BD}${IT}\033[38;2;${R};${G};${B}m${MSG}${RS}"
+else
+  echo "${UL}${BD}${IT}\033[38;2;${R};${G};${B}m${MSG}${RS}"
+fi
diff --git a/plugins/printc/setup.sh b/plugins/printc/setup.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+ZSHENV_FILE=$HOME/.zshenv
+
+write_to_zshenv() {
+  {
+    echo
+    echo '# ---Auto generated by printc plugin---'
+    echo 'fpath=($HOME/.oh-my-zsh/plugins/printc $fpath)'
+    echo 'ZSH=$HOME/.oh-my-zsh'
+    echo '# -------------------------------------'
+    echo
+  } >> "$ZSHENV_FILE"
+}
+
+if [ -e "$ZSHENV_FILE" ]; then
+  write_to_zshenv
+else
+  touch "$HOME/.zshenv"
+  write_to_zshenv
+fi