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Google Cloud Platform’s new interactive CLI

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Re: Google Cloud Platform’s new interactive CLI

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Post by musage »

tyingq wrote: post #3
fouc wrote: post #2

LOL @ the bright green on black terminal pictures. How shall I say it, it feels very "l33t". Too bad they didn't use more normal terminal colours, it would improve readability IMO.

It's pretty normal and expected for those of us that spent significant time on an actual VT220 or similar. Maybe the choice was just driven by someone similar.

Amber would have the same pseudo-retro appeal, with the advantage of looking less crap, ironically.

Personally, I think this is a huge deal because I'm still miffed about "flat design" and the deprecation of skeuomorphism.. except in a situations like this, where it brings nothing but ugly to the table. That's just adding insult to injury.

Re: Google Cloud Platform’s new interactive CLI

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Post by [deleted] »

oblio wrote: post #10
zellyn wrote: post #4

Is this an open-source library one could use to make one's own interactive tools? Just curious. Anyone have pointers? Edit: I am slightly familiar with this family of tools. I was curious if there was a pointer to exactly the one used here.

I think this is quite popular: https://github.com/jonathanslenders/python-prompt-toolkit For Rust this library seems nice: https://github.com/kbknapp/clap-rs (it generates autocompletion scripts for shells)

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Re: Google Cloud Platform’s new interactive CLI

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Post by Chaosteil »

zellyn wrote: post #4

Is this an open-source library one could use to make one's own interactive tools? Just curious. Anyone have pointers? Edit: I am slightly familiar with this family of tools. I was curious if there was a pointer to exactly the one used here.

I believe this looks awfully familiar to this: https://github.com/c-bata/go-prompt (which is based on the previously mentioned `python-promt-toolkit`)

Re: Google Cloud Platform’s new interactive CLI

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Post by phjordon »

oblio wrote: post #10
zellyn wrote: post #4

Is this an open-source library one could use to make one's own interactive tools? Just curious. Anyone have pointers? Edit: I am slightly familiar with this family of tools. I was curious if there was a pointer to exactly the one used here.

I think this is quite popular: https://github.com/jonathanslenders/python-prompt-toolkit For Rust this library seems nice: https://github.com/kbknapp/clap-rs (it generates autocompletion scripts for shells)

It's a pretty neat tool. I've played around with it a lot, and it's used in the aws-shell[0] to a very similar effect as the OP. (Disclaimer: I work for aws and have contributed to the aws-shell.)

[0]: https://github.com/awslabs/aws-shell

Re: Google Cloud Platform’s new interactive CLI

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Post by LeonM »

fouc wrote: post #2

LOL @ the bright green on black terminal pictures. How shall I say it, it feels very "l33t". Too bad they didn't use more normal terminal colours, it would improve readability IMO.

I've been using a green on black scheme for years now, imo it is the best color combination for low light environments.

Re: Google Cloud Platform’s new interactive CLI

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Post by cryptofun »

While we're on the topic, Cool Retro Term is open source or free and so much fun to play with. I have a real thing for the amber monitors. I got to see some ancient ones still operating the world in my early career on the dying open outcry trading floors of the American Stock Exchange in the mid 2000s. LMGTFY: https://www.google.com/search?q=amber+monitor&tbm=isch&sourc...:

Re: Google Cloud Platform’s new interactive CLI

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Post by 2fifty3 »

cryptofun wrote: post #17

While we're on the topic, Cool Retro Term is open source or free and so much fun to play with. I have a real thing for the amber monitors. I got to see some ancient ones still operating the world in my early career on the dying open outcry trading floors of the American Stock Exchange in the mid 2000s. LMGTFY: https://www.google.com/search?q=amber+monitor&tbm=isch&sourc... :

Here is a link to the github repo with the images and codebase: https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term
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