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lme

console.logging done right, beautifully.

You don't have to write the 13 char long console.log() anymore. Try:

lme.d("hello world");

💫 This package is built from ground up with simplicity in mind. Best configuration ships with this package. i.e, You don't have to configure anything extra to start using this package. But if you need something unique, or if color of your terminal background contradicts with this package's colors (causing accessibility issues), or if you are a kind of unicorn, you have wonderful options to adjust them here. And this package is bound to strictly follow semantic versioning.

v1.5 is out. What's new?
- Set environment variable to adjust level of logging.
- Define your own color schemes for lines
- Define your own color schemes for texts
- Multiple argumnets support: lme.s("hi", "hello")
- Stability and performance improvements.

Why lme ( logme )

• Clean and semantically focused.
• Consistent design for errors, warnings, successes etc.
• Simpler to use than console.log() or even console.log(chalk.red("hi"));
• Draw lines with just a single function, lme.line().
• Automatically expands objects and arrays. So that, you don't have to use JSON.stringify() anymore.
• Define your own color schemes with lmeconfig.json file.
• Set environment variables to adjust logging level.
• Actively maintained.

Install / Update

npm install --save lme

Usage

Syntax

lme.<status>(message);

Example

const lme = require('lme');

lme.d("my kitty is pinky!"); // default style, used for anonymous outputs.
lme.e("Snap! something went wrong."); // used for logging errors.
lme.s("Oh yeah!"); // used for logging success.
lme.w("Attention! Thank you for your attention."); // used for logging warnings.

// lines
lme.line() // used to draw lines
lme.eline() // used to draw lines in error theme.
lme.sline() // used to draw lines in success theme.

Tip: Use lme in every file without requiring it in each file by defining it globally. Show me how!

APIs

Syntax : lme.<status>(message);

• where <status> can have the following values:

status	name	when to use	example
d	default	default output	lme.d("hi");
s	success	on success output	lme.s("hi");
e	error	on error-ed output	lme.e("hi");
w	warning	for warnings like output	lme.w("hi");
h	highlight	for highlighting an output	lme.h("hi");
i	info	for info like output	lme.i("hi");
t	trace	for tracing stack	lme.t("hi");

where message can be string / float / int / objects. (note that JavaScript treats arrays as objects.)

You can also use multiple arguments with lme like:

lme.d(message[, message]);

Drawing lines with lme.line()

Syntax : lme.line(character, length). (both arguments are optional)

You can prefix d, s, e, w, h to the line() function to obtain the corresponding color scheme for your line. You can also simply use lme.line() which has some default values as described below.

Argument List

argument	type	purpose	default value
character	string	determines which character should be used for drawing lines	-
length	integer	length of the line	30

Examples

lme.line();
lme.eline("^");
lme.sline("@", 12);
lme.wline("#", 50);

APIs for drawing lines

status	name	when to use	example
line	default	default output	lme.line();
dline	same as line	default output	lme.dline("*", 5);
sline	success	on success output	lme.sline("*");
eline	error	on error-ed output	lme.eline("/", 50);
wline	warning	for warnings like output	lme.wline("*");
hline	highlight	for highlighting an output	lme.hline("*");