Added

• Python 3.13 support
• An escape utility function
• Running python -m dahlia now displays the lib version

Changed

• Improved error message for an invalid marker type (by @cadaniel02)

Fixed

• Corrected edge case behavior when trying to use a regex character (e.g. ? or $) as a marker
• Fixed custom color processing

Removed

• Python 3.8 support

This release follows the Dahlia Specification v1.0.0.

Added

• Automatic color depth detection (as a consequence, Dahlia's depth parameter can now be None)
• Style-specific reset codes
• The &_ escape code
• The clean_ansi function should now handle way more ANSI escape codes
• The package can now be executed with python -m dahlia to show the current terminal emulator's capabilities
• Various performance improvements:
  • String conversions are now approximately ~70% faster
  • A comprehensive benchmark showed an overall library speedup of 20%

Changed

• The "Blink" style code was changed from &p to &k
• The custom color syntax was changed from &[#ffaff3] to &#ffaff3; and now supports shorthand 3-digit codes
• The Dahlia.depth property now returns a Depth | None instead of an int
• The full reset code is now &R instead of &r
• The "Hide" style code was changed from &k to &h
• The no_reset parameter and property was renamed to auto_reset and now defaults to True

Fixed

• Type checkers no longer complain about non-lowercase depth strings

Removed

• Dahlia.reset
• Dahlia.test
• Dahlia's no_color parameter
• The CLI tool
• The &g code
• The legacy dahlia, dprint, and dinput functions
• The quantize_ansi utility function

Fixed

• Dahlia objects with different markers are no longer considered equal

Fixed

• Python 3.8 compatibility

Added

• quantize_ansi by @Lunarmagpie

Added

• Legacy dinput function

Fixed

• Corrected legacy dahlia and dinput function typehints

Changed

• Minor CLI improvements

Fixed

• Changed the default depth in the Dahlia CLI to 4

Added

• New format codes:
  • i - invert
  • j - dim
  • k - hide
  • p - blink
• String and integer literals can now be used to specify the depth, e.g. dprint("&3hi", depth="tty") or Dahlia(depth=24)
• no_color kwarg (has priority over the NO_COLOR environment variable)

Changed

• Changed the default depth to LOW (4-bit)

Fixed

• Fixed encoding background colors for lower color depths

Fixed

• Added depth 4 as a valid option in the Dahlia CLI
• Fixed Python 3.8 compatibility
• Fixed non-HIGH depths failing during conversion

Added

• py.typed file by @Lunarmagpie

Changed

• __main__.py:main now uses sys.exit instead of exit
• Improved project structure

Fixed

• Fixed 4-bit colors being entirely unused by the __get_ansi function

Also thanks to @Sigmanificient for minor improvements!