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Convert ANSI styled text to HTML

Usage

ansi_html(x, escape_reserved = TRUE, csi = c("drop", "keep"))

Arguments

x

Input character vector.

escape_reserved

Whether to escape characters that are reserved in HTML (&, < and >).

csi

What to do with non-SGR ANSI sequences, either "keep", or "drop" them.

Value

Character vector of HTML.

See also

Other ANSI to HTML conversion: ansi_html_style()

Examples

## Syntax highlight the source code of an R function with ANSI tags,
## and export it to a HTML file.
code <- withr::with_options(
  list(ansi.num_colors = 256),
  code_highlight(format(ansi_html))
)
hcode <- paste(ansi_html(code), collapse = "\n")
css <- paste(format(ansi_html_style()), collapse=  "\n")
page <- htmltools::tagList(
  htmltools::tags$head(htmltools::tags$style(css)),
  htmltools::tags$pre(htmltools::HTML(hcode))
)

if (interactive()) htmltools::html_print(page)