CLI text

Write some text to the screen. This function is most appropriate for longer paragraphs. See cli_alert() for shorter status messages.

Usage

cli_text(..., .envir = parent.frame())

Arguments

...: The text to show, in character vectors. They will be concatenated into a single string. Newlines are not preserved.
.envir: Environment to evaluate the glue expressions in.

Details

Text wrapping

Text is wrapped to the console width, see console_width().

cli_text(cli:::lorem_ipsum())

#> Lorem ad ipsum veniam esse nisi deserunt duis. Qui incididunt elit              
#> elit mollit sint nulla consectetur aute commodo do elit laboris minim           
#> et. Laboris ipsum mollit voluptate et non do incididunt eiusmod. Anim           
#> consectetur mollit laborum occaecat eiusmod excepteur. Ullamco non              
#> tempor esse anim tempor magna non.                                              

New lines

A cli_text() call always appends a newline character to the end.

cli_text("First line.")
cli_text("Second line.")

#> First line.                                                                     
#> Second line.                                                                    

Styling

You can use inline markup, as usual.

cli_text("The {.fn cli_text} function in the {.pkg cli} package.")

#> The `cli_text()` function in the cli package.                                   

Interpolation

String interpolation via glue works as usual. Interpolated vectors are collapsed.

pos <- c(5, 14, 25, 26)
cli_text("We have {length(pos)} missing measurements: {pos}.")

#> We have 4 missing measurements: 5, 14, 25, and 26.                              

Styling and interpolation

Use double braces to combine styling and string interpolation.

fun <- "cli-text"
pkg <- "cli"
cli_text("The {.fn {fun}} function in the {.pkg {pkg}} package.")

#> The `cli-text()` function in the cli package.                                   

Multiple arguments

Arguments are concatenated.

cli_text(c("This ", "will ", "all "), "be ", "one ", "sentence.")

#> This will all be one sentence.                                                  

Containers

You can use cli_text() within cli containers.

ul <- cli_ul()
cli_li("First item.")
cli_text("Still the {.emph first} item")
cli_li("Second item.")
cli_text("Still the {.emph second} item")
cli_end(ul)

#> • First item.                                                                   
#> Still the first item                                                            
#> • Second item.                                                                  
#> Still the second item                                                           