Experiments of 2022-04

FdFind, Ansi Colors with Group-Object

# [3] main + UX for long exxtensions + Horizontal rules
fd --color=always --changed-within=10hours
| group { 
    $strExt = $_ | StripAnsi | gi | % Extension
    # QOL: don't let massive names break the table
    if($strExt.Length -gt 10) { $strExt.Substring(0, 10) } else {$strExt}
}
| %{ $_ ; hr }
| ft -AutoSize

# [1] Minimum required
fd --color=always --changed-within=10hours
| group { $_ | StripAnsi | gi | % Extension }
| ft -AutoSize

# [2] UX: Don't let super long extensions break break columns
fd --color=always --changed-within=10hours
| group {
    $strExt = $_ | StripAnsi | gi | % Extension
    if($strExt.Length -gt 10) { $strExt.Substring(0, 10) } else {$strExt}
}
| ft -AutoSize

Using wt‘s Parameters

PS> wt -w theme-test new-tab --title "Tango Light" --profile 'pwsh_nop' --colorScheme "Tango Dark"
PS> wt -w theme-test new-tab --title "Tango Light" --profile 'pwsh_nop' --colorScheme "BirdsOfParadise"

# or
ZD-Invoke-WtThemeTest -Random

Nested Formatting in Powershell

CLI bat to preview results

# For every file fd finds, print the first 15 lines
PS> fd --exec-batch bat --line-range=:15 --paging=always

# forcing paging /on/off
PS> fd --exec-batch bat --line-range=:15 --paging=never

Regex Lazy vs Greedy Expressions

Using CSS Selectors

Autocomplete changes based on the first Argument

Parsing Stdout Whitespace

• Using Format-ControlChar

Grouping On Errors

Type Resolution Is Scoped

Pwsh🐒> # test whether it's resolved by coerce to [type]
    'catman' -as 'type' -is 'type'
    'batman' -as 'type' -is 'type'
True
False

Pwsh🐒> # test whether it's resolved by coerce to [type]
    'catman' -as 'type' -is 'type'
    'batman' -as 'type' -is 'type'
True
False


# after 

Pwsh🐒> @(
    # Declaring a new type in inside a [ScriptBlock]
    & {
        class batman { [string]$Name }
        [batman]
    }

    # verses dotsourcing a type into the current scope
    . {
       class catman { [string]$Name }
       [catman]
    }) | ft -AutoSize

   Namespace: <4cf9efd5>

Access Modifiers Name   BaseType
------ --------- ----   --------
public class     batman object

   Namespace: <f2200555>

Access Modifiers Name   BaseType
------ --------- ----   --------
public class     catman object