Rich Text Example
Demonstrates styling individual words and characters.
Standard strings are monochromatic. “Rich Text” is composed of Lines containing multiple Spans, where each Span has its own style. This allows for multi-colored, multi-styled text blocks.
Features Demonstrated
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Spans: Chunks of text with a specific style (e.g., “Bold Red Word”).
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Lines: ordered collections of Spans that form a single row of text.
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Paragraphs: Rendering lines of rich text.
Hotkeys
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q: Quit
Usage
ruby examples/widget_rich_text/app.rb
Learning Outcomes
Use this example if you need to…
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Highlight keywords in code (Syntax highlighting).
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Create status lines with icons (e.g., “✔ Success” where the checkmark is green).
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Emphasize specific data points in a paragraph.