# fedsay

> Positioned, colored text output for shell scripts driving fed field editors.
> Non-interactive: emits ANSI to stdout, like `tput cup`/`setaf` but with fed color names.
> More information: `python3 fedsay.py --help`.

- Write a label at row,col (0-indexed):

`python3 fedsay.py {{2}} {{0}} "{{Name:}}"`

- Colored label (ANSI names, optional bright- prefix, or default):

`python3 fedsay.py 2 0 "{{Name:}}" --color {{bright-white,blue}}`

- Reverse-video text:

`python3 fedsay.py 0 0 "{{ALERT}}" -r`

- Clear the screen and paint it (a screen color, which `clear` cannot set):

`python3 fedsay.py 0 0 --cls {{white,blue}}`

- Write a message without disturbing the cursor position:

`python3 fedsay.py {{23}} {{0}} "{{Saved.}}" --keep`

- Position relative to the current cursor (`@` = current row/col):

`python3 fedsay.py {{@}} {{@}} "{{ <-- here}}" --color yellow,default`
