prettify CLI

[rayannott]

I would like to improve the c2e CLI (which I am using actively instead of the GUI) by:

• replacing argparse (and main(sys.args[1:])) with a much cleaner CLI interface click (or possibly even rich_click)
• using rich for better feedback in the console (progress bars, colourful logs, etc.)

Let me know if anyone is interested in such changes. Otherwise I just keep them in my fork :)

[axu2]

Can you show how much better it looks?

Though tbh, I don't really like adding new dependencies if I don't have to.

[rayannott]

Though tbh, I don't really like adding new dependencies if I don't have to.

@axu2 yep, I understand but I believe it could really make a difference in the CLI UX.

You can see the libraries I'm talking about here:

• click for better CLI
• rich for colourful outputs

And rich_click is the merge of the two.

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If you install the rich one and run some examples you can get an idea of some features I imagine the proposed change would use:

# prep (assuming you have uv installed)
uv venv
source .venv/bin/activate
uv pip install rich

uv run python -m rich  # this is the static showcase
uv run python -m rich.progress  # animated progress bars
uv run python -m rich.status  # animated status bars