Render emoji-aware bordered terminal output with Python unicodedata width calculations.
npx skills add https://github.com/cowwoc/cat --skill cat-render-box
Please help me install this Agent Skill. Skill: cat:render-box Source: https://github.com/cowwoc/cat/tree/main/skills/render-box Command: npx skills add https://github.com/cowwoc/cat --skill cat-render-box
This Skill renders emoji-aware bordered output in terminal displays, ensuring alignment when emoji characters are present and avoiding misaligned borders in complex displays.
Load the rendering helpers and render a sample box:
source "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/lib/box.sh" box_init 72 box_top "✅ STATUS: Ready" box_empty box_line " Task: render-box" box_bottom
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To render CLI borders and tables with correct emoji alignment, this Skill delegates width calculations to bash scripts that utilize Python's unicodedata. This accurately pads emoji characters like ✅ and ⚠, ensuring crisp bordered terminal output.
Terminal tables break with emoji characters because standard width calculations misjudge their display width. This Skill uses Python's unicodedata and emoji-widths.json to compute exact display widths, preventing misaligned borders in complex displays.
To create a status box in bash that supports unicode, source the box.sh helper script, initialize the box width with box_init, and use functions like box_top, box_line, and box_bottom to render accurately padded bordered output.
Yes, you need Python installed for emoji-aware box rendering in the terminal. The Skill's bash scripts explicitly call Python's unicodedata module and reference emoji-widths.json to calculate accurate display widths for proper padding.
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