Addressing some code review comments.

Author: kmvanbrunt

.github/CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -60,14 +60,19 @@ Nearly all project configuration, including for dependencies and quality tools i
 
 See the `dependencies` list under the `[project]` heading in [pyproject.toml](../pyproject.toml).
 
-| Prerequisite                                        | Minimum Version | Purpose                            |
-| --------------------------------------------------- | --------------- | ---------------------------------- |
-| [python](https://www.python.org/downloads/)         | `3.10`          | Python programming language        |
-| [pyperclip](https://github.com/asweigart/pyperclip) | `1.8`           | Cross-platform clipboard functions |
+| Prerequisite                                               | Minimum Version | Purpose                            |
+| -----------------------------------------------------------| --------------- | ---------------------------------- |
+| [python](https://www.python.org/downloads/)                | `3.10`          | Python programming language        |
+| [pyperclip](https://github.com/asweigart/pyperclip)        | `1.8`           | Cross-platform clipboard functions |
+| [rich](https://github.com/Textualize/rich)                 | `14.1.0`        | Add rich text and beautiful formatting in the terminal |
+| [rich-argparse](https://github.com/hamdanal/rich-argparse) | `1.7.1`         | A rich-enabled help formatter for argparse |
 
 > `macOS` and `Windows` each have an extra dependency to ensure they have a viable alternative to
 > [readline](https://tiswww.case.edu/php/chet/readline/rltop.html) available.
 
+> Python 3.10 depends on [backports.strenum](https://github.com/clbarnes/backports.strenum) to use
+> the `enum.StrEnum` class introduced in Python 3.11.
+
 #### Additional prerequisites to build and publish cmd2
 
 See the `build` list under the `[dependency-groups]` heading in [pyproject.toml](../pyproject.toml)

docs/requirements.txt

@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@
 import time
 
 import cmd2
-from cmd2 import stylize
+from cmd2 import (
+    Color,
+    stylize,
+)
 
 ALERTS = [
     "Watch as this application prints alerts and updates the prompt",
@@ -136,18 +139,18 @@ def _generate_colored_prompt(self) -> str:
         """
         rand_num = random.randint(1, 20)
 
-        status_color = "default"
+        status_color = Color.DEFAULT
 
         if rand_num == 1:
-            status_color = "bright_red"
+            status_color = Color.BRIGHT_RED
         elif rand_num == 2:
-            status_color = "bright_yellow"
+            status_color = Color.BRIGHT_YELLOW
         elif rand_num == 3:
-            status_color = "cyan"
+            status_color = Color.CYAN
         elif rand_num == 4:
-            status_color = "bright_green"
+            status_color = Color.BRIGHT_GREEN
         elif rand_num == 5:
-            status_color = "bright_blue"
+            status_color = Color.BRIGHT_BLUE
 
         return stylize(self.visible_prompt, style=status_color)
 

examples/async_printing.py

@@ -28,11 +28,12 @@ classifiers = [
     "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules",
 ]
 dependencies = [
+    "backports.strenum; python_version == '3.10'",
     "gnureadline>=8; platform_system == 'Darwin'",
     "pyperclip>=1.8",
     "pyreadline3>=3.4; platform_system == 'Windows'",
+    "rich>=14.1.0",
     "rich-argparse>=1.7.1",
-    "backports.strenum; python_version == '3.10'",
 ]
 
 [dependency-groups]