Merge pull request #3817 from anki-code/printx

Added printx to builtins

docs/bash_to_xsh.rst

@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ line is ``#!/usr/bin/env xonsh``.
       - ``v=$(echo 1)``
       - In bash, backticks mean to run a captured subprocess - it's ``$()`` in xonsh. Backticks in xonsh
         mean regex globbing (i.e. ``ls `/etc/pass.*```).
+    * - ``echo -e "\033[0;31mRed text\033[0m"``
+      - ``printx("{RED}Red text{RESET}")``
+      - Print colored text as easy as possible.
     * - ``shopt -s dotglob``
       - ``$DOTGLOB = True``
       - Globbing files with ``*`` or ``**`` will also match dotfiles, or those ‘hidden’ files whose names 

docs/tutorial.rst

@@ -1536,8 +1536,8 @@ For example:
     (env) >>>
 
 
-You can also color your prompt easily by inserting keywords such as ``{GREEN}``
-or ``{BOLD_BLUE}``.  Colors have the form shown below:
+You can also color your prompt (or print colored messages using ``print_color`` function) easily by inserting
+keywords such as ``{GREEN}`` or ``{BOLD_BLUE}``.  Colors have the form shown below:
 
 * ``RESET``: Resets any previously used styling.
 * ``COLORNAME``: Inserts a color code for the following basic colors,

news/printx.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+**Added:**
+
+* Added ``print_color`` and ``printx`` functions to builtins as reference to ``xonsh.tools.print_color``.
+
+**Changed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Deprecated:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Removed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Fixed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Security:**
+
+* <news item>

xonsh/built_ins.py

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ from xonsh.tools import (
     globpath,
     XonshError,
     XonshCalledProcessError,
+    print_color,
 )
 from xonsh.lazyimps import pty, termios, fcntl
 from xonsh.commands_cache import CommandsCache
@@ -1463,6 +1464,8 @@ class XonshSession:
             "execx": "__xonsh__.builtins.execx",
             "compilex": "__xonsh__.builtins.compilex",
             "events": "__xonsh__.builtins.events",
+            "print_color": "__xonsh__.builtins.print_color",
+            "printx": "__xonsh__.builtins.printx",
         }
         for refname, objname in proxy_mapping.items():
             proxy = DynamicAccessProxy(refname, objname)
@@ -1485,6 +1488,8 @@ class XonshSession:
             "compilex",
             "default_aliases",
             "events",
+            "print_color",
+            "printx",
         ]
 
         for name in names:
@@ -1501,6 +1506,7 @@ class _BuiltIns:
         self.execx = None if execer is None else execer.exec
         self.compilex = None if execer is None else execer.compile
         self.events = events
+        self.print_color = self.printx = print_color
 
 
 class DynamicAccessProxy: