Use lp_terminal_format out of the prompt

[nojhan]

Using lp_terminal_format obviously works when building up the prompt within a theme. Now, I would want to use it, but out in a function called by the user.

However, when I do that and print the returned string, I get escape codes, e.g.: \[\] example \[\]

Is there a way to use lp_terminal_format (along with $NO_COL) in a free function?

Minimal working example

_lp_escaped_theme_activate() {
    _lp_default_theme_activate
}
_lp_escaped_theme_directory() {
    _lp_default_theme_directory
}
_lp_escaped_theme_prompt() {
    lp_terminal_format 0 196 1
    PS1="${lp_terminal_format}>${NO_COL}"
}
user_function() {
    local n=$'\n'
    lp_terminal_format 0 196 1
    printf '%s' "${lp_terminal_format} example ${NO_COL}${n}"
}

[Rycieos]

You could manually remove the escape codes:

user_function() {
    local lp_terminal_format string
    lp_terminal_format 0 196 1
    string="${lp_terminal_format} example ${NO_COL}"
    string="${string//"$_LP_OPEN_ESC"}"
    string="${string//"$_LP_CLOSE_ESC"}"
    printf '%s\n' "$string"
}

It uses private Liquid Prompt variables, so it could break at some point. If this is something others might want to do, we could probably come up with a way to support this.