concol.h

#ifndef __CONCOL_H
#define __CONCOL_H

#include <windows.h>
#include <iosfwd>

namespace concolors
{
	enum concol
	{
		black = 0,
		dark_blue = 1,
		dark_green = 2,
		dark_aqua, dark_cyan = 3,
		dark_red = 4,
		dark_purple = 5,
		dark_pink = 5,
		dark_magenta = 5,
		dark_yellow = 6,
		dark_white = 7,
		gray = 8,
		blue = 9,
		green = 10,
		aqua = 11,
		cyan = 11,
		red = 12,
		purple = 13,
		pink = 13,
		magenta = 13,
		yellow = 14,
		white = 15
	};

	HANDLE std_con_out; // Standard Output Handle
	bool colorprotect = false;
	concol textcol, backcol, deftextcol, defbackcol;

	inline void update_colors()
	{
		CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO csbi;
		GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(std_con_out, &csbi);
		textcol = concol(csbi.wAttributes & 15);
		backcol = concol((csbi.wAttributes & 0xf0) >> 4);
	}

	inline void setcolor(concol textcolor, concol backcolor) { if (colorprotect && textcolor == backcolor)return; textcol = textcolor; backcol = backcolor; unsigned short wAttributes = ((unsigned int)backcol << 4) | (unsigned int)textcol; SetConsoleTextAttribute(std_con_out, wAttributes); }

	inline void settextcolor(concol textcolor) { if (colorprotect && textcolor == backcol)return; textcol = textcolor; unsigned short wAttributes = ((unsigned int)backcol << 4) | (unsigned int)textcol; SetConsoleTextAttribute(std_con_out, wAttributes); }

	inline void setbackcolor(concol backcolor) { if (colorprotect && textcol == backcolor)return; backcol = backcolor; unsigned short wAttributes = ((unsigned int)backcol << 4) | (unsigned int)textcol; SetConsoleTextAttribute(std_con_out, wAttributes); }

	inline void concolinit() { std_con_out = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE); update_colors(); deftextcol = textcol; defbackcol = backcol; }

	template<class elem, class traits> inline std::basic_ostream<elem, traits>& operator<<(std::basic_ostream<elem, traits>& os, concol col) { os.flush(); settextcolor(col); return os; }

	template<class elem, class traits> inline std::basic_istream<elem, traits>& operator>>(std::basic_istream<elem, traits>& is, concol col) { std::basic_ostream<elem, traits>* p = is.tie(); if (p != NULL)p->flush(); settextcolor(col); return is; }
}

#endif // __CONCOL_H