fixed #5, colorization now always works as expected

lib/helpers.go

@@ -152,36 +152,13 @@ func trimRow(row []string) []string {
 	return fixedrow
 }
 
-func maskParens(in string) string {
-	/*
-	   we need  to escape  brackets, because  the color  module treats
-	   text enclosed within  < and > as a color  tag and therefore the
-	   color tags don't work anymore.
-
-	   See https://github.com/gookit/color/issues/52 for details.
-	*/
-	return strings.ReplaceAll(strings.ReplaceAll(in, ">", "⦘"), "<", "⦗")
-}
-
-func unmaskParens(in string) string {
-	// does the reverse from above during actual output
-	return strings.ReplaceAll(strings.ReplaceAll(in, "⦘", ">"), "⦗", "<")
-}
-
 func colorizeData(c cfg.Config, output string) string {
 	if len(c.Pattern) > 0 && !c.NoColor && color.IsConsole(os.Stdout) {
 		r := regexp.MustCompile("(" + c.Pattern + ")")
-		return r.ReplaceAllString(maskParens(output), "<bg="+c.MatchBG+";fg="+c.MatchFG+">$1</>")
+		return r.ReplaceAllStringFunc(output, func(in string) string {
+			return c.ColorStyle.Sprint(in)
+		})
 	} else {
 		return output
 	}
 }
-
-func isTerminal(f *os.File) bool {
-	o, _ := f.Stat()
-	if (o.Mode() & os.ModeCharDevice) == os.ModeCharDevice {
-		return true
-	} else {
-		return false
-	}
-}