package pb import ( "regexp" "unicode/utf8" ) // Finds the control character sequences (like colors) var ctrlFinder = regexp.MustCompile("\x1b\x5b[0-9]+\x6d") func escapeAwareRuneCountInString(s string) int { n := utf8.RuneCountInString(s) for _, sm := range ctrlFinder.FindAllString(s, -1) { n -= len(sm) } return n }