Happy birthday sample

readme.md

• Requires NuGet package Spectre.Console
• Emojis

Program.cs

using Spectre.Console;
using System.Text;

namespace BirthDay;
internal partial class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        // 1) Force UTF-8 so emojis aren’t mangled into question marks
        Console.OutputEncoding = new UTF8Encoding(encoderShouldEmitUTF8Identifier: false);
        Console.InputEncoding = Encoding.UTF8;

        string[] lyrics =
        [
            ":musical_note: Happy birthday to you",
            ":musical_note: Happy birthday to you",
            ":musical_note: Happy birthday dear Karen",
            ":musical_note: Happy birthday to you! :clinking_glasses:"
        ];

        AnsiConsole.MarkupLine(":birthday_cake: [magenta]Let's sing Happy Birthday to Karen![/] :birthday_cake:");

        foreach (var line in lyrics)
        {
            AnsiConsole.MarkupLine(line);   // <-- Spectre parses :shortcodes: here
            Thread.Sleep(1500);
        }

        AnsiConsole.MarkupLine(":clinking_glasses: Wishing Karen a fantastic year ahead! :clinking_glasses:");

        SpectreConsoleHelpers.ExitPrompt();
    }
}

SpectreConsoleHelpers.cs

using Spectre.Console;

namespace TODO;
public static class SpectreConsoleHelpers
{
    public static void ExitPrompt()
    {
        Console.WriteLine();
        AnsiConsole.MarkupLine("[bold cyan]Press any key to exit...[/]");

        Console.ReadLine();
    }

    private static void Render(Rule rule)
    {
        AnsiConsole.Write(rule);
        AnsiConsole.WriteLine();
    }
}