new hint ui function

modules/ui/ui.go

@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/fatih/color"
 )
 
+const (
+	hint_color = 0xbda02a
+)
+
 /* print out the current path (route) and relevant error */
 func Path(path string, err error) {
 	path = strings.TrimPrefix(path, "/")
@@ -48,6 +52,16 @@ func Fatal(msg string, err error) error {
 	panic(err)
 }
 
+/* print a useful hint to the user */
+func Hint(format string, args ...any) {
+	color.RGB(func(hex int) (r, g, b int) {
+		r = (hex >> 16) & 0xFF
+		g = (hex >> 8) & 0xFF
+		b = hex & 0xFF
+		return
+	}(hint_color)).Printf("hint: %s\n", fmt.Sprintf(format, args...))
+}
+
 /* print message using the ok status color */
 func OK(msg string) {
 	color.Green(msg)