jeg2/colorize

Ruby string class extension. It add some methods to set color, background color and text effect on console easier using ANSI escape sequences.

colorize¶ ↑

http://colorize.rubyforge.org
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DESCRIPTION:¶ ↑

Ruby string class extension. It add some methods to set color, background color and text effect on console easier. Uses ANSI escape sequences.

FEATURES/PROBLEMS:¶ ↑

• change string color

• change string background

• change string effect

SYNOPSIS:¶ ↑

Some usage samples:

puts "This is blue".colorize( :blue )
puts "This is light blue".colorize( :light_blue )
puts "This is also blue".colorize( :color => :blue )
puts "This is blue with red background".colorize( :color => :light_blue, :background => :red )
puts "This is blue with red background".colorize( :light_blue ).colorize( :background => :red )
puts "This is blue text on red".blue.on_red
puts "This is red on blue".colorize( :red ).on_blue
puts "This is uncolorized".blue.on_red.uncolorize
puts "This is red on blue and underline".colorize( :red ).on_blue.underline
puts "This is blue text on red".blue.on_red.blink

Class methods:

String.colors - return array of all possible colors names
String.modes  - return array of all possible modes
String.color_matrix - displays color matrix with color names
String.color_matrix( "FOO" ) - display color matrix with "FOO" text

REQUIREMENTS:¶ ↑

• Win32/Console/ANSI (for Windows)

INSTALL:¶ ↑

• sudo gem install colorize

LICENSE:¶ ↑

colorize - Ruby string class extension. It add some methods to set color, background color and text effect on console easier using ANSI escape sequences.

Copyright © 2007 Michal Kalbarczyk

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.