AnsiColor

Full support for ANSI colored strings in Julia. Allows formatted output in REPL/Shell environment for both Unix and Mac.

##Install

Pkg.add("AnsiColor")

##Using AnsiColor

AnsiColor wraps a string in the ANSI escape sequences used for colorized text. The style, foreground and backround colors of a string can be set.

A simple example:

Usage is similar to Base.print_with_color but additional arguments are supported.

using AnsiColor

println(colorize(:red, "Hello World!", background="light_yellow", mode="underline"))

There are also convenience methods with a simpler syntax:

using AnsiColor

red("Hello World!")

Supported colors available in most environments:

• black
• red
• green
• yellow
• blue
• magenta
• cyan
• white
• default
• light_black
• light_red
• light_green
• light_yellow
• light_blue
• light_magenta
• light_cyan
• light_white

Supported text modes:

• default
• bold
• underline
• blink
• swap
• hide

Why use AnsiColor instead of Base.print_with_color()?

There are more colors and text modes supported in AnsiColor than the native print_with_color method. Also, you have direct access to the formatted string for more flexibility, such as printing multiple colors per line.

TODO: Windows Support