colorize

Ruby String class extension. Adds methods to set text color, background color and, text effects on ruby console and command line output, using ANSI escape sequences.

features

• change string color
• change string background
• change string effect

usage

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

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

• gem install colorize

Note: You may need to use sudo to install gems