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_samples                # displays color samples in all combinations
String.disable_colorization         # check if colorization is disabled
String.disable_colorization = false # enable colorization
String.disable_colorization false   # enable colorization
String.disable_colorization = true  # disable colorization
String.disable_colorization true    # disable colorization

requirements

Win32/Console/ANSI (for Windows)

install

gem install colorize

Note: You may need to use sudo to install gems

license

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.,
51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.