bella8 / 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

Ruby gem for colorizing text using ANSI escape sequences. Extends String class or add a ColorizedString with methods to set text color, background color and text effects.

modes

• require 'colorize' - Extends String class
• require 'colorized_string' - add ColorizedString class

features

• change string color
• change string background
• change string effect
• display color samples
• disable colorization

usage

require 'colorize'

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

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

require 'colorized_string'

ColorizedString.colors                       # return array of all possible colors names
ColorizedString.modes                        # return array of all possible modes
ColorizedString.color_samples                # displays color samples in all combinations
ColorizedString.disable_colorization         # check if colorization is disabled
ColorizedString.disable_colorization = false # enable colorization
ColorizedString.disable_colorization false   # enable colorization
ColorizedString.disable_colorization = true  # disable colorization
ColorizedString.disable_colorization true    # disable colorization

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

puts ColorizedString.new("This is blue").blue
puts ColorizedString.new("This is light blue").colorize(:light_blue)

requirements

• Win32/Console/ANSI (for Windows)

install

• gem install colorize

Note: You may need to use sudo to install gems

license

Copyright (C) 2007-2016 Michał 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.,
51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.