From: ben baka <brainychip@...>
Date: 2008-02-06T19:14:33+09:00
Subject: Re: Is there an easy way to color/control console output?

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See:

http://benjaminbaka.wordpress.com/2008/02/06/console-output-with-color-using-ruby/


On Feb 6, 2008 12:54 AM, Reacher <brandon.g.jones@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Feb 5, 7:13 pm, Andy <agunner...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello everyone, is there an easy way for me to color my console
> > output?  What about updating just a particular x/y coordinate?  I
> > don't have time to learn Tk right now for a graphical GUI but just
> > being able to control the color and locations of what I print out
> > would be so nice.  I am on windows right now but I would like the code
> > to be cross platform if it as all possible.  Anyone here have any
> > suggestions for something light weight?
> >
> > --
> > -Andy
> > "I have a great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it." -
> > Edgar Allen Poe
>
> Take a look at ncurses.  I've never  used the ruby extension for it,
> but it's a fairly easy way to manipulate the console.  There is color
> support.  Also, Coderay (http://coderay.rubychan.de/) is a gem that
> colorizes text based on coding language.
>
>


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