PrettyConsole adds colors to your console using the bash colorization codes.

self.puts_in_green('Some wording')

prints the following with standard system font $${\color{green} Some\space wording}$$

where 'green' is a < color > that might be replaced with the following colors :

• red,
• green (as used)
• yellow
• blue
• purple
• cyan
• heavy_white
• and green

self.say_in_<color>('Some wording')

prints the following with standard system font $${\color{green} =====&gt;\space Some\space wording\space&lt;=====}$$

self.print_in_<color>('x')

prints the following with standard system font $${\color{green}x}$$

self.say_with_<color>_background('Some wording')

desc 'your task'
task your_task: :environment do |task|
  self.announce_task(task or string) do
    ...your task code
  end
end

• prints a colored header with the task name and a footer
• it displays the time elapased inside the block

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'pretty_console'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install pretty_console

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request

© Etienne Weil

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