require 'rubygems'
require 'ansi_color'

AnsiColor.print('plain string')
# => "plain string"

AnsiColor.puts('plain string')
# => "plain string\n"

AnsiColor.print('coloured string', :color => :red,
	:background => :black,
	:effects => [:blink, :bold])
# => "\e[31;40;5;1mcoloured string\e[0m"

AnsiColor.puts('coloured string', :color => :red,
	:background => :black,
	:effects => [:blink, :bold])
# => "\e[31;40;5;1mcoloured string\e[0m\n"

AnsiColor.red
# => 31

AnsiColor.red_background
# => 41

AnsiColor.blink
# => 5

require 'rubygems'
require 'ansi_color'

    include AnsiColor::StdOut	

    puts "hello", :color => :blue
    print "indeed", :effect => :bold
puts "ruby is so cool", :red 

require 'rubygems'
require 'ansi_color'

class String
	include AnsiColor::String
end

'coloured string'.red.bold.blink
# => "\e[5m\e[1m\e[31mcoloured string\e[0m\e[0m\e[0m"