I’m publishing yet another puny Ruby on Rails plugin.
clog == “color log”
This blog post is mostly a repeat of the gem’s rdoc but with dazzling color pictures!
Gemfile
gem "clog"
You change the defaults in environment.rb just like rails 2x but without the require.
Flag
No arguments outputs a “flag” to the log
clog
Single argument
clog var
Tagged argument
First argument must be a symbol, which outputs before second argument.
clog :var, var
Multiple arguments
Will output each on its own line.
clog Object.new, Kernel, RUBY_VERSION, :a_symbol
Changing color
Clog.colors(background, forground=white)
Choices- :black, :red, :green, :yellow, :blue, :magenta, :cyan, :white
Clog.colors(:blue) Clog.colors(:black, yellow)
Default is red background, white foreground.
Max width
clog figures out when its appropriate to place additional information (line number, calling method, etc) on the right of the output or below it on the next line. Think of maxwidth as representing the width of your terminal window. The default is 150
Clog.maxwidth(100)
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