Unix Console Styler

kedare (Mathieu Poussin) — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:21:49 GMT

This modue can be used to apply many style on Unix* terminals



# Unix Console Style

# You can use this module to apply a style on the terminal

#

# DON'T WORK ON WINDOWS (Only on *nix Terminal)



module UnixConsoleStyler

  class StyleNotFoundException < Exception; end

  

  # Availables Styles

  STYLE = {

      :default    =>    "\033[0m",

    	# styles

    	:bold       =>    "\033[1m",

    	:underline  =>    "\033[4m",

    	:blink      =>    "\033[5m",

    	:reverse    =>    "\033[7m",

    	:concealed  =>    "\033[8m",

    	# font colors

    	:black      =>    "\033[30m", 

    	:red        =>    "\033[31m",

    	:green      =>    "\033[32m",

    	:yellow     =>    "\033[33m",

    	:blue       =>    "\033[34m",

    	:magenta    =>    "\033[35m",

    	:cyan       =>    "\033[36m",

    	:white      =>    "\033[37m",

    	# background colors

    	:on_black   =>    "\033[40m", 

    	:on_red     =>    "\033[41m",

    	:on_green   =>    "\033[42m",

    	:on_yellow  =>    "\033[43m",

    	:on_blue    =>    "\033[44m",

    	:on_magenta =>    "\033[45m",

    	:on_cyan    =>    "\033[46m",

    	:on_white   =>    "\033[47m" }

  

  # Methods to use if you want to apply a style

  def UnixConsoleStyler::apply_style(style)

    if STYLE.has_key? style

      STDOUT.write STYLE[style]

    else

      raise StyleNotFoundException, "Style #{style} not found"

    end

  end

  

end

Set the title of an xterm or rxvt window

AGWA (Andrew Ayer) — Sat, 30 Jul 2005 06:13:22 GMT

This snippet of shell code will set the title bar text of an xterm, rxvt, or possibly other terminal programs:



printf \\033]0\;\%s\\007 "$title"

...where $title is the title text.

DZone Snippets: xterm code

Unix Console Styler

Set the title of an xterm or rxvt window