NAME

PerlIO::via::ANSIColor - PerlIO layer for Term::ANSIColor

VERSION

This document describes PerlIO::via::ANSIColor version 0.0.3

SYNOPSIS

    use PerlIO::via::ANSIColor;
    PerlIO::via::ANSIColor->color('green');

    open my $fh, '<:via(ANSIColor)', 'filein';

DESCRIPTION

This module implements a PerlIO layer that adds color to the text using Term::ANSIColor.

METHODS

color

    PerlIO::via::ANSIColor->color('green');

    use PerlIO::via::ANSIColor color => 'reverse green';

Change or retrieve a color to add. This takes same arguments as Term::ANSIColor::color().

paint

    PerlIO::via::ANSIColor->paint(STDOUT);

    PerlIO::via::ANSIColor->paint( STDOUT, 'underscore yellow' );

This does

    binmode $fh, ':via(ANSIColor)';

If new color is specified, try to change color before binmode.

PUSHED

    PerlIO::via::ANSIColor->PUSHED()

FILL

    PerlIO::via::ANSIColor->FILL()

EXAMPLES

Here are some examples.

Adds reverse green color to STDERR

    use PerlIO::via::ANSIColor color => 'reverse green';
    binmode STDERR, ':via(ANSIColor)';

    warn "this outputs is colored\n";

Print text from 'filein' with bule color

    use PerlIO::via::ANSIColor color => 'blue';
    open my $fh, '<:via(ANSIColor)', 'filein';
    print while <$fh>;

Multiple filehandles

    use PerlIO::via::ANSIColor;

    PerlIO::via::ANSIColor->color('reverse red');
    open my $redfh, ">&STDOUT" or die $!;
    binmode $redfh, ':via(ANSIColor)';

    PerlIO::via::ANSIColor->color('reverse blue');
    open my $bluefh, ">&STDOUT" or die $!;
    binmode $bluefh, ':via(ANSIColor)';

    print $redfh  "this color is reverse red\n";
    print $bluefh "this color is reverse blue\n";

DEPENDENCIES

This module requires Term::ANSIColor.

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

No bugs have been reported.

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-perlio-via-ansicolor@rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org.

SEE ALSO

PerlIO::via Term::ANSIColor

AUTHOR

Masanori Hara <massa.hara at gmail.com>

LICENCE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2007, Masanori Hara <massa.hara at gmail.com>.

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See perlartistic.

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