README.markdown

stole this off a blog post somewhere, i forget. makes your rake spec output like 900 times more PIMP.

spec.opts

--colour
--format UnicodeFormatter
--loadby mtime
--reverse

unicode_formatter.rb

# Unicode formatter for RSpec console output
require 'spec/runner/formatter/base_text_formatter'

class UnicodeFormatter < Spec::Runner::Formatter::BaseTextFormatter
  def example_failed(example, counter, failure)
    @output.print colorize_failure('✗ ', failure)
    @output.flush
  end

  def example_passed(example)
    @output.print green('✓ ')
    @output.flush
  end

  def example_pending(example, message)
    super
    @output.print yellow('● ')
    @output.flush
  end

  def start_dump
    @output.puts
    @output.flush
  end

  def method_missing(sym, *args)
    # ignore
  end
end