ANSI colors in your AS3 scripts ;)

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#!/usr/bin/as3shebang -- 

// see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code
package ansi
{
	import flash.utils.describeType;
	import shell.Program;

	public class controls
	{

		public static var reset:String     = "\x1b[0m";
		public static var bold:String      = "\x1b[1m";
		public static var underline:String = "\x1b[4m";
		public static var flash:String     = "\x1b[5m";
		public static var invert:String    = "\x1b[7m";
		public static var conceal:String   = "\x1b[8m";

		public function controls()
		{
			super();
		}
	}

	public class colors
	{

		//colors
		public static var black:String   = "\x1b[30m";
		public static var red:String     = "\x1b[31m";
		public static var green:String   = "\x1b[32m";
		public static var yellow:String  = "\x1b[33m";
		public static var blue:String    = "\x1b[34m";
		public static var magenta:String = "\x1b[35m";
		public static var cyan:String    = "\x1b[36m";
		public static var white:String   = "\x1b[37m";

		//extra colors
		public static var brightBlack:String   = "\x1b[90m";
		public static var brightRed:String     = "\x1b[91m";
		public static var brightGreen:String   = "\x1b[92m";
		public static var brightYellow:String  = "\x1b[93m";
		public static var brightBlue:String    = "\x1b[94m";
		public static var brightMagenta:String = "\x1b[95m";
		public static var brightCyan:String    = "\x1b[96m";
		public static var brightWhite:String   = "\x1b[97m";

		public static function all():Array
		{
            var _class:XML = describeType( colors );
            
            var categories:Array = [];
            for each( var member:XML in _class.variable )
            {
                categories.push( member.@name );
            }
            Program.disposeXML( _class );
            
            return categories;
		}

		public function colors()
		{
			super();
		}

	}

	public class backgrounds
	{

		//backgrounds
		public static var black:String   = "\x1b[40m";
		public static var red:String     = "\x1b[41m";
		public static var green:String   = "\x1b[42m";
		public static var yellow:String  = "\x1b[43m";
		public static var blue:String    = "\x1b[44m";
		public static var magenta:String = "\x1b[45m";
		public static var cyan:String    = "\x1b[46m";
		public static var white:String   = "\x1b[47m";

		//extra backgrounds
		public static var brightBlack:String   = "\x1b[100m";
		public static var brightRed:String     = "\x1b[101m";
		public static var brightGreen:String   = "\x1b[102m";
		public static var brightYellow:String  = "\x1b[103m";
		public static var brightBlue:String    = "\x1b[104m";
		public static var brightMagenta:String = "\x1b[105m";
		public static var brightCyan:String    = "\x1b[106m";
		public static var brightWhite:String   = "\x1b[107m";

		public static function all():Array
		{
            var _class:XML = describeType( backgrounds );
            
            var categories:Array = [];
            for each( var member:XML in _class.variable )
            {
                categories.push( member.@name );
            }
            Program.disposeXML( _class );
            
            return categories;
		}

		public function backgrounds()
		{
			super();
		}
	}


	public function colorize( str:String, ...c ):String
	{
		var s:String = "";
		if( c.length > 0 )
		{
			for( var i:uint = 0; i < c.length; i++ )
			{
				s += c[i];
			}

			return s + str + controls.reset;
		}

		return str;
	}

}

import ansi.*;

function testColors():void
{ 
	var name:String;
	var names:Array = colors.all();

	for( var i:uint = 0; i < names.length; i++ )
	{
		name = names[i];
		if( name == "black" )
		{
			trace( colorize( name, colors[ name ], backgrounds.white ) );
			continue;
		}

		trace( colorize( name, colors[ name ] ) );
	}
}

function testBackgrounds():void
{
	var name:String;
	var names:Array = backgrounds.all();

	for( var i:uint = 0; i < names.length; i++ )
	{
		name = names[i];
		if( name == "black" )
		{
			trace( colorize( name, backgrounds[ name ], colors.white ) );
			continue;
		}

		trace( colorize( name, backgrounds[ name ], colors.black ) );
	}
}

trace( "hello world" );
trace( "" );

trace( "----" );
trace( "colors:" );
testColors( "hello world" );
trace( "----" );
trace( "" );

trace( "----" );
trace( "backgrounds:" );
testBackgrounds( "hello world" );
trace( "----" );
trace( "" );

var logo:String = "";
var msg:String = "";

	logo += "\n";
	logo += "           █                                                                       \n";
	logo += "      █████              █    ██                █     █              ██      █     \n";
	logo += "      ██ ██     █       ██ ███████   ██  █              █  █     ██                \n";
	logo += "   █ ██   ██  █████  █████ ███████  ██████   █  ████  ██████ █  ████ ██   ████     \n";
	logo += "    ███   █  ██  ██ ██ ███    █    ██  ███  █████  █  █   ██ ████    █ ████  ██    \n";
	logo += "    ███████ ███████ █   ██    █    ██   ██ ██ ███  ████   ██  ██     █  ██    █    \n";
	logo += "     ████   ████    █   ██    █    ██   ██ ██  █   ████   ██  ██     █  ██ █  ██   \n";
	logo += "     ██ ███  ████ █ ██████    ██   ███████ ██  █ █ ██ ██████   █     █  ██    ██   \n";
	logo += "      █  ██   ████   █████ █  ██    ████ █  █  █   ██  ███ █   █   █ █        ██   \n";
	logo += "        █                                                                          ";

    msg  += "   ★ hello world ★";

trace( " " );
trace( colorize( logo, colors.brightRed, controls.bold, backgrounds.red ) );
trace( colorize(  msg, colors.yellow, controls.flash ) );

also demo a bit of code reflection with flash.utils.describeType