Syntax highlighting in IRB || Script/Console

[Edmond Kachale]

Railers,

I would like to know if there is a way of changing colors for IRB standard input ($stdin). What I am interested in "is having IRB highlighting syntax as I type". Among other stuff, I would like to be able to:

• set its background colours
  
• have differing colours for strings, variables, keywords, e.t.c.
  

I do use Wirble and Term-ansicolor gems, and they are fine when it comes to output. But, I am interested in colouring irb && script/console terminal input, i.e. I'm looking forward to having something like "vim_animated-irb".

This might not be a Rails question but some railers may have answers to it.

Viva RoR,

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Edmond
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