Is there a colored REPL for Clojure?

Question

I\'d like to get a colored REPL for clojure code, similar to what you can do with IRB for Ruby.

Are there any libraries or settings for user.clj that provide automati

Answer 1

If you just want to color the prompt and you are using Leiningen (which you should), you can use :repl-options and ANSI escape sequences:

:repl-options {:prompt (fn [ns]
                         (str "\033[1;32m"
                              ns "=>"
                              "\033[0m "))}

References:

• GitHub – technomancy/leiningen – sample.project.clj
• roguejs.com – “Console colors in node.js”, posted 2011