module Cucumber::Term::ANSIColor

def self.coloring=(val)

Cucumber::Term::ANSIColor::coloring = STDOUT.isatty
this for example:
Turns the coloring on or off globally, so you can easily do 
def self.coloring=(val)
  @coloring = val
end

def self.coloring?

is switched on, false otherwise.
Returns true, if the coloring function of this module 
def self.coloring?
  @coloring
end

def self.included(klass) 

def self.included(klass)
  if version_is_greater_than_18? and klass == String
    ATTRIBUTES.delete(:clear)
    ATTRIBUTE_NAMES.delete(:clear)
  end
end

def attributes

Returns an array of all Cucumber::Term::ANSIColor attributes as symbols. 
def attributes
  ATTRIBUTE_NAMES
end

def uncolored(string = nil) # :yields:

:yields:
ANSI-sequences are stripped from the string.
Returns an uncolored version of the string, that is all 
def uncolored(string = nil) # :yields:
  if block_given?
    yield.gsub(COLORED_REGEXP, '')
  elsif string
    string.gsub(COLORED_REGEXP, '')
  elsif respond_to?(:to_str)
    to_str.gsub(COLORED_REGEXP, '')
  else
    ''
  end
end

def version_is_greater_than_18? 

def version_is_greater_than_18?
  version = RUBY_VERSION.split('.')
  version.map! &:to_i
  version[0] >= 1 && version[1] > 8
end