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+var blessed = require('../'),
+    screen = blessed.screen();
+
+console.log(blessed.helpers.parseTags('{red-fg}This should be red.{/red-fg}'));
+console.log(blessed.helpers.parseTags('{green-bg}This should have a green background.{/green-bg}'));