diff --git a/emacs/init.org b/emacs/init.org
index 2a556d7..f708558 100755
--- a/emacs/init.org
+++ b/emacs/init.org
@@ -581,6 +581,16 @@ Convenience macro to run some code in a particular default-directory:
 		(concat result (substring alnum i (1+ i))))))))
 #+END_SRC
 
+A handy function to colorize a buffer with ANSI escape characters in it:
+#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
+  (defun ansi-color (&optional begin end)
+    (interactive)
+    (let ((begin (or begin (point-min)))
+	  (end (or end (point-max)))
+	  (inhibit-read-only t))
+      (ansi-color-apply-on-region begin end)))
+#+END_SRC
+
 ** Persisting variables between session
 The idea behind this is pretty simple - variables get persisted in ~/.emacs.d/<persisted-vars-file> as a plist of (variable-name variable-value).