[Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #3508: bjam output in colours

Subject: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #3508: bjam output in colours
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-10-04 17:25:50

#3508: bjam output in colours
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 Reporter:  mloskot <mateusz@…>           |       Owner:  grafik  
     Type:  Feature Requests              |      Status:  new     
Milestone:                                |   Component:  bjam    
  Version:  Boost Development Trunk       |    Severity:  Cosmetic
 Keywords:  colormake,colorgcc            |  
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 I think it would be very useful if bjam prints output to stdout in colours
 to help to distinguish at least information messages, warnings and errors.

 CMake does provide coloured output out of the box. For GNU make and GCC
 there are http://bre.klaki.net/programs/colormake/ colormake] and
 [http://schlueters.de/colorgcc.html colorgcc].

 All these tools help programmers to avoid ''nystagmus'' issues while
 analysing compiler output :-)

 As a proof of concept, I attached [http://mateusz.loskot.net/?p=465

 colorbb'' script a rough port of the colormake] to work with bjam + GCC
 toolset.

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