Re: [Boost-build] Color console output

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Color console output
From: Vladimir Prus (vladimir.prus_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-10-18 02:21:15

Matthew,

On 17-Oct-16 9:02 PM, Chambers, Matthew wrote:
> Is there any interest in having BB emit its warning and error messages
> in color? It's just a matter of writing ANSI color codes on modern *nix
> shells, but even in Windows cmd.exe it's possible. I think it would be
> very helpful for quickly discriminating between mundane build text,
> error/warning messages, and in the case of failed actions, the body of
> the action that failed.

I think there is interest, and it was suggested in 
https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/3508. There were no actual 
patches though.

>
> For Windows, it requires a few system calls:
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7778392/colorize-stdout-output-to-windows-cmd-exe-from-console-c-app

It's good to know it can work on Windows, I though it's a Unix thing.

Thanks,

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Vladimir Prus
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