Review Request: Enable kDebug/kWarning/kError colors when sending output to file instead of tty
David Faure
faure at kde.org
Fri Feb 18 09:40:25 GMT 2011
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So does this work with `less` for instance? tail -f ? Or only with `cat`? Or how do you use this?
My question is, whether we should remove the isatty check or indeed only make it configurable.
- David
On Feb. 17, 2011, 8:49 p.m., Sergio Luis Martins wrote:
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> (Updated Feb. 17, 2011, 8:49 p.m.)
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> Review request for kdelibs.
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> Summary
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> The existing KDE_COLOR_DEBUG env variable enables colors for output sent to a tty.
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> This patch introduces a new variable, KDE_COLOR_DEBUG_ANY_FD, which enables colors sent to any file descriptor, not only terminals.
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> Use case:
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> I usually start the applications which I develop with &> application.log, and I need a fast way to read the logs and find any kError( colored red ) output quickly.
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> Diffs
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> kdecore/io/kdebug.cpp 210a44c
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> Diff: http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/100675/diff
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> Testing
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> Thanks,
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> Sergio Luis
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