Review Request: Enable kDebug/kWarning/kError colors when sending output to file instead of tty

[David Faure]

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Ship it!


OK, cool.

Maybe a less technical name for the env var would be KDE_COLOR_DEBUG_ALWAYS ?

- 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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