[Konsole-devel] [Bug 132215] New: highlight recent console display

[Daniel Herring]

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           Summary: highlight recent console display
           Product: konsole
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: unspecified
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: konsole-devel kde org
        ReportedBy: dherring tentpost com


Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.5.4)
Installed from:    Unspecified

When developing code, a common console usage pattern is
while(compile-time bugs)
{
 `make`
 decipher messages to fix errors
}

The problem is that the `make` line is small when compared to the multi-page error reports that can spew out, and most bugs are best identified in the first few lines of output.  Thus, I would like to have konsole change the background color for all text output since the last user input, and use another color to highlight output between the two previous user inputs (e.g. `make` and <Control>-C).  This highlighting should then disappear as new commands are typed in.  In this way, a strong visual cue would indicate which output is "current".  Just coloring the prompt is insufficient (easily done now) -- its hard to distinguish one prompt from another after scrolling several pages.

I think a feature like this would be useful for non-compiling tasks (such as listing or grepping) as well.