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On 09/02/2013 03:21 PM, William Hubbs wrote: |
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> All, |
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> I'm starting a new thread on this, because I think it might warrant some |
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> discussion. |
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> I can see why someone might want to use escape codes for color displays, |
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> etc. However, imo, escape codes do not belong in log files. |
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> mgorny says many people benefit from having escape codes in log |
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> files, but I see no benefit from it, and I don't like going through |
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> build.log because of them. If you load a build.log into an editor, the |
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> escape sequences are basically trash characters that get in the way. |
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I find looking at logs with escape characters to be more pleasant than |
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looking at them without escape characters. I admit that it is annoying |
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to view them in a web browser where the escape characters are not |
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parsed, but that is easily resolved at the terminal. |
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Just my two cents. |
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