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