To stop me hardcoding repetitive patterns in Appenders, I defined several <Property> elements as such. Most my Appenders go to files and a couple to the console. In addition, to prevent a multiplicity of plain-text vs. color text patterns, I defined color conversions in my patterns.
Clearly, this dual purpose doesn't work. My log files have escape characters in them. I understand why (ANSI color escape sequences), but I am really *surprised* to see them! Perhaps this was a bad assumption of mine, but .... it seemed absolutely natural/obvious to me that files have no colors. Thus, I was not expecting those color conversions to pose interference. Does a use case exist for putting "colors" in files? If not, shouldn't a file Appender just elide that styling? PS: I am using Log4J2 version 2.11.2. Cheers and God bless, Paul
