On Mon, Jun 10, 2019 at 4:55 PM Paul Benedict <pbened...@apache.org> wrote:
> Pattern converters don't have the intelligence. I agree. However, > converters don't exist for their own sake -- they exist for layouts and > ultimately for Appenders. Those are the instances that have the > intelligence to make sense out of themselves. Even more so is the Processor > to make sense out of the configuration file. > > Hence my original question: > > Does it make sense for a File Appender to emit "colors"? > It does if you want to later output the file to a console. Gary > > If it does, then okay, but I'd like to hear the concrete justification one > way or another. I am interested in the purpose. > > Cheers and God bless, > Paul >
