test output in colour ?

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Re: test output in colour ? by johngg (Canon) on Feb 11, 2008 at 14:54 UTC
You could have a look at Term::ANSIColor. Cheers, JohnGG	[reply]
Re: test output in colour ? by Fletch (Bishop) on Feb 11, 2008 at 15:01 UTC
Maybe Test::Builder::Tester::Color would be of interest? Worst case you probably could write a filter to postprocess your test output (i.e. something analogous to what colordiff does for `diff` output). The cake is a lie. The cake is a lie. The cake is a lie.	[reply]
Re: test output in colour ? by grinder (Bishop) on Feb 11, 2008 at 15:29 UTC
I'm pretty sure you get this for free with Test::Harness 3.0. Upgrade that, and everything else should follow just nicely. • another intruder with the mooring in the heart of the Perl	[reply]
Re^2: test output in colour ? by Ovid (Cardinal) on Feb 11, 2008 at 16:46 UTC
Yup, it's built-in. If we think the output isn't going to a terminal or if you don't have the correct modules installed, we disable the color output. You can also do this manually with the `--nocolor` switch. Cheers, Ovid New address of my CGI Course.	[reply]
Re^3: test output in colour ? by diotalevi (Canon) on Feb 14, 2008 at 05:16 UTC
The terminal detection is really annoying. I often pipe colorful output to `less -r'. If tools stopped istty() then my tools would work better. Same goes for ack. ⠤⠤ ⠙⠊⠕⠞⠁⠇⠑⠧⠊	[reply]
Re^4: test output in colour ? by jasonk (Parson) on Feb 18, 2008 at 00:43 UTC
Re^5: test output in colour ? by diotalevi (Canon) on Feb 18, 2008 at 07:14 UTC


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