[Qt-creator] External tools: linking to line in source

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> On Apr 16, 2014, at 3:10 PM, Andr? Hartmann <andre.hartmann at iseg-hv.de>
> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Alfonso,
> > 
> >> On a somewhat related topic, is it possible to use ANSI escape codes
> >> to color-code the output from my external tool in the General Messages
> >> output pane?
> > 
> > With this change: https://codereview.qt-project.org/#change,64183
> > 
> > at least ANSI escape code support for compile and application output 
> > pane was added. I'm not sure how easy it is to extend this to the 
> > "General Messages" pane.
> 
> Actually there is
> https://bugreports.qt-project.org/browse/QTCREATORBUG-9686 too, which
> would solve your issue by using the app output panes instead ;)
> It?s a non-trivial task though (but more or less mechanical work, I
> guess), since the whole ?app output? infrastructure needs to move to the
> core plugin for this to happen.
> 
> Br, Eike
> 
> > and would like to enable similar source file/line number linking
> >> functionality.
> > 
> > I'm interested in this, too.
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > Andre
> > 
> >> Hi,
> >> 
> >> I have noticed that when a Q_ASSERT statement fails when running an
> >> application in Qt Creator, Qt Creator kindly makes a link out of the
> >> file/line number where the failure occurred in the Application Output
> >> pane. This is very helpful, as one can click on this link and it jumps
> >> you to the exact line where the Q_ASSERT is.
> >> 
> >> I am working on integrating an external tool I have developed into Qt
> >> Creator and would like to enable similar source file/line number linking
> >> functionality. Since the output of this external tool is displayed in
> >> the General Messages output pane, it would need to be linkable from that
> >> output pane. Is this possible? If so, is there some special syntax I
> >> need to use when outputting the linkable text using qDebug()?
> >> 
> >> On a somewhat related topic, is it possible to use ANSI escape codes to
> >> color-code the output from my external tool in the General Messages
> >> output pane?
> >> 
> >> Thanks!
> >> 
> >> Alfonso

Thanks Andre and Eike for the information. It looks like there may be
some non-trivial work to do to get the ANSI escape colors working for
external tool output.

What about linking to source/line numbers? Is this currently possible in
the General Messages output pane? If so, what syntax would I need to use
to create a link?

Thanks,

Alfonso