[Qt-creator] About ANSI color support for Qt-creator output panel

[Petar Perisin]

It seems like ansiescapecodehandler.cpp defines escape as

\x1b[

so try that instead of '\e['

try simple colors for start, like

\x1b[32mHello \x1b[34mWorld\x1b[m

or something similar.


Regards,
Petar



On Sat, Dec 27, 2014 at 3:43 PM, Xiaofeng Wu <djangowu at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I tried double the backslash with code
> std::cout << "\\e[38;5;82mHello \\e[38;5;198mWorld" << std::endl;,
>  the output is like
> "\e[38;5;82mHello \e[38;5;198mWorld"
> Any other suggestion for making it work correctly?
>
> Thanks,
> Xiaofeng
>
> On Sat, Dec 27, 2014 at 9:14 AM, Petar Perisin <petar.perisin at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I haven't tried, but try to double the backslash:
>>
>> std::cout << “\\e[38;5;82mHello \\e[38;5;198mWorld” << std::endl;
>>
>> also, you might need to end colors somewhere.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Petar
>>
>> On Sat, Dec 27, 2014 at 3:34 AM, Xiaofeng Wu <djangowu at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> In the change log of Qt Creator 3.3.0, it says the application output
>>> panel support ansi color.
>>> But when I try to print colored texts like
>>>
>>> std::cout << “\e[38;5;82mHello \e[38;5;198mWorld” << std::endl;
>>>
>>> What I can see from the application output panel is the verbatim output
>>> of the string, instead of colored text of “Hello Wolrd”
>>>
>>> Am I using it in the wrong way?
>>>
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