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

[Xiaofeng Wu]

It works for compile output, but when I use std::cout to print out the
message, the output is not colored.

Xiaofeng

On Sat, Dec 27, 2014 at 8:56 PM, Henry Skoglund <fromqt at tungware.se> wrote:

> Hi, it works fine when output from the compiler, for example if you have a
> Visual Studio-flavored Qt Creator you can stuff #pragma message lines in
> your code, like this:
> #pragma message("\x1b[38;5;82mHello")
> #pragma message("\x1b[38;5;198mWorld")
>
> Rgrds Henry
>
>
> On 2014-12-27 16:13, Xiaofeng Wu wrote:
>
>> Now the output is
>> " [32mHello  [34mWorld [m"
>> with code,
>> std::cout << "\x1b[32mHello \x1b[34mWorld\x1b[m" << std::endl;
>>
>> Best,
>> Xiaofeng
>>
>> On Sat, Dec 27, 2014 at 9:56 AM, Petar Perisin <petar.perisin at gmail.com
>> <mailto:petar.perisin at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     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
>>     <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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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