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[PATCH] Add option for handling SGR control sequences in compilation-mode

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Message #47 received at 49609 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Ivan Sokolov <ivan-p-sokolov <at> ya.ru>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 49609 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#49609: [PATCH] Add option for handling SGR control
 sequences in compilation-mode
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2021 13:35:06 +0200

Ivan Sokolov <ivan-p-sokolov <at> ya.ru> writes:

>> I wonder whether `ansi-color-compilation-filter' should be in
>> `compilation-filter-hook' by default?
>
> I don't think so. Well designed (machine readable) output can be parsed
> and colored by compilation-mode itself, this filter is most usable in
> two cases.
>
> First, if the output is exclusively human readable and cannot be parsed,
> it would be nice to have at least a native coloring. Examples: Elixir.
>
> Second, if the output is machine redable, but the tool cannot detect
> that the terminal is non-interactive and/or it does not have an option
> to turn off colorization, `filter' will allow compilation-mode to
> process the output.

OK; makes sense.  Thanks for the explanation.

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