microsoft / microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools
Colorized CMake/Build output
- Dominant language
- TypeScript
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Description
Executing CMake or the build command in a terminal shows it nicely formated with bold and colors. Is there anything that this extension can do to support this? Currently all output goes to the `output` pane which shows just Black&White output which makes it hard to read.
I've seen that task output is redirected to the terminal pane which does support coloring (since a bit ago), could this extension support this too? Or is there another option?
This might also be worth noting in the FAQ.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reading the issue discussion and linked pull request #4990 to understand the current direction for colored CMake and build output. Done means the supported output path preserves terminal formatting, or the limitation and available option are documented in the FAQ.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cmake, typescript
- Domain
- build-system, developer-experience, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100