[erlang-patches] Support ANSI in the console

[Yurii Rashkovskii]

While we are at it, would the OTP team considering merging a patch that
adds isatty functionality to Erlang, in relation to this ANSI improvement?

It would allow developers to print ANSI sequences only when the program is
using an actual terminal.


On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 8:38 AM, Björn-Egil Dahlberg <
wallentin.dahlberg@REDACTED> wrote:

> I have placed this patch into opu - i.e. a final integration test through
> our daily builds.
>
> I've reconsidered its impact. It should not have any impact if you don't
> use control sequences, which probably is the case in legacy code since
> those were filtered anyways. I also agree that not resetting the console is
> a user error.
>
> An easy way to reset the console if problems arise might be a nice future
> addition though.
>
> Your patch will probably be merged later this week if it passes final
> integration, shouldn't be a problem though.
>
> // Björn-Egil
>
> 2012/12/18 Pedram Nimreezi <mc@REDACTED>
>
>> Yes that was intentionally omitted, as a small percentage of the time
>> it affected the ( ) brace matching (in smaller terminals)..
>> Also not properly resetting ANSI colors once a color is set is
>> technically a user error.
>> Would agree always resetting is the way to go, if it doesn't affect
>> anything else.
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 9:36 AM, Björn-Egil Dahlberg
>> <wallentin.dahlberg@REDACTED> wrote:
>> > This seems nice.
>> >
>> > I use colors directly in the bash shell normally. Also via Erlang.
>> Could be
>> > nice with colors in erlang shell also. Seems more modern =)
>> >
>> > Is:
>> > --- a/lib/stdlib/src/shell.erl 2011-11-22 08:57:01.000000000 -0500
>> > +++ b/lib/stdlib/src/shell.erl 2011-12-10 14:25:58.000000000 -0500
>> > @@ -674,6 +674,7 @@ exprs([E0|Es], Bs1, RT, Lf, Ef, Bs0, W)
>> >                      [io:requests([{put_chars, VS}, nl]) || W =:= cmd],
>> >                      %% Don't send the result back if it will be
>> >                      %% discarded anyway.
>> > +                    io:fwrite("\e[0m"),
>> >                      V = if
>> >                              W =:= pmt ->
>> >                                  {W,V0};
>> >
>> > intentionally omitted?
>> > Always clearing the shell might be the way to go =)
>> >
>> > // Björn-Egil
>> >
>> > 2012/11/22 Henrik Nord <henrik@REDACTED>
>> >>
>> >> This mailing list + github is the only way atm.
>> >>
>> >> We are considering letting a view of our daily build result page show
>> up
>> >> to the public via erlang.org
>> >> That would increase transparency and possible decrease the turnaround
>> time
>> >> for patches as the authors themselves could check the test results of
>> their
>> >> patches.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On 2012-11-22 10:11, Yurii Rashkovskii wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Is there any *reliable* way to track what's in pu/master-pu?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 1:07 AM, Henrik Nord <henrik@REDACTED>
>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> No its in there, it was just removed temporary from the push
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> On 2012-11-21 19:01, Yurii Rashkovskii wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Forgive me if I am missing something, but did this patch somehow not
>> make
>> >>> it to master-pu?
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> https://github.com/erlang/otp/blob/master-pu/erts/emulator/drivers/unix/ttsl_drv.c#L915
>> >>>
>> >>> (pu doesn't have it either
>> >>>
>> https://github.com/erlang/otp/blob/pu/erts/emulator/drivers/unix/ttsl_drv.c#L915
>> )
>> >>>
>> >>> Is it intentional or is it an omission?
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 4:20 AM, Henrik Nord <henrik@REDACTED>
>> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Thank you for your contribution, I have added the patch to
>> 'master-pu'
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On 2012-11-14 14:49, Pedram Nimreezi wrote:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> https://github.com/DeadZen/otp/blob/d3e3d51dbb21f0fdb125becacb80e34d0565fff7/erts/emulator/drivers/unix/ttsl_drv.c#L901
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> https://github.com/DeadZen/otp/blob/d3e3d51dbb21f0fdb125becacb80e34d0565fff7/erts/emulator/drivers/unix/ttsl_drv.c#L599
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> https://github.com/DeadZen/otp/blob/d3e3d51dbb21f0fdb125becacb80e34d0565fff7/erts/emulator/drivers/unix/ttsl_drv.c#L609
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> --
>> >>>> /Henrik Nord Erlang/OTP
>> >>>>
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