That is one way to do it. I wouldn't mind adding logic into the configuration but I'd hate to do that in XML - then it will look like Maven 1 with Jelly.
Ralph On Sep 11, 2013, at 9:26 PM, Gary Gregory wrote: > Hi All, > > I have a solution implemented locally that does not output ANSI escapes if > there is no console (it logs a warning to the status logger if it detects > this condition on start up). > > I am wondering if the Console element should have an attribute called > "autoHideAnsi" or some such to still output ANSI escapes even if there is no > console. > > Gary > > > On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 11:12 PM, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All: > > Here is my pickle: > > I have a stock XML config file I package with a standalone app. > > When I run it on the Windows command line, I want to use a JAnsi logger, it > works. > > When I run the app within Eclipse, the Eclipse console displays junk for the > escape codes, not so nice. > > So I'd like Log4J to use a plain Console appender in this case. > > The question is: > > Should Log4J detect that there is no real console? If you call > "java.io.Console.console()" from Eclipse, you get null, so that would be one > way to gracefully detect that there is no console. > > Or: > > Should I be able to have some condition in the config that says if ... enable > this appender else enable that one. > > Or: > > Should I be able to configure each appender with an "unless" attibute (like > in Ant) that tells Log4j to enable the appender unless some condition is not > met. It could be "if" instead of "unless" but you get the idea. > > Thoughts? > > -- > E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org > Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition > JUnit in Action, Second Edition > Spring Batch in Action > Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com > Home: http://garygregory.com/ > Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory > > > > -- > E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org > Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition > JUnit in Action, Second Edition > Spring Batch in Action > Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com > Home: http://garygregory.com/ > Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory
