2010/1/13 Nathan Adams <adam...@datanethost.net>:
> On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 8:24 AM, Hannes Magnusson
> <hannes.magnus...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 15:08, Richard Quadling
>> <rquadl...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>>> 2010/1/13 Kalle Sommer Nielsen <ka...@php.net>:
>>>> 2010/1/13 Richard Quadling <rquadl...@googlemail.com>:
>>>>> I've no problem with the default for coloured output on Windows be set
>>>>> to false. It is just a case of adding -c on to my command line, but
>>>>> disabling it completely means I've lost a useful feature of the
>>>>> logging system.
>>>>
>>>> Well feel free to set it to false by default, I just saw this as the
>>>> quickest for now, but if you want to re-enable it feel free to
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> regrads,
>>>>
>>>> Kalle Sommer Nielsen
>>>> ka...@php.net
>>>>
>>>
>>> I think the issue is that the default should be the same for both
>>> windows and non-windows.
>>>
>>> Personally, if the default is false, then everyone wanting coloured
>>> output needs to enable it.
>>>
>>> Anyone else?
>>
>>
>> If its possible to see if the terminal supports colors then enable it
>> by default..
>>
>> -Hannes
>>
>
> I think detecting if color is supported is a great idea, and certainly
> a middle ground for those who do and don't want coloring to be
> default.
>
> I am not a Linux expert, but from what I can see the shell doesn't
> explicitly set an environment variable like "COLOR=YES" (at least not
> on Ubuntu Server 9.04 using putty). On Ubuntu Desktop 9.10 it does set
> an environment variable "COLORTERM=gnome-terminal" However, the script
> could look at the environment variable SHELL and see if it is running
> a shell that supports color output.
>
> I have never used the third party program "ANSICON", does it set an
> environment variable?
>
> My thoughts anyways.
>
ANSICON is a windows app and it does set an env_var. The env_var is
called ANSICON.
The variable is of the form "WxH (wxh)", where W & H are the width and
height of the buffer and w & h are the width and height of the window.
With the envvar set ...
<?php
while(true) {echo getenv('ANSICON'), "\r";}
?>
will show the var. As you resize the window, the var changes.
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