Colored output for err(3)

[trasz]

Summary

Colored output for err(3) et al. I'm not yet sure if I like it.

[freqlabs]

lib/libc/gen/err.c

76

May I propose following an existing convention (for example see ls) by checking for CLICOLOR instead of introducing yet another environment variable for color.

[trasz]

lib/libc/gen/err.c

76

But then people who do have CLICOLOR wouldn't have a way to disable it. But yeah, I see your point.

[imp]

teemo. Coding the ansi escape sequences is really a bad idea.

lib/libc/gen/err.c

83

This hard coded the ansi escape sequences rather than singing termio.

[trasz]

In D22194#485930, @imp wrote:

teemo. Coding the ansi escape sequences is really a bad idea.

Indeed, but that would mean making libc depend on ncurses. And it still doesn't answer whether the idea actually makes sense :-)