From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>
Date: 2006-12-09T09:26:14+09:00
Subject: Re: autotest, unit-diff, and color output?

On Dec 8, 2006, at 09:26 , Rob Sanheim wrote:

> I'm using autotest with all its test driven goodness, and I believe
> that uses unit-diff to present a "saner" view of test difference
> output.

It does.

> I'd like to do colorize the output from unit-diff so its similar to
> what you see on a changeset on trac, for instance.  Does anyone know
> anything that can colorize diffs in ruby, or know of a good starting
> point?  Or at least where to start for outputting color in the
> terminal, so I can do "#{color.red} stuff" instead of using control
> characters.

The easiest way to do this is to write (or find) a color-capable diff  
executable.  This way you don't have to change unit_diff, just your  
path.

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