http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=45850
--- Comment #4 from Gabriel Dos Reis <g...@integrable-solutions.net> 2010-10-02 17:32:08 UTC --- On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 11:59 AM, manu at gcc dot gnu.org > Since gcc doesn't have caret or fix-it hints, my proposal is quite modest, > just > color the diagnostic markers: > > error: (bold red) > warning: (magenta) > note: (blue? green?) > > I would follow the very simple implementation used by grep. IDEs let users get the colors they want -if they ever wanted. (the above is certainly a wrong default for me -- the background of my terminal is always dark. :-)