[bug #19298] simplify automatic generation of prerequisites example

2011-10-03 Thread Michael P.
Follow-up Comment #3, bug #19298 (project make): I would not discuss too much on this issue (4 years already!). The first example works indep. of compiler used, second works for gcc. The request is then to remove the given example in the manual and replace it with: --

Re: [rfc] Colorized output for GNU make?

2011-10-03 Thread Sebastian Pipping
Hello again, it would be great to have some feedback on this - anyone? To re-summarize: - make does not color its output itself as of now - colorized output would help distincing output by make from output by programs involked by make, example at [1] - existing wrappers (like colormak

Re: [rfc] Colorized output for GNU make?

2011-10-03 Thread Tim Murphy
Hi, I have no decision making abilities so this comment is just an observation I think that being able to wrap make output in strings such as codes to set/unset colours or tags so that a parser can distinguish it would be quite interesting. My personal preference would be to see things the other

Re: [rfc] Colorized output for GNU make?

2011-10-03 Thread David Boyce
On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 12:40 PM, Tim Murphy wrote: > I have no decision making abilities so this comment is just an observation Similarly, I'm just a bystander who should be doing real work. > Whatever people decide to do, I'm interested in being able to parse > the output of make when it's so l

Re: [rfc] Colorized output for GNU make?

2011-10-03 Thread Sebastian Pipping
On 10/03/2011 08:20 PM, David Boyce wrote: > I have two reactions to the original post: > > 1. I hate colorized output in all its forms. If you want to add this > feature and can get it in that's fine with me as long as it will never > show up as a default in any native build of make. Off-by-defa