Suggestion: Set output line colors by rules

[Phloog]

There are other extensions that can colorize the (build-) output by rules (e.g. lines containing "error" = red, lines containing "warn" = orange, ...) - but it would be cool to have this in codist, as well (to reduce extension count and because it nicely adds to the existing codist coloring/highlighting features)

[wmjordan]

Thank you very much for your suggestion.
That's what I previously thought when I was using a beloved extension.
However, my time is limited. If I were to work on this, I would love to add some innovative features rather than doing the same things.

BTW, have you ever tried this extension MetaOutput?

[Phloog]

Thanks for the suggestion, I didn't know MetaOutput yet - it seems to be overkill for my purposes (just colorizing the output, but leaving the order/display of messages as-is). I'll check simpler extensions for that. Again, thanks :-)

[wmjordan]

I am currently using this.

I've tried quite a few output colorizers, and this one works the best.
I have no idea how it can be better. It satisfies me.

[wmjordan]

it nicely adds to the existing codist coloring/highlighting features

I will investigate whether it is possible to change the styles for things in the Output window pane.
If so, you may use VsOutput and have more interesting styles enhanced by Codist.

[wmjordan]

Hi,

Please download and test the recently released beta, which has implemented syntax highlight style customization in the output window.

If you have installed the VSColorOutput extension or its 64bit counterpart, you can now use Codist to customize the style of the parsed output.

As for the goal of "reduce extension count", I still need time.

At least, we can customize the style of the output window now.

[wmjordan]

Well, I reviewed this issue and the recent progress of Codist 8.0 (#334), which allows the user to customize their own Regular Expression based rules and syntax highlight classification types. It is not too far for me to implement this feature.

[wmjordan]

Hi, there's a new beta version which enables you to customize the highlight of the Output window.

This function is in its early stage.

Please download it from the 8.0 Beta page above, and be sure to read the Wiki page.