coloured pacman 3.x

vogo · 2007-02-06 16:47:30

Hi all,
I make colorful version of pacman 3.0.0, the patch is in mailinglist.

If you like, here is PKGBUILD and source code.

Warning: usage one's own risk

Last edited by vogo (2008-01-18 11:40:50)

phrakture · 2007-02-06 16:59:34

Keep in mind this is a patch for pacman 3.0. I would still deem this experimental, and would like everyone to make sure they know what they're doing this before using it. And, for the record, pacman 3 will be released real soon, so just be patient.

vogo · 2007-02-06 17:15:21

See patch, the color output is making by function char *color(int desc, const char *str, ...), desc is number of descriptor, when it's a tty, then the string is coloured, that is all. The colorchange is indicate by sequence %S in string.

Sorry my bad english

vogo · 2007-02-07 08:05:33

update: all CVS changes
up to date 8.00 (GMT)

phrakture · 2007-02-07 16:45:15

For the record, due to popular opinion we WILL be adding color into pacman 3, however, it will probably not be there for the official release. 3.0 will be a "stabilizing" release, and 3.1 will be chock-full of features (like color, yay!). I'm just putting that out there.

delphinen · 2007-02-07 18:26:20

it reminds me of emerge, I like it

vogo · 2007-02-07 21:22:24

Hi,
I'm add option --nocolor, when is pacman run with --nocolor output isn't coloured

deficite · 2007-02-07 22:15:08

phrakture wrote:

For the record, due to popular opinion we WILL be adding color into pacman 3, however, it will probably not be there for the official release. 3.0 will be a "stabilizing" release, and 3.1 will be chock-full of features (like color, yay!). I'm just putting that out there.

Thanks! I've wanted colored pacman for quite some time but didn't want to bug with devs about such a trivial (but nice on the eyes. Much easier to read with color) thing. I'm really excited about pacman3(.1)

jb · 2007-02-08 01:40:39

Color can be disabled in the conf file for pacman3, right?

neotuli · 2007-02-08 04:29:24

why not do what most other apps do and automagically not color when it's being piped to a file or something, and color when it's to a tty (this might already be the case, havent read the patch...)

scarney · 2007-02-08 04:55:55

phrakture wrote:

For the record, due to popular opinion we WILL be adding color into pacman 3, however, it will probably not be there for the official release. 3.0 will be a "stabilizing" release, and 3.1 will be chock-full of features (like color, yay!). I'm just putting that out there.

sweet!. *waits patiently* 8)

vogo · 2007-02-08 08:39:33

jb wrote:

Color can be disabled in the conf file for pacman3, right?

no for the time being, but it's in my TODO list

vogo · 2007-02-08 10:44:28

vogo wrote:

jb wrote:
Color can be disabled in the conf file for pacman3, right?
no for the time being, but it's in my TODO list

done
Option 'UseColor' in /etc/pacman.conf must be explicitly named, if you want coloured output. --nocolor is useful, if you like temporary non-use colored output

Misfit138 · 2007-02-08 13:26:58

phrakture wrote:

for the record, pacman 3 will be released real soon, so just be patient.

Phrakture, thanks for being a hands-on developer and keeping us informed.
And thanks to all the Arch developers for their hard work. It is much appreciated, no doubt.

jb · 2007-02-08 18:45:25

vogo wrote:

done
Option 'UseColor' in /etc/pacman.conf must be explicitly named, if you want coloured output. --nocolor is useful, if you like temporary non-use colored output

Cool; thanks.

vogo · 2007-02-10 10:54:55

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xerverius · 2007-02-10 12:17:07

What are the new/improved features in pacman 3?

phrakture · 2007-02-11 11:09:11

xerverius wrote:

What are the new/improved features in pacman 3?

There's too much to list - I'd recommend checking out the pacman-dev mailing list (linked off the main page)

vogo · 2007-02-13 10:55:54

update: all CVS changes

vogo · 2007-02-14 09:37:03

update: patch for last RC

vogo · 2007-02-18 10:23:21

update: all CVS changes
pacman color is mow usable whit white background (looks like makepkg)

vogo · 2007-02-22 10:02:04

Update:
config is parsing earlier (for colorful help and version info)
all CVS changes

vogo · 2007-03-03 21:21:54

update: all CVS changes

cr7 · 2007-03-07 19:00:12

Cool!

Miguel · 2007-03-13 14:44:22

Hi guys,

I've got a quick question. Seeing as some boot colour is white (i.e. [DONE]), will it be the same with pacman? I mean, I just love black-on-white terminals, and this makes "a bit" difficult to read white text. I'd love if this could be configured (similar to bright/dark background in vim). Oh! and thanks for the efforts from an Arch noobie!

PS: I just don't feel serious when I type "pacman" on a terminal.

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