[Bug c/45850] support color diagnostics

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http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=45850

--- Comment #6 from Manuel LÃpez-IbÃÃez <manu at gcc dot gnu.org> 2010-10-02 18:30:45 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #4)
> On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 11:59 AM, manu at gcc dot gnu.org
> 
> IDEs let users get the colors they want -if they ever wanted.

The output of GCC is not designed to be parsed by IDEs:

http://gcc.gnu.org/PR19165

nor is GCC designed to be tightly integrated with an IDE.

> (the above is certainly a wrong default for me -- the background
> of my terminal is always dark. :-)

It is readable in my black background. It also looks nice here:

http://fseek.me/2010/03/how-to-convince-any-c-developer-to-dump-gcc-and-use-clang/

and in the examples here:

http://llvm.org/devmtg/2009-10/StateOfClang.pdf

Those colors are also readable in a white background. But feel free to suggest
defaults, and I will be happy with them. Of course, customization, like grep,
and ls, could be added later.