LAKSHMI <lnkmails@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Wed, 18 Mar 2009, me22 wrote: > >> On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 22:51, Lakshmi N Kannan <lnkmails@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> I currently use the GNU g++ to compile c++ codes that I use. I wanted >>> to see warnings and errors in different colors. Currently the output >>> of g++/gcc is always white. Is there an option I can use to make g++ >>> show warning and errors in different colors? >>> >> >> GCC itself will not do that, but others have written wrappers to do it. >> >> For example, Gentoo has a dev-util/colorgcc package, which points to >> the non-existant URL http://www.mindspring.com/~jamoyers/software/ , >> but Google found a page with it at http://schlueters.de/colorgcc.html > > Thank you. Is there a reason gcc developers do not want this useful > feature to be added? I see no significant advantage to adding this kind of feature to gcc itself. It can be implemented just as well by an external script. If it were easy to add then it might be worth considering, but in fact it would have considerable host dependencies. It does not seem worth it. Ian
