On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 07:17:12PM -0400, Eric Sunshine wrote: > > I think we can live with it as-is for now and see how people react. If > > lots of people are getting confused by the output, then that motivates > > finding a solution. If not, then it's probably not worth the time. > > Well, you nerd-sniped me anyhow. The result is at [1]. Following the It seems we've discovered my true talent. :) > example of t/test-lib.sh, it uses `tput` if available to avoid > hardcoding color codes, and `tput` is invoked lazily, only if it > detects problems in the tests, so a normal (non-problematic) run > doesn't incur the overhead of shelling out to `tput`. Ah, of course. I didn't think about the fact that the regular tests already had to deal with this problem. Following that lead makes perfect sense. -Peff
