From: Ivan Sokolov <ivan-p-sokolov@ya.ru>
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2021 16:54:18 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: Add function for filtering ANSI sequences when compiling
X-Git-Tag: emacs-28.0.90~1798
X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f7f2024b86bdcf028ce942e59d1cfdba89747d0b;p=emacs.git

Add function for filtering ANSI sequences when compiling

* lisp/ansi-color.el (ansi-color-for-compilation-mode): New user
option (bug#49609).
(ansi-color-compilation-filter): New function.
---

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 0c90683c767..7bf42330b9d 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -1601,6 +1601,14 @@ Defaults to 'libravatar', with 'unicornify' and 'gravatar' as options.
 
 ** Compilation mode
 
+---
+*** New function 'ansi-color-compilation-filter'.
+This function is meant to be used in 'compilation-filter-hook'.
+
+---
+*** New user option 'ansi-color-for-compilation-mode'.
+This controls what 'ansi-color-compilation-filter' does.
+
 *** Regexp matching of messages is now case-sensitive by default.
 The variable 'compilation-error-case-fold-search' can be set for
 case-insensitive matching of messages when the old behavior is
diff --git a/lisp/ansi-color.el b/lisp/ansi-color.el
index 44dc0351d45..79dc821ea19 100644
--- a/lisp/ansi-color.el
+++ b/lisp/ansi-color.el
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
 ;;; Code:
 
 (defvar comint-last-output-start)
+(defvar compilation-filter-start)
 
 ;; Customization
 
@@ -181,6 +182,24 @@ in shell buffers.  You set this variable by calling one of:
   :group 'ansi-colors
   :version "23.2")
 
+(defcustom ansi-color-for-compilation-mode t
+  "Determines what to do with compilation output.
+If nil, do nothing.
+
+If the symbol `filter', then filter all ANSI graphical control
+sequences.
+
+If anything else (such as t), then translate ANSI graphical
+control sequences into text properties.
+
+In order for this to have any effect, `ansi-color-compilation-filter'
+must be in `compilation-filter-hook'."
+  :type '(choice (const :tag "Do nothing" nil)
+                 (const :tag "Filter" filter)
+                 (other :tag "Translate" t))
+  :group 'ansi-colors
+  :version "28.1")
+
 (defvar ansi-color-apply-face-function #'ansi-color-apply-overlay-face
   "Function for applying an Ansi Color face to text in a buffer.
 This function should accept three arguments: BEG, END, and FACE,
@@ -228,6 +247,19 @@ This is a good function to put in `comint-output-filter-functions'."
 	  (t
 	   (ansi-color-apply-on-region start-marker end-marker)))))
 
+;;;###autoload
+(defun ansi-color-compilation-filter ()
+  "Maybe translate SGR control sequences into text properties.
+This function depends on the `ansi-color-for-compilation-mode'
+variable, and is meant to be used in `compilation-filter-hook'."
+  (let ((inhibit-read-only t))
+    (pcase ansi-color-for-compilation-mode
+      ('nil nil)
+      ('filter
+       (ansi-color-filter-region compilation-filter-start (point)))
+      (_
+       (ansi-color-apply-on-region compilation-filter-start (point))))))
+
 (define-obsolete-function-alias 'ansi-color-unfontify-region
   'font-lock-default-unfontify-region "24.1")