The ConsoleWriter doesn't work well on windows10

[rs]

The ConsoleWriter doesn't work well on windows10

[rs]

The solution is this package apparently: https://github.com/mattn/go-colorable

[rs]

The problem seems to come from the coloring. I guess powershell does not know how to interpret the escape sequence.

[rs]

I need someone with Windows/PowerShell experience on this one.

[Alecyrus]

The problem still exists.

The zerolog has been updated to the latest version

Git Bash

PowerShell

[rs]

I need some doc on how PowerShell handle color (escape codes etc.). I know nothing about Windows.

[Alecyrus]

These docs may help.
GDI Printer
Printing
Windows PowerShell 1.0 String Quoting and Escape Sequences
Can I escape a color code in Powershell so I do not need to use -ForeGroundColor?

Powershell profile, dynamic prompt and ansi color escape codes being reset after git has executed

[toravir]

@Alecyrus i cannot reproduce it with my git bash. I don't have powershell and i can't find where to get it either.. See my screen shot...

[Alecyrus]

@toravir If you want to reproduce it, you should run the code on integrated terminal (powershell, gitbash, cmd) of Visual Code. I'm sorry that I' don't point out it before. You can see my screenshots.

I think the bug is not only related to terminal itself but both Zerolog and VSCode.

[toravir]

It is purely a problem with vscode and terminal emulation - see microsoft/vscode#22616 - there are number of similar issues with php, perl, python ..

I don't think there is anything to do with zerolog.

[rs]

Closing this. Please reopen if you think we can fix something at zerolog level.

[timestee]

Closing this. Please reopen if you think we can fix something at zerolog level.

use this(https://github.com/microsoft/terminal) terminal on windows could solve the problem.

[mozey]

The problem seems to come from the coloring. I guess powershell does not know how to interpret the escape sequence.

This is correct, that is the problem. Escape sequences for colors don't work in cmd.exe.

My solution is to just disable colors on Windows

noColor := false
if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
    noColor = true
}
log.Logger = log.Output(ConsoleWriter{
    NoColor: noColor,
    // ...
})

I need some doc on how PowerShell handle color (escape codes etc.). I know nothing about Windows.

FYI, the gotest project does output colors correctly in cmd.exe. So the solution for supporting colors on Windows is probably in there somewhere. I'll have a look if I'm going to be spending lots of time on Windows, but if I can help it, probably not.