# [PATCH] test-lib: fix color reset in say_color()

3 messages from 2008-10-09 to 2008-10-11. Participants: Miklos Vajna, Jakub Narebski, Jeff King.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/15845

## Miklos Vajna, 2008-10-09 22:07

Subject: [PATCH] test-lib: fix color reset in say_color()
Message-ID: <1223590030-7464-1-git-send-email-vmiklos@frugalware.org>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1223590030-7464-1-git-send-email-vmiklos%40frugalware.org

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When executing a single test with colors enabled, the cursor was not set
back to the previous one, and you had to hit an extra enter to get it
back.

Work around this problem by calling 'tput sgr0' before printing the
final newline.

Signed-off-by: Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org>
---

Actually I'm not 100% sure about how many users are affected. I have a
black background in konsole with white letters, and after the test I get
a green cursor, and once I hit enter, I get the white one back.

 t/test-lib.sh |    3 ++-
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/t/test-lib.sh b/t/test-lib.sh
index e2b106c..fb89741 100644
--- a/t/test-lib.sh
+++ b/t/test-lib.sh
@@ -112,8 +112,9 @@ if test -n "$color"; then
 			*) test -n "$quiet" && return;;
 		esac
 		shift
-		echo "* $*"
+		printf "* $*"
 		tput sgr0
+		echo
 		)
 	}
 else
-- 
1.6.0.2

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## Jakub Narebski, 2008-10-10 09:30

Subject: Re: [PATCH] test-lib: fix color reset in say_color()
Message-ID: <m33aj4lrvs.fsf@localhost.localdomain>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/m33aj4lrvs.fsf%40localhost.localdomain
In-Reply-To: <1223590030-7464-1-git-send-email-vmiklos@frugalware.org>

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Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org> writes:

> When executing a single test with colors enabled, the cursor was not set
> back to the previous one, and you had to hit an extra enter to get it
> back.
> 
> Work around this problem by calling 'tput sgr0' before printing the
> final newline.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org>
> ---
> 
> Actually I'm not 100% sure about how many users are affected. I have a
> black background in konsole with white letters, and after the test I get
> a green cursor, and once I hit enter, I get the white one back.

I also had this very minor irritation that cursor retained color
of last line till enter (or IIRC any key which moved cursor). I use
ordinary xterm from X.Org 6.8.2(213).

-- 
Jakub Narebski
Poland
ShadeHawk on #git

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## Jeff King, 2008-10-11 02:00

Subject: Re: [PATCH] test-lib: fix color reset in say_color()
Message-ID: <20081011020048.GA29328@coredump.intra.peff.net>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20081011020048.GA29328%40coredump.intra.peff.net
In-Reply-To: <1223590030-7464-1-git-send-email-vmiklos@frugalware.org>

```
On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 12:07:10AM +0200, Miklos Vajna wrote:

> Actually I'm not 100% sure about how many users are affected. I have a
> black background in konsole with white letters, and after the test I get
> a green cursor, and once I hit enter, I get the white one back.

I think my comment is way late, as this has already been applied, but I
think this is definitely the right thing to do. We are very careful to
use the same pattern (color reset before newline) in the C code.

-Peff

```