RE: Capturing and converting makefile output

[Randy W. Sims]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: address@hidden [mailto:address@hidden Behalf
> Of Soren A
> Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 10:00 PM
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: Capturing and converting makefile output
>
>
> "Paul Power" <address@hidden> wrote around 07 Oct 2002
> news:address@hidden:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I've been a reasonably heavy user of gnu make over the
> > Previous few years and the one thing I would really like
> > To see is a way to capture the output from a makefile
> > ( errors and standard completion ) and convert it to a
> > given format.
>
> The screen output from 'make' depends upon what tools 'make' is invoking
> (on what's in a given Makefile). Therefore there's no telling what might
> get printed to the screen! If you are talking only about 'make' output
> itself then there is a predictable format, but it is always going to be
> thoroughly interlaced with the output of the many other tools 'make'
> calls.
>
> So i am not *sure* what you are talking about, but it sounds like it
> might be close to an idea I have often had, and so it sounds cool. I
> hope you pursue it.
>
> > Does anyone know if this has been done already
>
> Yes and no. Not being precisely sure what you are after, i can only
> guess, and anyway I have just fuzzy recollections. I seem to recall
> coming across a project that is related to the (G)VIM editor, wherein
> 'make' can be invoked and if any error takes place it gets thrown over
> to VIM which opens up some window on some file. See vim.sf.net.
>
> There is also the 'screen' program which has been ported to many
> *nix-like OSs and which has the function of recording in a file the
> verbatim activity (all input from wehatver sources and all output) that
> takes place on the screen (terminal, console) during its execution. This
> is available as an Open Source app (Prob. a GNU version). According to
> one possible interpretation of what you are after, 'screen' is all you
> need.
>
> > or is there a grammer/convention document anywhere
>
> It sounds like Paul Smith has previously directed you towards that in
> his other reply.
>
> > that describes the possible outputs from a make execution and
> > I'll see if I can put something together ? Obviously
> > I'd prefer not to have to invent the wheel :-)
>
> Always better not to unless of course the existing wheel is actually more
> of a lopsided prism ;-).
>
> > Thanks in advance,]
>
> You are welcome...
>    Soren A
>

Check out colormake <http://bre.klaki.net/programs/colormake/>
It's a perl script that color codes the output of make. It may make
a good starting point if it doesn't provide what your looking for.

Randy.