On 3/10/11 3:28 PM, Micah Cowan wrote:
>>> It wouldn't be difficult to write as a separate program, which is really
>>> how this should be handled. You could redirect a pipeline's STDOUT and
>>> STDERR to individual named pipes (FIFOs), and have a separate program
>>> read from both pipes, inserting highlights around any data it copies
>>> from the STDERR pipe.
>>>
>> You could, but that would entail modifying every Makefile (a couple of
>> hundred), plus automake, etc.
>
> Nonsense. Just use shell redirections over the full command you're running.
Or just run automake/make via the program I talked about.
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