Piping output of tasklite to file still includes colors

[jnduli]

I'm not quite sure if this is a bug or something that needs to be fixed, but I recently piped output of tasklite to a file with tasklite >> file

The file still contains the color symbols though:

�[0;92;1;4mId �[0m  �[0;95;1;4mPrio�[0m  �[0;30;1;4mOpened UTC�[0m  �[0;97;1;4mBody      �[0m  
�[0;92mgq7�[0m  �[0;95m 0  �[0m  �[0;30m2020-11-20�[0m  �[0;97mtest 2�[0m
�[0;92m15h�[0m  �[0;95m 0  �[0m  �[0;30m2020-11-20�[0m  �[0;97mtest 1�[0m

I was able to fix this with a sed command I got, so if this is intended behaviour we can just close the issue (I'm also not sure how this can be fixed from the haskell side 😢 )

[ad-si]

Yeah, this is already on my own todo list.
The last time I checked there was no easy way to figure out wether you print to the terminal or pipe the output to another file. I know however, that it's possible in JavaScript. So implementing this with a flag would be an unsatisfying solution. 😅

I think I need to investigate a little further, but If anyone knows a way to achieve this, a tip would be highly appreciated 🙃.

[jnduli]

Noted. I'll try to do some research on my side and comment if I find something plausible

[jnduli]

Here's what I've found so far:

• most commands detect if the output is tty, and then add colors to this (https://stackoverflow.com/a/3515392) otherwise the output will be devoid of colors
• Here's an example implementation of haskell https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Check_output_device_is_a_terminal#Haskell

So a possible alternative would be to have a config that is set at run time depending on whether the output is tty or not.

Also adding a terminal option that will force colors if set. For example, if I do ls --color >> file the file has the colors.