On Tue, Nov 12, 2019 at 9:30 PM PG Bug reporting form
<noreply@postgresql.org> wrote:
> The following bug has been logged on the website:
>
> Bug reference: 16108
> Logged by: Haiying Tang
> Email address: tanghy.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com
> PostgreSQL version: 12.0
> Operating system: Windows
> Description:
>
> Hello
>
> I found the following release notes in PG12 is not working properly at
> Windows.
> > •Add colorization to the output of command-line utilities
>
> Following the release note, I've set the the environment variable PG_COLOR
> to auto, then I run pg_dump command with an incorrect passwd.
> However, the command-line output is not colorized as the release notes
> said.
>
> Before PG_COLOR=auto is set: pg_dump: error: connection to database
> "tanghy.fnst" failed: FATAL:
> After PG_COLOR=auto is set: [01mpg_dump: [0m [01;31merror: [0mconnection
> to database "tanghy.fnst" failed: FATAL
>
> I think the colorization to the output of command-line is not supported at
> Windows.
> Maybe function "pg_logging_init" at source "src\common\logging.c" should add
> a platform check.
> Besides, the related release note of PG12 should add some description about
> it.
Based on this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code#DOS_and_Windows
... I wonder if it works if you use the new Windows Terminal, and I
wonder if it would work on the older thing if we used the
SetConsoleMode() flag it mentions.