[PATCH iproute2-next] color: disable color when json output is requested

[PATCH iproute2-next] color: disable color when json output is requested

[Vincent Bernat]

Instead of declaring -color and -json exclusive, ignore -color when
-json is provided. The rationale is to allow to put -color in an alias
for ip while still being able to use -json. -color is merely a
presentation suggestion and we can assume there is nothing to color in
the JSON output.

Signed-off-by: Vincent Bernat <vincent@bernat.im>
---
 include/color.h | 1 -
 ip/ip.c         | 7 ++++---
 lib/color.c     | 8 --------
 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/color.h b/include/color.h
index f6c351b77746..c80359d3e2e9 100644
--- a/include/color.h
+++ b/include/color.h
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ enum color_attr {
 };
 
 void enable_color(void);
-void check_if_color_enabled(void);
 void set_color_palette(void);
 int color_fprintf(FILE *fp, enum color_attr attr, const char *fmt, ...);
 enum color_attr ifa_family_color(__u8 ifa_family);
diff --git a/ip/ip.c b/ip/ip.c
index b15e6b66b3f6..ebf77aa2ee37 100644
--- a/ip/ip.c
+++ b/ip/ip.c
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	char *basename;
 	char *batch_file = NULL;
+	int color = 0;
 
 	basename = strrchr(argv[0], '/');
 	if (basename == NULL)
@@ -273,7 +274,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 			}
 			rcvbuf = size;
 		} else if (matches(opt, "-color") == 0) {
-			enable_color();
+			++color;
 		} else if (matches(opt, "-help") == 0) {
 			usage();
 		} else if (matches(opt, "-netns") == 0) {
@@ -293,8 +294,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	_SL_ = oneline ? "\\" : "\n";
 
-	if (json)
-		check_if_color_enabled();
+	if (color && !json)
+		enable_color();
 
 	if (batch_file)
 		return batch(batch_file);
diff --git a/lib/color.c b/lib/color.c
index a13a4930b10c..da1f516cb249 100644
--- a/lib/color.c
+++ b/lib/color.c
@@ -92,14 +92,6 @@ void set_color_palette(void)
 		is_dark_bg = 1;
 }
 
-void check_if_color_enabled(void)
-{
-	if (color_is_enabled) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "Option \"-json\" conflicts with \"-color\".\n");
-		exit(1);
-	}
-}
-
 int color_fprintf(FILE *fp, enum color_attr attr, const char *fmt, ...)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
-- 
2.16.1

Re: [PATCH iproute2-next] color: disable color when json output is requested

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Wed, 21 Feb 2018 00:28:04 +0100
Vincent Bernat <vincent@bernat.im> wrote:

> Instead of declaring -color and -json exclusive, ignore -color when
> -json is provided. The rationale is to allow to put -color in an alias
> for ip while still being able to use -json. -color is merely a
> presentation suggestion and we can assume there is nothing to color in
> the JSON output.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vincent Bernat <vincent@bernat.im>

Looks fine to me, this could even go into master.
Need to update man page and make sure behavior is consistent
across ip, tc, and bridge commands.

Re: [PATCH iproute2-next] color: disable color when json output is requested

[Vincent Bernat]

 ❦ 20 février 2018 16:04 -0800, Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org> :

>> Instead of declaring -color and -json exclusive, ignore -color when
>> -json is provided. The rationale is to allow to put -color in an alias
>> for ip while still being able to use -json. -color is merely a
>> presentation suggestion and we can assume there is nothing to color in
>> the JSON output.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Vincent Bernat <vincent@bernat.im>
>
> Looks fine to me, this could even go into master.
> Need to update man page and make sure behavior is consistent
> across ip, tc, and bridge commands.

Currently, in master or net-next, only the "ip" command has a -color
option.
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