Added --use-colour option to give finer control over colourisation.

--force-colour is still present but deprecated (will remove in v2)

include/internal/catch_commandline.hpp

@@ -62,6 +62,21 @@ namespace Catch {
             ? ShowDurations::Always
             : ShowDurations::Never;
     }
+    inline void setUseColour( ConfigData& config, std::string const& value ) {
+        std::string mode = toLower( value );
+        
+        if( mode == "yes" )
+            config.useColour = UseColour::Yes;
+        else if( mode == "no" )
+            config.useColour = UseColour::No;
+        else if( mode == "auto" )
+            config.useColour = UseColour::Auto;
+        else
+            throw std::runtime_error( "colour mode must be one of: auto, yes or no" );
+    }
+    inline void forceColour( ConfigData& config ) {
+        config.useColour = UseColour::Yes;
+    }
     inline void loadTestNamesFromFile( ConfigData& config, std::string const& _filename ) {
         std::ifstream f( _filename.c_str() );
         if( !f.is_open() )
@@ -148,7 +163,7 @@ namespace Catch {
 
         cli["-d"]["--durations"]
             .describe( "show test durations" )
-            .bind( &setShowDurations, "yes/no" );
+            .bind( &setShowDurations, "yes|no" );
 
         cli["-f"]["--input-file"]
             .describe( "load test names to run from a file" )
@@ -176,8 +191,12 @@ namespace Catch {
             .bind( &setRngSeed, "'time'|number" );
 
         cli["--force-colour"]
-            .describe( "force colourised output" )
-            .bind( &ConfigData::forceColour );
+            .describe( "force colourised output (deprecated)" )
+            .bind( &forceColour );
+        
+        cli["--use-colour"]
+            .describe( "should output be colourised" )
+            .bind( &setUseColour, "yes|no" );
 
         return cli;
     }

include/internal/catch_config.hpp

@@ -37,14 +37,14 @@ namespace Catch {
             noThrow( false ),
             showHelp( false ),
             showInvisibles( false ),
-            forceColour( false ),
             filenamesAsTags( false ),
             abortAfter( -1 ),
             rngSeed( 0 ),
             verbosity( Verbosity::Normal ),
             warnings( WarnAbout::Nothing ),
             showDurations( ShowDurations::DefaultForReporter ),
-            runOrder( RunTests::InDeclarationOrder )
+            runOrder( RunTests::InDeclarationOrder ),
+            useColour( UseColour::Auto )
         {}
 
         bool listTests;
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ namespace Catch {
         bool noThrow;
         bool showHelp;
         bool showInvisibles;
-        bool forceColour;
         bool filenamesAsTags;
 
         int abortAfter;
@@ -67,6 +66,7 @@ namespace Catch {
         WarnAbout::What warnings;
         ShowDurations::OrNot showDurations;
         RunTests::InWhatOrder runOrder;
+        UseColour::YesOrNo useColour;
 
         std::string outputFilename;
         std::string name;
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ namespace Catch {
         virtual ShowDurations::OrNot showDurations() const { return m_data.showDurations; }
         virtual RunTests::InWhatOrder runOrder() const  { return m_data.runOrder; }
         virtual unsigned int rngSeed() const    { return m_data.rngSeed; }
-        virtual bool forceColour() const { return m_data.forceColour; }
+        virtual UseColour::YesOrNo useColour() const { return m_data.useColour; }
 
     private:
 

include/internal/catch_console_colour_impl.hpp

@@ -95,7 +95,18 @@ namespace {
 
     IColourImpl* platformColourInstance() {
         static Win32ColourImpl s_instance;
-        return &s_instance;
+
+        Ptr<IConfig const> config = getCurrentContext().getConfig();
+        UseColour::YesOrNo colourMode = config
+            ? config->useColour()
+            : UseColour::Auto;
+        if( colourMode == UseColour::Auto )
+            colourMode = !isDebuggerActive()
+                ? UseColour::Yes
+                : UseColour::No;
+        return colourMode == UseColour::Yes
+            ? &s_instance
+            : NoColourImpl::instance();
     }
 
 } // end anon namespace
@@ -146,7 +157,14 @@ namespace {
 
     IColourImpl* platformColourInstance() {
         Ptr<IConfig const> config = getCurrentContext().getConfig();
-        return (config && config->forceColour()) || isatty(STDOUT_FILENO)
+        UseColour::YesOrNo colourMode = config
+            ? config->useColour()
+            : UseColour::Auto;
+        if( colourMode == UseColour::Auto )
+            colourMode = (!isDebuggerActive() && isatty(STDOUT_FILENO) )
+                ? UseColour::Yes
+                : UseColour::No;
+        return colourMode == UseColour::Yes
             ? PosixColourImpl::instance()
             : NoColourImpl::instance();
     }
@@ -171,9 +189,7 @@ namespace Catch {
     Colour::~Colour(){ if( !m_moved ) use( None ); }
 
     void Colour::use( Code _colourCode ) {
-        static IColourImpl* impl = isDebuggerActive()
-            ? NoColourImpl::instance()
-            : platformColourInstance();
+        static IColourImpl* impl = platformColourInstance();
         impl->use( _colourCode );
     }
 

include/internal/catch_interfaces_config.h

@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ namespace Catch {
         InLexicographicalOrder,
         InRandomOrder
     }; };
+    struct UseColour { enum YesOrNo {
+        Auto,
+        Yes,
+        No
+    }; };    
 
     class TestSpec;
 
@@ -56,7 +61,7 @@ namespace Catch {
         virtual TestSpec const& testSpec() const = 0;
         virtual RunTests::InWhatOrder runOrder() const = 0;
         virtual unsigned int rngSeed() const = 0;
-        virtual bool forceColour() const = 0;
+        virtual UseColour::YesOrNo useColour() const = 0;
     };
 }
 

projects/SelfTest/TestMain.cpp

@@ -195,19 +195,41 @@ TEST_CASE( "Process can be configured on command line", "[config][command-line]"
         }
     }
 
-    SECTION( "force-colour", "") {
-        SECTION( "--force-colour", "" ) {
-            const char* argv[] = { "test", "--force-colour" };
-            CHECK_NOTHROW( parseIntoConfig( argv, config ) );
-
-            REQUIRE( config.forceColour );
-        }
-
-        SECTION( "without --force-colour", "" ) {
+    SECTION( "use-colour", "") {
+        
+        using Catch::UseColour;
+        
+        SECTION( "without option", "" ) {
             const char* argv[] = { "test" };
             CHECK_NOTHROW( parseIntoConfig( argv, config ) );
+            
+            REQUIRE( config.useColour == UseColour::Auto );
+        }
 
-            REQUIRE( !config.forceColour );
+        SECTION( "auto", "" ) {
+            const char* argv[] = { "test", "--use-colour", "auto" };
+            CHECK_NOTHROW( parseIntoConfig( argv, config ) );
+
+            REQUIRE( config.useColour == UseColour::Auto );
+        }
+
+        SECTION( "yes", "" ) {
+            const char* argv[] = { "test", "--use-colour", "yes" };
+            CHECK_NOTHROW( parseIntoConfig( argv, config ) );
+            
+            REQUIRE( config.useColour == UseColour::Yes );
+        }
+
+        SECTION( "no", "" ) {
+            const char* argv[] = { "test", "--use-colour", "no" };
+            CHECK_NOTHROW( parseIntoConfig( argv, config ) );
+            
+            REQUIRE( config.useColour == UseColour::No );
+        }
+
+        SECTION( "error", "" ) {
+            const char* argv[] = { "test", "--use-colour", "wrong" };
+            REQUIRE_THROWS_WITH( parseIntoConfig( argv, config ), Contains( "colour mode must be one of" ) );
         }
     }
 }

projects/VS2010/TestCatch/TestCatch/TestCatch.vcxproj

@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\..\SelfTest\ApproxTests.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\..\SelfTest\BDDTests.cpp" />
-    <ClCompile Include="..\..\..\SelfTest\SectionTrackerTests.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\..\SelfTest\PartTrackerTests.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\..\SelfTest\TestMain.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\..\SelfTest\ClassTests.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\..\SelfTest\ConditionTests.cpp" />