I have a process that writes a log file which includes ANSI color codes. When I view the file on the terminal with cat
, the colors are rendered correctly. When I view it with less
, by default I see codes like ESC[32m
but I can use the -R
switch to see the colors (e.g. less -R log.txt).
I would like to be able to view and even possibly edit the file in VSCode, with the colors displayed correctly. How can I do this?
00:32 If you're using the older terminals, the colorama library is a good alternative to get the same effects. The standards body that set these escape codes was the ANSI standards body, so these are often referred to colloquially as ANSI escape sequences or ANSI codes.
The Find All References command is available on the context (right-click) menu of the element you want to find references to. Or, if you are a keyboard user, press Shift + F12. The results appear in a tool window named <element> references, where element is the name of the item you are searching for.
The ANSI Colors extension exists since 2020/10/13:
Once installed, you can use the preview button in the top right (just like for Markdown):
F1
or CTRL/Command + SHIFT + P
(to open the VSCode command interface).keyboard shortcuts
, if you prefer those.More usage and configuration options are explained on the extension page.
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