.armaan.s.•3mo ago

Enable VSCode Testing color output?

When using the Testing panel in VSCode, how can I enable color output in the Test Results terminal output? I've tried changing settings.json

// .vscode/settings.json
{
  "deno.future": true,
  "deno.env": {
    "NO_COLOR": "0"
  },
  "deno.enablePaths": ["./backend"],
  "deno.config": "./backend/deno.json"
}

// .vscode/settings.json
{
  "deno.future": true,
  "deno.env": {
    "NO_COLOR": "0"
  },
  "deno.enablePaths": ["./backend"],
  "deno.config": "./backend/deno.json"
}

but that hasn't worked. When I log the NO_COLOR env var in the test, it's "1" and the output is plain white. Is it a bug or am I missing something?

11 Replies

marvinh.•3mo ago

That's odd. It sounds like something either in your vscode setup or in your terminal config is setting NO_COLOR. It's not something we set in Deno, but something that's provided by the environment Deno runs in. That's where I'd look first

.armaan.s.OP•3mo ago

I've disabled all extensions except for Deno and WSL but it's still happening.

marvinh.•3mo ago

Doubt that an extension in vscode is setting it. What's the value by default in your terminal for NO_COLOR ?

.armaan.s.OP•3mo ago

In my bash terminal, echo $NO_COLOR is just blank.

marvinh.•3mo ago

that's a good sign

.armaan.s.OP•3mo ago

I think the Deno VSCode extension itself is setting NO_COLOR to "1", overriding my config. https://github.com/denoland/vscode_deno/blob/2c5964d14f44c3155da255fb7d5d63326c0761a8/client/src/commands.ts#L151

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.armaan.s.OP•3mo ago

I guess that's what's meant by this line in the tooltip.

marvinh.•3mo ago

.armaan.s.OP•3mo ago

What's my next step? Should I open a GitHub issue?

marvinh.•3mo ago

yeah that's probably the best next step.

.armaan.s.OP•3mo ago

https://github.com/denoland/vscode_deno/issues/1156 Thanks, I've created the issue in the vscode_deno repo.

GitHub

Allow NO_COLOR env var to be overridden by deno.env workspace s...

I would like the VSCode Test Results output to be in color. I'm not able to override the NO_COLOR environment variable in settings.json, like // .vscode/settings.json { "deno.env": { ...