#1278: Allow forcing ansicolor sinks on Windows

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ option(SPDLOG_FMT_EXTERNAL "Use external fmt library instead of bundled" OFF)
 if(WIN32)
 	option(SPDLOG_WCHAR_SUPPORT "Support wchar api" OFF)
     option(SPDLOG_WCHAR_FILENAMES "Support wchar filenames" OFF)
+    option(SPDLOG_FORCE_ANSICOLOR "Use VT100 instead of winapi for colored sinks" OFF)
 endif()
 
 option(SPDLOG_NO_EXCEPTIONS "Compile with -fno-exceptions. Call abort() on any spdlog exceptions" OFF)
@@ -150,6 +151,11 @@ if(SPDLOG_WCHAR_SUPPORT)
 	target_compile_definitions(spdlog_header_only INTERFACE SPDLOG_WCHAR_FILENAMES)
  endif()
 
+if(WIN32 AND NOT SPDLOG_FORCE_ANSICOLOR)
+	target_compile_definitions(spdlog PUBLIC SPDLOG_WINCOLOR)
+	target_compile_definitions(spdlog_header_only INTERFACE SPDLOG_WINCOLOR)
+endif()
+
  if(SPDLOG_NO_EXCEPTIONS)
 	target_compile_definitions(spdlog PUBLIC SPDLOG_NO_EXCEPTIONS)	
 

include/spdlog/details/registry-inl.h

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 #ifndef SPDLOG_DISABLE_DEFAULT_LOGGER
 // support for the default stdout color logger
-#ifdef _WIN32
+#ifdef SPDLOG_WINCOLOR
 #include "spdlog/sinks/wincolor_sink.h"
 #else
 #include "spdlog/sinks/ansicolor_sink.h"
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ SPDLOG_INLINE registry::registry()
 
 #ifndef SPDLOG_DISABLE_DEFAULT_LOGGER
     // create default logger (ansicolor_stdout_sink_mt or wincolor_stdout_sink_mt in windows).
-#ifdef _WIN32
+#ifdef SPDLOG_WINCOLOR
     auto color_sink = std::make_shared<sinks::wincolor_stdout_sink_mt>();
 #else
     auto color_sink = std::make_shared<sinks::ansicolor_stdout_sink_mt>();

include/spdlog/sinks/stdout_color_sinks.h

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#ifdef _WIN32
+#ifdef SPDLOG_WINCOLOR
 #include "spdlog/sinks/wincolor_sink.h"
 #else
 #include "spdlog/sinks/ansicolor_sink.h"
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 namespace spdlog {
 namespace sinks {
-#ifdef _WIN32
+#ifdef SPDLOG_WINCOLOR
 using stdout_color_sink_mt = wincolor_stdout_sink_mt;
 using stdout_color_sink_st = wincolor_stdout_sink_st;
 using stderr_color_sink_mt = wincolor_stderr_sink_mt;

src/color_sinks.cpp

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 //
 // color sinks
 //
-#ifdef _WIN32
+#ifdef SPDLOG_WINCOLOR
 #include "spdlog/sinks/wincolor_sink-inl.h"
 template class spdlog::sinks::wincolor_sink<spdlog::details::console_mutex>;
 template class spdlog::sinks::wincolor_sink<spdlog::details::console_nullmutex>;