log: Add some colors to stdout log 🔴🟡🟢🔵🟣 (#5778)

* add colored log

* add config option

* make it dynamic

3 files changed, 32 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/src/config/ConfigManager.cpp b/src/config/ConfigManager.cpp
index 3c1bc80d..4a03b180 100644
--- a/src/config/ConfigManager.cpp
+++ b/src/config/ConfigManager.cpp
@@ -377,6 +377,7 @@ CConfigManager::CConfigManager() {
     m_pConfig->addConfigValue("debug:error_limit", Hyprlang::INT{5});
     m_pConfig->addConfigValue("debug:watchdog_timeout", Hyprlang::INT{5});
     m_pConfig->addConfigValue("debug:disable_scale_checks", Hyprlang::INT{0});
+    m_pConfig->addConfigValue("debug:colored_stdout_logs", Hyprlang::INT{1});
 
     m_pConfig->addConfigValue("decoration:rounding", Hyprlang::INT{0});
     m_pConfig->addConfigValue("decoration:blur:enabled", Hyprlang::INT{1});
@@ -592,7 +593,7 @@ CConfigManager::CConfigManager() {
     setDefaultAnimationVars();
     resetHLConfig();
 
-    Debug::log(LOG,
+    Debug::log(INFO,
                "!!!!HEY YOU, YES YOU!!!!: further logs to stdout / logfile are disabled by default. BEFORE SENDING THIS LOG, ENABLE THEM. Use debug:disable_logs = false to do so: "
                "https://wiki.hyprland.org/Configuring/Variables/#debug");
 
@@ -818,6 +819,8 @@ void CConfigManager::postConfigReload(const Hyprlang::CParseResult& result) {
     if (Debug::disableStdout && isFirstLaunch)
         Debug::log(LOG, "Disabling stdout logs! Check the log for further logs.");
 
+    Debug::coloredLogs = reinterpret_cast<int64_t* const*>(m_pConfig->getConfigValuePtr("debug:colored_stdout_logs")->getDataStaticPtr());
+
     for (auto& m : g_pCompositor->m_vMonitors) {
         // mark blur dirty
         g_pHyprOpenGL->markBlurDirtyForMonitor(m.get());
diff --git a/src/debug/Log.cpp b/src/debug/Log.cpp
index 9fdf47f8..8b82c852 100644
--- a/src/debug/Log.cpp
+++ b/src/debug/Log.cpp
@@ -40,13 +40,32 @@ void Debug::log(LogLevel level, std::string str) {
     if (shuttingDown)
         return;
 
+    std::string coloredStr = str;
     switch (level) {
-        case LOG: str = "[LOG] " + str; break;
-        case WARN: str = "[WARN] " + str; break;
-        case ERR: str = "[ERR] " + str; break;
-        case CRIT: str = "[CRITICAL] " + str; break;
-        case INFO: str = "[INFO] " + str; break;
-        case TRACE: str = "[TRACE] " + str; break;
+        case LOG:
+            str        = "[LOG] " + str;
+            coloredStr = str;
+            break;
+        case WARN:
+            str        = "[WARN] " + str;
+            coloredStr = "\033[1;33m" + str + "\033[0m"; // yellow
+            break;
+        case ERR:
+            str        = "[ERR] " + str;
+            coloredStr = "\033[1;31m" + str + "\033[0m"; // red
+            break;
+        case CRIT:
+            str        = "[CRITICAL] " + str;
+            coloredStr = "\033[1;35m" + str + "\033[0m"; // magenta
+            break;
+        case INFO:
+            str        = "[INFO] " + str;
+            coloredStr = "\033[1;32m" + str + "\033[0m"; // green
+            break;
+        case TRACE:
+            str        = "[TRACE] " + str;
+            coloredStr = "\033[1;34m" + str + "\033[0m"; // blue
+            break;
         default: break;
     }
 
@@ -65,5 +84,5 @@ void Debug::log(LogLevel level, std::string str) {
 
     // log it to the stdout too.
     if (!disableStdout)
-        std::cout << str << "\n";
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+        std::cout << ((coloredLogs && !**coloredLogs) ? str : coloredStr) << "\n";
+}
diff --git a/src/debug/Log.hpp b/src/debug/Log.hpp
index f1dd3eab..abf74065 100644
--- a/src/debug/Log.hpp
+++ b/src/debug/Log.hpp
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ namespace Debug {
     inline bool            disableStdout = false;
     inline bool            trace         = false;
     inline bool            shuttingDown  = false;
+    inline int64_t* const* coloredLogs   = nullptr;
 
     inline std::string     rollingLog = ""; // rolling log contains the ROLLING_LOG_SIZE tail of the log