I already knew about the color escapes, I used them in my bash prompt a while ago. Thanks anyway.
What I wanted was to integrate it with the logging module, which I eventually did after a couple of tries and errors.
Here is what I end up with:
BLACK, RED, GREEN, YELLOW, BLUE, MAGENTA, CYAN, WHITE = range(8)
#The background is set with 40 plus the number of the color, and the foreground with 30
#These are the sequences need to get colored ouput
RESET_SEQ = "\033[0m"
COLOR_SEQ = "\033[1;%dm"
BOLD_SEQ = "\033[1m"
def formatter_message(message, use_color = True):
if use_color:
message = message.replace("$RESET", RESET_SEQ).replace("$BOLD", BOLD_SEQ)
else:
message = message.replace("$RESET", "").replace("$BOLD", "")
return message
COLORS = {
'WARNING': YELLOW,
'INFO': WHITE,
'DEBUG': BLUE,
'CRITICAL': YELLOW,
'ERROR': RED
}
class ColoredFormatter(logging.Formatter):
def __init__(self, msg, use_color = True):
logging.Formatter.__init__(self, msg)
self.use_color = use_color
def format(self, record):
levelname = record.levelname
if self.use_color and levelname in COLORS:
levelname_color = COLOR_SEQ % (30 + COLORS[levelname]) + levelname + RESET_SEQ
record.levelname = levelname_color
return logging.Formatter.format(self, record)
And to use it, create your own Logger:
# Custom logger class with multiple destinations
class ColoredLogger(logging.Logger):
FORMAT = "[$BOLD%(name)-20s$RESET][%(levelname)-18s] %(message)s ($BOLD%(filename)s$RESET:%(lineno)d)"
COLOR_FORMAT = formatter_message(FORMAT, True)
def __init__(self, name):
logging.Logger.__init__(self, name, logging.DEBUG)
color_formatter = ColoredFormatter(self.COLOR_FORMAT)
console = logging.StreamHandler()
console.setFormatter(color_formatter)
self.addHandler(console)
return
logging.setLoggerClass(ColoredLogger)
Just in case anyone else needs it.
Be careful if you're using more than one logger or handler: ColoredFormatter
is changing the record object, which is passed further to other handlers or propagated to other loggers. If you have configured file loggers etc. you probably don't want to have the colors in the log files. To avoid that, it's probably best to simply create a copy of record
with copy.copy()
before manipulating the levelname attribute, or to reset the levelname to the previous value, before returning the formatted string (credit to Michael in the comments).
Interface builder (iOS 9+)
Just drag a UIView to the table. In storyboard, it will sit at the top below your custom cells. You may prefer to name it "footer".
Here it is shown in green for clarity, you'd probably want clear color.
Note that by adjusting the height, you can affect how the "bottom bounce" of the table is handled, as you prefer. (Height zero is usually fine).
To do it programmatically:
Swift
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
self.tableView.tableFooterView = UIView()
}
Objective-C
iOS 6.1+
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
// This will remove extra separators from tableview
self.tableView.tableFooterView = [UIView new];
}
or if you prefer,
self.tableView.tableFooterView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero];
Historically in iOS:
Add to the table view controller...
- (CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForFooterInSection:(NSInteger)section {
// This will create a "invisible" footer
return CGFLOAT_MIN;
}
and if necessary...
- (UIView *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView viewForFooterInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
return [UIView new];
// If you are not using ARC:
// return [[UIView new] autorelease];
}
Best Answer
Solved it, but I can't explain why.
Swap the order of the two statements. Set the color first, then the inset:
Everything works: