confluentinc/ksql

Add colour highlighting to CLI

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#3,728 opened on Nov 4, 2019

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Description

Related to #892 - adding support for colour highlighting in the CLI would improve the UX.

For example, different colours for (a) the ksql> prompt , (b) command text (c) result stream (d) errors

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Research direction
Find the CLI output handling code and add ANSI colour codes based on message type.
Tech stack
java
Domain
clibackend
Issue type
Feature
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3
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1-3 hours
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Active
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Clear
Prerequisites
Java
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75