[CMake] CMAKE_COLOR_MAKEFILE

[Iosif Neitzke]

The CMake variable CMAKE_COLOR_MAKEFILE sets the preference to
generate a colored Makefile at Configure time.

At Build time, regardless if CMAKE_COLOR_MAKEFILE=ON, you can use
'make <target> COLOR=0' to turn off Makefile color dynamically.

Running through cmake with 'cmake --build <dir> -- COLOR=0' does the same thing.

You could also set COLOR=0 as an environment variable.

I don't believe a Makefile generated with CMAKE_COLOR_MAKEFILE=OFF can
have color turned back on dynamically, however.

On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 9:17 PM, Dave Yost <Dave at yost.com> wrote:
> Hey, I love colors. But one of my users doesn’t.
>
> Why doesn’t this work?
>
> CMAKE_COLOR_MAKEFILE=OFF cmake ..
>
> If that worked, he could set it and forget it.
>
> Instead, he has to do this:
>
> cmake -DCMAKE_COLOR_MAKEFILE=OFF ..
>
>
>
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