;;; colorize-compilation.el --- Colorize compilation buffers  -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-

;; Copyright (C) 2015  Tom Willemse

;; Author: Tom Willemse <tom@ryuslash.org>
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;;; Commentary:

;; Colorize compilation buffers with ansi escape codes. This code was
;; copied from the following StackOverflow answer:
;; http://stackoverflow.com/a/13408008

;;; Code:

(require 'ansi-color)
(require 'compile)

;;;###autoload
(defun colorize-compilation-buffer ()
  "Change ansi color escape codes into color faces."
  (let ((inhibit-read-only t))
    (ansi-color-apply-on-region compilation-filter-start (point))))

(provide 'colorize-compilation)
;;; colorize-compilation.el ends here