NAME

Log::Log4perl::Appender::ScreenColoredLevel - Colorize messages according to level

SYNOPSIS

use Log::Log4perl qw(:easy);

Log::Log4perl->init(\ <<'EOT');
  log4perl.category = DEBUG, Screen
  log4perl.appender.Screen = \
      Log::Log4perl::Appender::ScreenColoredLevels
  log4perl.appender.Screen.layout = \
      Log::Log4perl::Layout::PatternLayout
  log4perl.appender.Screen.layout.ConversionPattern = \
      %d %F{1} %L> %m %n
EOT

  # Appears black
DEBUG "Debug Message";

  # Appears green
INFO  "Info Message";

  # Appears blue
WARN  "Warn Message";

  # Appears magenta
ERROR "Error Message";

  # Appears red
FATAL "Fatal Message";

DESCRIPTION

This appender acts like Log::Log4perl::Appender::Screen, except that it colorizes its output, based on the priority of the message sent.

The color scheme is

Debug

Black

Info

Green

Warn

Blue

Error

Magenta

Fatal

Red

The constructor new() takes an optional parameter stderr, if set to a true value, the appender will log to STDERR. If stderr is set to a false value, it will log to STDOUT. The default setting for stderr is 1, so messages will be logged to STDERR by default.

AUTHOR

Mike Schilli <log4perl@perlmeister.com>, 2004