Logging messages show color code characters around log level instead of coloring it about butterfly HOT 6 OPEN

This pertains to a known issue in Microsoft command line. Post version 10.0.14393, Microsoft cmd line does not support ANSI colors in cmd.exe.
Following is an issue raised under Microsoft's repo: ANSI colors no longer render in cmd.exe

However, this issue can be solved by using a third party executable which enables ANSI color rendering in cmd.exe. ANSICON allows Windows command line to render ANSI color encodings.

As a quick fix, user can execute ansicon by downloading the executable from their Downloads page and follow the documentation .

Steps to use ANSICON:

• Download and unzip file from Downloads page
• Open cmd and navigate to the unzipped folder.
• Navigate to x64(if you've a 64 bit machine) otherwise navigate to x86.
• Execute ansicon.exe -i to install ANSICON.
• Run butterfly in verbose mode to see the changes in logging messages.

Attaching screenshot of results

BEFORE executing ANSICON

AFTER executing ANSICON

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@fabiocarvalho777 It'd be interesting to find out the challenges behind incorporating a third-party executable in butterfly.cmd.

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@amriteya good findings, thanks!!

It'd be interesting to find out the challenges behind incorporating a third-party executable in butterfly.cmd.

Agree. Are you going to do it as part of this issue? I would say it is up to you, as long as it doesn't take too much time, and as long as it is not too complex. We have bigger fishes to fry :)

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Let me take a stab at this. If it's okay to use this third-party executable, it should not be a lot of changes.
Just some changes in the windows script.

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Sounds good

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After talking to @amriteya , we have decided to just document this issue in end user documentation.

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