[vbox-dev] Patch for "vboxshell.py" for Windows hosts

[Alexey Eromenko]

On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 7:11 PM, Alexey Eromenko <al4321 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Patch for "vboxshell.py" for Windows hosts.
>
> This fixes incorrect rendering of "help" command, because 'cmd' shell
> on Windows hosts does not support colors. Against v4.0.0 SDK.
>
> Line 48, "vboxshell.py"
> g_hascolors = True
> +if platform.system() == 'Microsoft':
> +    g_hascolors = False
> term_colors = {
>

Nope.
Better patch would be:

Line 3258, "vboxshell.py"

    checkUserExtensions(ctx, commands, home)
-   if platform.system() == 'Windows':
+   if platform.system() == 'Microsoft':
        global g_hascolors
        g_hascolors = False


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