/BetterConsole

Xcode 4 plugin to improve console area

Primary LanguageObjective-C

Deprecated

This Xcode Plugin (and all others) cannot work with Xcode 8 and above. If you care deeply about Xcode plugins such as this, please (PLEASE!) file Radars to Apple asking for the XcodeKit API to expand to allow support for extensions like this one.

BetterConsole

BetterConsole is an Xcode plugin that makes file paths shown in Xcode console clickable. This plugin works great with failure messages generated by Cedar (a testing framework).

Installation

  1. rake install or build from XCode

  2. Restart Xcode

(Plugin can be uninstalled by removing BetterConsole.xcplugin from ~/Library/Application\ Support/Developer/Shared/Xcode/Plug-ins)

Recognized File Path Formats

  • /Users/cppforlife/workspace/BetterConsole/BetterConsole.m:46 is an absolute path

  • *FibonacciCalculator.m:7 will search for file named FibonacciCalculator.m in the current project directory and its sub-directories

Misc

  • click opens file in the last focused editor area

  • Option+click opens files in the adjacent editor area

  • Red, green, yellow and cyan ANSI colors are respected