Fixed #13476 -- Added support for color in console output under Windows.

Detect and use the services of the ANSICON third-party tool if it's
available.

2 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/docs/ref/django-admin.txt b/docs/ref/django-admin.txt
index 69555dcb5c..cac7a5bc22 100644
--- a/docs/ref/django-admin.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/django-admin.txt
@@ -1552,6 +1552,11 @@ color-coded output if your terminal supports ANSI-colored output. It
 won't use the color codes if you're piping the command's output to
 another program.
 
+Under Windows, the native console doesn't support ANSI escape sequences so by
+default there is no color output. But you can install the `ANSICON`_
+third-party tool, the Django commands will detect its presence and will make
+use of its services to color output just like on Unix-based platforms.
+
 The colors used for syntax highlighting can be customized. Django
 ships with three color palettes:
 
@@ -1636,6 +1641,14 @@ would specify the use of all the colors in the light color palette,
 *except* for the colors for errors and notices which would be
 overridden as specified.
 
+.. versionadded:: 1.7
+
+Support for color-coded output from ``django-admin.py`` / ``manage.py``
+utilities on Windows by relying on the ANSICON application was added in Django
+1.7.
+
+.. _ANSICON: http://adoxa.hostmyway.net/ansicon/
+
 Bash completion
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diff --git a/docs/releases/1.7.txt b/docs/releases/1.7.txt
index 1041edb37b..0d37a8d99a 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.7.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.7.txt
@@ -415,6 +415,9 @@ Management Commands
   * All HTTP requests are logged to the console, including requests for static
     files or ``favicon.ico`` that used to be filtered out.
 
+* Management commands can now produce syntax colored output under Windows if
+  the ANSICON third-party tool is installed and active.
+
 Models
 ^^^^^^