µVISION DEBUGGER: Colored String in Serial and Debug (printf) Viewer W

Information in this knowledgebase article applies to:

• Keil MDK ALL VERSIONS
• C251 Development Tools ALL VERSIONS
• C166 Development Tools ALL VERSIONS
• C51 Development Tools ALL VERSIONS

QUESTION

We often use the debug (printf) viewer window to view the retargeted output data. Is it possible to view this output data in different colors?

ANSWER

Unfortunately, it is not possible to change the text colors in the serial- or debug(printf) viewer window dynamically.

These windows support a subset of the VT-100 terminal sequences to control for example the cursor position but the color codes are intentionally ignored because the current implementation of the window does support different colors.

If you would use the encoding to change colors, the debug(printf) viewer window would not display any control characters because the sequences are detected and ignored. 

MORE INFORMATION

• Refer to Debug (printf) Viewer in the µVision User's Guide.

Last Reviewed: Tuesday, October 20, 2020