ANSI Coloring in Compilation Mode

Question

Have anyone added support for ansi-color in compilation-mode Emacs? If so what property/attribute does the color-writing program have to check for in order to make sure its

Answer 1

Riffing on @gavenkoa's solution:

(when (require 'ansi-color nil t)
  (defun my-colorize-compilation-buffer ()
    (when (eq major-mode 'compilation-mode)
      (ansi-color-apply-on-region compilation-filter-start (point-max))))
  (add-hook 'compilation-filter-hook 'my-colorize-compilation-buffer))

This will not block errors but will still not raise an error if ansi-color is unavailable. Personally, I find the wildcard catch semantics of ignore-error distasteful.