←[34m prefix output to Windows Command Prompt

[donpellegrino]

When running Protégé Version 5.0.0 (Build beta-21) on Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit, the run.bat file outputs to the command prompt dialog. Output is prefixed with "←[34m" on many lines. It appears that the console output is making use of an encoding that is not supported by Microsoft's command prompt (C:\windows\system32\cmd.exe). This makes the output difficult for a human to read.

[csnyulas]

Hi Don,

There is a solution for this. Just install ANSICON on your Windows machine, and it will be as smart as any Unix-based platform (well, this is a bit of exaggeration, but at least your console will be able to
interpret ANSI color codes :) ):
https://www.liferay.com/web/igor.spasic/blog/-/blogs/enable-ansi-colors-in-windows-command-prompt

Csongor

[tudorache]

Here is an example output from Windows console (Protege 5 b21 out of the box):

C:\Users\ttania\Desktop\Protege-5.0.0-beta-21>jre\bin\java -Xmx500M -Xms200M -DentityExpansionLimit=100000000 -Dlogback.configurationFile=conf/logback.xml -Dfile.encoding=utf-8 -Dorg.protege.plugin.dir=plugins -classpath bundles/guava.jar;bundles/logback-classic.jar;bundles/logback-core.jar;bundles/slf4j-api.jar;bin/org.apache.felix.main.jar;bin/protege-launcher.jar org.protege.osgi.framework.Launcher
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�[34m********************************************************************************�[0;39m
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�[34m----------------- Initialising and Starting the OSGi Framework -----------------�[0;39m
�[34mFrameworkFactory Class: org.apache.felix.framework.FrameworkFactory�[0;39m
�[34m�[0;39m
�[34mThe OSGi framework has been initialised�[0;39m
�[34m------------------------------- Starting Bundles -------------------------------�[0;39m
�[34mStarting bundle org.protege.common�[0;39m
�[34mStarting bundle org.eclipse.equinox.common�[0;39m
�[34mStarting bundle org.eclipse.equinox.supplement�[0;39m
�[34mStarting bundle org.eclipse.equinox.registry�[0;39m
�[34mStarting bundle org.protege.editor.core.application�[0;39m
�[34mStarting bundle org.apache.commons.io�[0;39m
�[34mStarting bundle com.google.guava�[0;39m
�[34mNot starting bundle com.google.inject.assistedinject explicitly because it is a fragment bundle.�[0;39m
�[34mNot starting bundle com.google.inject.multibindings explicitly because it is a fragment bundle.�[0;39m
�[34mStarting bundle com.google.inject�[0;39m
�[34mStarting bundle jul.to.slf4j�[0;39m
�[34mStarting bundle log4j.over.slf4j�[0;39m
�[34mStarting bundle ch.qos.logback.classic�[0;39m
�[34mStarting bundle ch.qos.logback.core�[0;39m
�[34mStarting bundle org.apache.servicemix.bundles.aopalliance�[0;39m
�[34mStarting bundle org.apache.servicemix.bundles.javax-inject�[0;39m
�[34mStarting bundle org.eclipse.equinox.common�[0;39m
�[34mStarting bundle org.eclipse.equinox.registry�[0;39m
�[34mStarting bundle org.eclipse.equinox.supplement�[0;39m
�[34mStarting bundle org.semanticweb.owl.owlapi�[0;39m
�[34mStarting bundle org.protege.common�[0;39m
�[34mStarting bundle org.protege.editor.core.application�[0;39m
�[34mStarting bundle org.protege.editor.owl�[0;39m
�[34mStarting bundle slf4j.api�[0;39m
�[34mStarting bundle cellfie�[0;39m
�[34mStarting bundle code-generation�[0;39m
�[34mStarting bundle existentialquery�[0;39m
�[34mStarting bundle uk.ac.manchester.cs.owl.explanation�[0;39m
�[34mStarting bundle org.protege.ontograf�[0;39m
�[34mStarting bundle org.coode.dlquery�[0;39m
�[34mStarting bundle org.semanticweb.hermit�[0;39m
�[34mStarting bundle org.coode.browser�[0;39m
�[34mStarting bundle org.coode.owlviz�[0;39m
�[34mStarting bundle org.protege.owl.rdf�[0;39m
�[34mStarting bundle org.protege.editor.owl.rdf�[0;39m
�[34mThe OSGi framework has been started�[0;39m
�[34m�[0;39m
�[34m------------------------------------ Prot├⌐g├⌐ -----------------------------------�[0;39m
�[34mProt├⌐g├⌐ Desktop�[0;39m
�[34mVersion 5.0.0, Build beta-21�[0;39m
�[34m�[0;39m
�[34m�[0;39m
�[34m----------------------------------- Platform -----------------------------------�[0;39m
�[34mJava: JVM 1.8.0_40-b26  Memory: 466M�[0;39m
�[34mLanguage: en, Country: US�[0;39m
�[34mFramework: Apache Software Foundation (1.7) �[0;39m
�[34mOS: windows8 (6.3)�[0;39m
�[34mProcessor: x86-64
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�[34m�[0;39m
�[34m------------------------------------ Plugins -----------------------------------�[0;39m
�[34mPlugin: Cellfie Protege 5.0+ Plugin (2.0.0.beta-6)�[0;39m
�[34mPlugin: OWL Code Generation Plug-in (2.0.0)�[0;39m
�[34mPlugin: Existential Query (2.0.0)�[0;39m
�[34mPlugin: Explanation Workbench (3.0.0)�[0;39m
�[34mPlugin: OntoGraf (2.0.2)�[0;39m
�[34mPlugin: DL Query (3.0.0)�[0;39m
�[34mPlugin: HermiT (1.3.8.413)�[0;39m
�[34mPlugin: OWLDoc (3.0.2)�[0;39m
�[34mPlugin: OWLViz (5.0.1)�[0;39m
�[34mPlugin: OWLAPI RDF Library (2.0.1)�[0;39m
�[34mPlugin: Protege SPARQL Plugin (2.0.1)�[0;39m
�[34m�[0;39m
�[34m   OWLAPI RDF Library Plugin has no plugin.xml resource�[0;39m
Jan 20, 2016 1:21:33 PM java.util.prefs.WindowsPreferences <init>
WARNING: Could not open/create prefs root node Software\JavaSoft\Prefs at root 0x80000002. Windows RegCreateKeyEx(...) returned error code 5.
�[34mOWL API Version: 4.1.3.20151118-2017�[0;39m
�[31mCannot generate ontology catalog for ontology at http://www.semanticweb.org/ttania/ontologies/2016/0/untitled-ontology-2�[0;39m
�[34m------------------------------- Auto-update Check ------------------------------�[0;39m
�[34mAuto-update last performed: Wed Dec 31 16:00:00 PST 1969�[0;39m
�[34mAuto-update has not been performed today.  Running it.�[0;39m
�[34m�[0;39m
�[34m------------------------------ Running Auto-update -----------------------------�[0;39m
�[34m�[0;39m
�[34m--- Checking for updates to installed plugins ---�[0;39m
�[34m�[0;39m
�[34m--- Searching plugins to install ---�[0;39m
�[34mChecking https://raw.githubusercontent.com/protegeproject/autoupdate/master/update-info/5.0.0/plugins.repository�[0;39m
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�[34m        Checking https://raw.githubusercontent.com/protegeproject/dlquery/master/update-info/protege-5/update.properties�[0;39m
�[34m        Checking http://elk.semanticweb.org/maven/latest/elk-distribution/resources/p5.update.properties�[0;39m
�[34m        Checking https://raw.githubusercontent.com/protegeproject/existentialquery/master/update-info/protege-5/update.properties�[0;39m
�[34m        Checking https://bitbucket.org/dtsarkov/factplusplus/downloads/config.autoupdate.Protege-5.0.txt�[0;39m
�[34m        Checking http://jcel.sourceforge.net/update.properties�[0;39m
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�[34m        Checking https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Complexible/pellet/master/protege/plugin/plugins.repository�[0;39m
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�[34m                Checking https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Complexible/pellet/master/protege/plugin/update.properties�[0;39m
�[34m        Checking https://raw.githubusercontent.com/protegeproject/sparql-query-plugin/master/update-info/protege-5/update.properties�[0;39m
�[34m        Checking https://raw.githubusercontent.com/protegeproject/swrltab-plugin/master/update-info/protege-5/update.properties�[0;39m
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[matthewhorridge]

We're just missing a jar from the Windows class path that will fix this.