ANSI colorings breaks after file autoreload

[ivan-aksamentov]

Brief:

I use SublimeANSI to review logging output of my programs. Sometimes I want to review logs when program is still running (and is writing to the log file). ANSI coloring breaks every time file is changed externally and reloaded by Sublime.

Version:

ANSIescape v0.1.5 (from package manager)

Steps to reproduce:

• Open file with ANSI escape sequences in Sublime (e.g. test/ansi_test_file.txt provided in the repository)
• Switch to ANSI syntax
• change file externally: open the same file in another text editor (e.g. Notepad or Atom), change (add newline an the top) and save it; or write into this file programmatically
• Bring Sublime back to focus

Desired behavior:

File contents updates along with ANSI coloring

Observed behavior:

File contents updates, dark ANSI theme is still up, but escape sequences are no longer recognized properly: there are "ESC" signs and colored fragments in random places

Workarounds:

• Switching to plain text and back fixes the colors, but only until the next refresh
• "Auto Refresh" package allows for disabling of the default auto refresh, but this defeats the purpose of real-time logging. Also it is tedious to do so for every file