Motivation

MySQL Router and its tools present output to users sometime overwhelm the user with information.

To make it easier for a human to see which information is important, the output should:

• emphasis important information and sections
• use consistent coloring of ERROR cases
• annotate --help output

and fallback to "no annotation" if the output-channel is not a aware of ANSI ESC sequences.

Goal

apply colors and emphasis to

• all --help output for mysqlrouter and mysqlrouter_* tools
• mysqlrouter --bootstrap output

Functional Requirements

FR1

Colors MUST only be output if the target is a TTY that supports it.

Implementation

• Output is "markdown"-like and uses the "headings" for sections.
• Headings are highlighted with "Bold"
• Errors are marked as "Red"
• Success in router's bootstrap is high-lighted in "Green"

Example

Usage: mysqlrouter_plugin_info <mysqlrouter_plugin_file> <plugin_name>                               

# Examples

Print plugin information:

    mysqlrouter_plugin_info.exe "c:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Router 8.0\lib\routing.dll" routing

# Options

  -V, --version
      Display version information and exit.
  -?, --help
      Display this help and exit.