Expected/actual output is poor without color

[p]

Example:

% mocha --compilers coffee:coffee-script -C

  ���������

  ��� 1 of 3 tests failed:

  1) filterdata should work for nested hashes:
      
      actual expected
      
      1 | {
      2 |   "outer": {
      3 |     "middle": "value"
      4 |   }
      5 | }{}

In this very simple example you should be able to tell that there is a non-empty hash and an empty hash. Looking at just this output you cannot tell which of the two is expected and which is actual.

Maybe you could do diff-style +/- when color is off.

[tj]

low priority but yeah I'd agree with that

[rprieto]

Hi,

This would be very helpful, especially when integrating mocha with a system that doesn't provide color support - for example a CI system with text-only logs (eg. Team City)

Either support for --no-color, or a custom --unified-diff type flag would be greatly appreciated.

[vvo]

Could we have bold/normal for expected/actual ?

[p]

Bold and color are both implemented using ansi codes and have the same issues.

[faridnsh]

This is becoming a real pain for us.

[jbnicolai]

This should be much better nowadays.