Output Window: Add extra features which allow filtering and controlling a "type" of message

Grisgram commented 8 months ago

Is your feature request related to a problem?

I think there should be a general rework/feature session incoming, please see below:

Describe the solution you'd like

Include filtering options (look at intelliJ/Android Studio how a good log console should be, please)
Multiple search terms to highlight keywords in the log
automatic timestamps or gameframe at the beginning of each log line, so the exact timing becomes visible
Logging levels info/warn/error (show_debug_message gets an argument about what type and this uses an appropriate preset Output Window colour for these - for a console log, these should be enough). the argument should be optional, with "info" being the default, so existing code works as before or we get show_debug_message_ext or debug_log function)

Lets talk about filtering/searching/highlighting If there is an inputbox/textbox where we can enter any term (ideally regex-enabled), there should be options next to the textbox, which allow us:

set this term as filter (only lines that match will be printed to the console)
set this term as search (matching words will be highlighted)

This way we could create to-the-point filtered logs that contain only the information we need in the current (debug-)session.

Describe alternatives you've considered

Using Ctrl-F in the Console. Not enough.

Additional context

No response

KamilWdowczyk commented 5 months ago

I would really like color settings for show_debug_message. Perfect for critical messages and warnings.

YYDan commented 3 months ago

Everything to do with colours has been removed now, as that's already covered in https://github.com/YoYoGames/GameMaker-Bugs/issues/3428

And really this should have been multiple requests, as there are several new features listed above.

YoYoGames / GameMaker-Bugs