# Colored STDOUT in Juno?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/colored-stdout-in-juno/6645>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [October 24, 2017, 5:10am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/colored-stdout-in-juno/6645 "2017-10-24T05:10:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![ssfrr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ssfrr/32/3736_2.png) [@ssfrr](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ssfrr)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 5:10am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/colored-stdout-in-juno/6645/1 "2017-10-24T05:10:04Z")

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I see that the `atom-ink` console can colorize ANSI codes, but I can’t figure out what setting to use to get Julia to print in color. I’ve tried setting `color=yes` as an argument in the preferences, and also tried adding `eval(Base, :(have_color=true))` to my `.juliarc.jl`, but neither seems to work.

If I manually run the `eval` line above in the console than it works, I just can’t get it to stick.

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**Author:** ![pfitzseb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/pfitzseb/32/45566_2.png) [@pfitzseb](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pfitzseb)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 3:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/colored-stdout-in-juno/6645/2 "2017-10-24T15:10:36Z")

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For now you could just add `as.push "--color=yes"` line somewhere [here](https://github.com/JunoLab/atom-julia-client/blob/2cc1c370127a0b134a12ad12bdf409bad31daf5a/lib/connection/client.coffee#L123-L130). Do note that this will show ANSI codes in inline results etc (e.g. everything that is not STDOUT), which is why I haven’t enabled that option yet.

Long term we should probably have an option for specifiying startup parameters. Also, a console/terminal rework is planned which will most definitely support coloured outputs.

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**Author:** ![ssfrr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ssfrr/32/3736_2.png) [@ssfrr](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ssfrr)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 3:19pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/colored-stdout-in-juno/6645/3 "2017-10-24T15:19:01Z")

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Great, thanks! Just wanted to make sure I’m not missing anything easy.