It was originally added in Bukkit/CraftBukkit@6aafe7c5a1 as a
workaround for BUKKIT-4956 to fix console output on Windows.
I believe the original issue was related to LOG4J2-965 and fixed
in apache/logging-log4j2@d04659c. Minecraft 1.12 finally updated
the Log4J version so this issue is no longer present.
Console output is still working fine on Windows after removing this.
Rewrite console improvements (console colors, tab completion,
persistent input line, ...) using JLine 3.x and TerminalConsoleAppender.
New features:
- Support console colors for Vanilla commands
- Add console colors for warnings and errors
- Server can now be turned off safely using CTRL + C. JLine catches
the signal and the implementation shuts down the server cleanly.
- Support console colors and persistent input line when running in
IntelliJ IDEA
Other changes:
- Update JLine to 3.3.1 (from 2.12.1)
- Server starts 1-2 seconds faster thanks to optimizations in Log4j
configuration
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