Add color coding for console log categories

TrueCraft.Core/Logging/ConsoleLogProvider.cs

@@ -16,7 +16,19 @@ namespace TrueCraft.Core.Logging
         {
             if ((EnabledCategories & category) != 0)
             {
-                Console.WriteLine(text, parameters);
+                Console.Write(LogHelpers.GetTimestamp());
+                ConsoleColor currentColor = Console.ForegroundColor;
+                Console.ForegroundColor = LogHelpers.GetCategoryColor(category);
+                Console.Write(category.ToString());
+                // Better to restore original than ResetColor
+                Console.ForegroundColor = currentColor;
+                // TODO: Check Console.BufferWidth and indent wrapping text onto the same level as the end of the timestamp
+                // Longest LogCategory is Warning (length is 7 characters)
+                // The log will probably mostly contain messages belonging to the
+                // category Notice (6 chars). We want a pad of 4 spaces on average
+                // and also want the text to be aligned with the last message
+                // 7 + 4 = 11 is the max length of (category.ToString() + pad of 4 spaces)
+                Console.WriteLine(new string(' ', 11 - category.ToString().Length) + text, parameters);
             }
         }
     }

TrueCraft.Core/Logging/LogHelpers.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using TrueCraft.API.Logging;
+
+namespace TrueCraft.Core.Logging
+{
+    public static class LogHelpers
+    {
+        public static string GetTimestamp(bool utc = true, string timeFormat = "u", string suffix = "    ")
+        {
+            return (utc ? DateTime.UtcNow : DateTime.Now).ToString(timeFormat) + suffix;
+        }
+
+        public static ConsoleColor GetCategoryColor(LogCategory category)
+        {
+            switch (category)
+            {
+                case LogCategory.Packets:
+                    return ConsoleColor.White;
+                case LogCategory.Debug:
+                    return ConsoleColor.Cyan;
+                case LogCategory.Warning:
+                    return ConsoleColor.Yellow;
+                case LogCategory.Error:
+                    return ConsoleColor.Red;
+                case LogCategory.Notice:
+                    return ConsoleColor.Green;
+                case LogCategory.All:
+                    return ConsoleColor.Magenta;
+                default:
+                    return ConsoleColor.Gray;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

TrueCraft.Core/TrueCraft.Core.csproj

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
     </Reference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="Logging\LogHelpers.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Logic\ItemProvider.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Logic\Items\AppleItem.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Logic\Items\ArmourItem.cs" />