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+#.rst:
+#
+# Colorize CMake output.
+# Code was found on StackOverflow: http://stackoverflow.com/a/19578320
+#
+# Usage within CMake code
+#   message("This is normal")
+#   message("${Red}This is Red${ColourReset}")
+#   message("${Green}This is Green${ColourReset}")
+#   message("${Yellow}This is Yellow${ColourReset}")
+#   message("${Blue}This is Blue${ColourReset}")
+#   message("${Magenta}This is Magenta${ColourReset}")
+#   message("${Cyan}This is Cyan${ColourReset}")
+#   message("${White}This is White${ColourReset}")
+#   message("${BoldRed}This is BoldRed${ColourReset}")
+#   message("${BoldGreen}This is BoldGreen${ColourReset}")
+#   message("${BoldYellow}This is BoldYellow${ColourReset}")
+#   message("${BoldBlue}This is BoldBlue${ColourReset}")
+#   message("${BoldMagenta}This is BoldMagenta${ColourReset}")
+#   message("${BoldCyan}This is BoldCyan${ColourReset}")
+#   message("${BoldWhite}This is BoldWhite\n\n${ColourReset}")
+
+if(NOT WIN32)
+  string(ASCII 27 Esc)
+  set(ColourReset "${Esc}[m")
+  set(ColourBold  "${Esc}[1m")
+  set(Red         "${Esc}[31m")
+  set(Green       "${Esc}[32m")
+  set(Yellow      "${Esc}[33m")
+  set(Blue        "${Esc}[34m")
+  set(Magenta     "${Esc}[35m")
+  set(Cyan        "${Esc}[36m")
+  set(White       "${Esc}[37m")
+  set(BoldRed     "${Esc}[1;31m")
+  set(BoldGreen   "${Esc}[1;32m")
+  set(BoldYellow  "${Esc}[1;33m")
+  set(BoldBlue    "${Esc}[1;34m")
+  set(BoldMagenta "${Esc}[1;35m")
+  set(BoldCyan    "${Esc}[1;36m")
+  set(BoldWhite   "${Esc}[1;37m")
+endif()