common/log: write log importance

When colors aren't used, write the log importance to stderr. This makes
it easier to grep for errors and avoids mistaking error messages for
debug messages.

This is [1] ported to Sway.

[1]: https://github.com/swaywm/wlroots/pull/2149

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/common/log.c b/common/log.c
index 2acf2e57..483420e7 100644
--- a/common/log.c
+++ b/common/log.c
@@ -45,6 +45,13 @@ static const char *verbosity_colors[] = {
 	[SWAY_DEBUG ] = "\x1B[1;90m",
 };
 
+static const char *verbosity_headers[] = {
+	[SWAY_SILENT] = "",
+	[SWAY_ERROR] = "[ERROR]",
+	[SWAY_INFO] = "[INFO]",
+	[SWAY_DEBUG] = "[DEBUG]",
+};
+
 static void timespec_sub(struct timespec *r, const struct timespec *a,
 		const struct timespec *b) {
 	const long NSEC_PER_SEC = 1000000000;
@@ -84,6 +91,8 @@ static void sway_log_stderr(sway_log_importance_t verbosity, const char *fmt,
 
 	if (colored && isatty(STDERR_FILENO)) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "%s", verbosity_colors[c]);
+	} else {
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s ", verbosity_headers[c]);
 	}
 
 	vfprintf(stderr, fmt, args);