Add a flag to control the use of color in the test runner.

lib/src/runner/console_reporter.dart

Index: lib/src/runner/console_reporter.dart
diff --git a/lib/src/runner/console_reporter.dart b/lib/src/runner/console_reporter.dart
index e5eaa311326cdcec1e986bf85f9106bc8c00528f..83faa7d6b526456101b09bf413333d0b98f618b1 100644
--- a/lib/src/runner/console_reporter.dart
+++ b/lib/src/runner/console_reporter.dart
@@ -10,22 +10,9 @@ import 'dart:io';
 import '../backend/live_test.dart';
 import '../backend/state.dart';
 import '../backend/suite.dart';
-import '../util/io.dart';
 import '../utils.dart';
 import 'engine.dart';
 
-/// The terminal escape for green text, or the empty string if this is Windows
-/// or not outputting to a terminal.
-final _green = getSpecial('\u001b[32m');
-
-/// The terminal escape for red text, or the empty string if this is Windows or
-/// not outputting to a terminal.
-final _red = getSpecial('\u001b[31m');
-
-/// The terminal escape for removing test coloring, or the empty string if this
-/// is Windows or not outputting to a terminal.
-final _noColor = getSpecial('\u001b[0m');
-
 /// The maximum console line length.
 ///
 /// Lines longer than this will be cropped.
@@ -34,6 +21,18 @@ const _lineLength = 100;
 /// A reporter that prints test results to the console in a single
 /// continuously-updating line.
 class ConsoleReporter {
+  /// The terminal escape for green text, or the empty string if this is Windows
+  /// or not outputting to a terminal.
+  final String _green;

[Bob Nystrom, 2015/03/03 00:28:57]

Not that it's harmful, but it feels weird to me to store these as fields. Maybe
just store _color and make these getters?

[nweiz, 2015/03/03 00:46:43]

It is a little weird, but it's also less code and less indirection, which I
like.

+
+  /// The terminal escape for red text, or the empty string if this is Windows or
+  /// not outputting to a terminal.
+  final String _red;
+
+  /// The terminal escape for removing test coloring, or the empty string if this

[Bob Nystrom, 2015/03/03 00:28:57]

Long lines.

[nweiz, 2015/03/03 00:46:43]

Done.

[nweiz, 2015/03/03 00:46:43]

Done.

+  /// is Windows or not outputting to a terminal.
+  final String _noColor;
+
   /// The engine used to run the tests.
   final Engine _engine;
 
@@ -59,10 +58,15 @@ class ConsoleReporter {
   String _lastProgressMessage;
 
   /// Creates a [ConsoleReporter] that will run all tests in [suites].
-  ConsoleReporter(Iterable<Suite> suites)
+  ///
+  /// If [color] is `true`, this will use terminal colors; if it's `false`, it
+  /// won't.
+  ConsoleReporter(Iterable<Suite> suites, {bool color: true})
       : _multipleSuites = suites.length > 1,
-        _engine = new Engine(suites) {
-
+        _engine = new Engine(suites),
+        _green = color ? '\u001b[32m' : '',
+        _red = color ? '\u001b[31m' : '',
+        _noColor = color ? '\u001b[0m' : '' {
     _engine.onTestStarted.listen((liveTest) {
       _progressLine(_description(liveTest));
       liveTest.onStateChange.listen((state) {