xant.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import sys
import re
import subprocess

av = list(sys.argv)
av[0] = "ant"

p = subprocess.Popen(av, stdout = subprocess.PIPE)

javac_rex = re.compile(" +[[]javac[]] +")
line_rex = re.compile("[.]java:[\d]+:")

pending = ""
while True:
    d = p.stdout.read(128)
    if not d:
        break

    d = pending + d

    nx = d.rfind('\n')
    if nx == -1:
        pending = d
        continue
    else:
        d, pending = d[:nx + 1], d[nx + 1:]

        d = javac_rex.sub("", d)
        d = line_rex.sub(r"\g error: ", d)
        sys.stdout.write(d)
        sys.stdout.flush()

sys.stdout.write(pending)
p.wait()
sys.exit(p.returncode)