ansi-color-apply

ansi-color-apply is a compiled Lisp function in `ansi-color.el'.

(ansi-color-apply STRING)

Translates SGR control sequences into text properties.
Delete all other control sequences without processing them.

Applies SGR control sequences setting foreground and background colors
to STRING using text properties and returns the result. The colors used
are given in `ansi-color-faces-vector' and `ansi-color-names-vector'.
See function `ansi-color-apply-sequence' for details.

Every call to this function will set and use the buffer-local variable
`ansi-color-context' to save partial escape sequences and current ansi codes.
This information will be used for the next call to `ansi-color-apply'.
Set `ansi-color-context' to nil if you don't want this.

This function can be added to `comint-preoutput-filter-functions'.