diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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+++ b/Makefile
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+all:
+	export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$(PATH)
+	./runprebuild.sh
+	./nant-color
+	find OpenSim -name \*.mdb -exec cp {} bin \; 
+
+clean:
+	export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$(PATH)
+	./nant-color clean
+
+tags:
+	find OpenSim -name \*\.cs | xargs etags 
diff --git a/nant-color b/nant-color
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+#!/usr/bin/ruby
+
+
+def main
+    IO.popen("nant #{ARGV.join(' ')}") { |pipe|
+        pipe.sync = true
+        while str = pipe.gets
+            str.sub!(/\n+/, '')
+            puts colorize(str)
+        end
+    }
+end
+
+def clear
+    return "\e[0m"
+end
+
+def red(str)
+    return "\e[31m" + str + clear
+end
+
+def green(str)
+    return "\e[32m" + str + clear
+end
+
+def yellow(str)
+    return "\e[33m" + str + clear
+end
+
+def black
+    return "\e[30m"
+end
+
+def hide 
+    return "\e[8m"
+end
+
+def bright
+    return "\e[1m"
+end
+
+def colorize(str)
+    str.sub!(/(error \w+:.*)/, red('\1'))
+    str.sub!(/(warning \w+:.*)/, yellow('\1'))
+
+    str.sub!(/(Build Succeeded)/i, green('\1'))
+    str.sub!(/(Compilation succeeded)/, green('\1'))
+    str.sub!(/(\d+ warning\(s\))/, yellow('\1'))
+    return str
+end
+
+main()