Final tweak - only use literal formatting at the top level when opted-in.

Author: nblumhardt

src/Serilog.Sinks.Console/Sinks/SystemConsole/Formatting/ThemedValueFormatter.cs

@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ protected StyleReset ApplyStyle(TextWriter output, ConsoleThemeStyle style, ref
             return _theme.Apply(output, style, ref invisibleCharacterCount);
         }
 
-        public int Format(LogEventPropertyValue value, TextWriter output, string format)
+        public int Format(LogEventPropertyValue value, TextWriter output, string format, bool literalTopLevel = false)
         {
-            return Visit(new ThemedValueFormatterState { Output = output, Format = format, IsTopLevel = true }, value);
+            return Visit(new ThemedValueFormatterState { Output = output, Format = format, IsTopLevel = literalTopLevel }, value);
         }
 
         public abstract ThemedValueFormatter SwitchTheme(ConsoleTheme theme);

src/Serilog.Sinks.Console/Sinks/SystemConsole/Rendering/ThemedMessageTemplateRenderer.cs

@@ -126,15 +126,15 @@ int RenderAlignedPropertyTokenUnbuffered(PropertyToken pt, TextWriter output, Lo
 
         int RenderValue(ConsoleTheme theme, ThemedValueFormatter valueFormatter, LogEventPropertyValue propertyValue, TextWriter output, string format)
         {
-            if (_isLiteral && propertyValue is ScalarValue sv && (sv.Value is string str || sv.Value is char ch))
+            if (_isLiteral && propertyValue is ScalarValue sv && sv.Value is string)
             {
                 var count = 0;
                 using (theme.Apply(output, ConsoleThemeStyle.String, ref count))
                     output.Write(sv.Value);
                 return count;
             }
 
-            return valueFormatter.Format(propertyValue, output, format);
+            return valueFormatter.Format(propertyValue, output, format, _isLiteral);
         }
     }
 }