Hello, On Fri, 3 Jan 2025 21:00:38 +0100 Vincent Bernat <vinc...@bernat.ch> wrote: > On 2025-01-02 20:53, Luca Boccassi wrote: > > Sorry, but as already mentioned in this bug, I disagree with this > > request, as the output is_much_ clearer with colors. Those who don't > > want this, can just trivially disable it, just like with networkctl > > and others. The default should provide the maximum usability. Even > > with a simple 2 IFs case, due to the density of textual information > > reported by these commands, color-highlighting helps tremendously to > > given prominence to the important information, so that they jump up to > > the eye: > > > > https://i.imgur.com/l46ifzN.png > > > > This is even more true when there are many interfaces on a system. > > I don't find the dark blue on black very readable either, but this is > more a terminal issue. In my terminal, I have a brighter blue that fits > my needs. > > https://imgur.com/a/iFJEuV7 > > Instead of trying to ask each program to modify their palettes, people > could configure their terminals.
I'm hesitant to intervene because I know this is a controversial topic. However, I'd like to bring to your attention that the usage of colors in terminal output can be very hard to read for some (many?) people. I have a lot of trouble reading colored output, be it to much contrast or to little. Therefore personally I'd like to see color usage as opt-in instead of opt-out. I have to keep a whole list of aliases and environment variables to suppress color, each program has it's own option which is borderline insane. I used to have set my $TERM variable as either VT100 or xterm-mono to suppress colors but with modern tools which just dump ansi without regard to the terminal setting it's sad one has to do so much work to have a monochrome terminal. My view is the system should be accessible in the default setup. The usage of colors on the terminal is really hard to get right for all and I think it's best to disable it and let the people who want colors and can properly see them configure their terminal as they want. Kind regards, Axel
