On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 09:32:08AM +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > Attached is the documentation patch reworked.
Thanks! > Should we delete all the repetitive mentions on the man pages? I am not sure that deleting all the mentions would be a good idea, as we'd lose track of which tool supports coloring or not, and that could confuse users. What about switching the existing paragraph to a simple sentence with a link to the new appendix you are adding? Say: "pg_foo supports <place_your_link_here>colorized output</>". > + <para> > + The actual colors to be used are configured using the environment variable > + > <envar>PG_COLORS</envar><indexterm><primary>PG_COLORS</primary></indexterm> > + (note plural). The value is a colon-separated list of > + > <literal><replaceable>key</replaceable>=<replaceable>value</replaceable></literal> > + pairs. The keys specify what the color is to be used for. The values are > + SGR (Select Graphic Rendition) specifications, which are interpreted by > the > + terminal. > + </para> A reference to SGR to understand better what's the list of values supported would be nice? > + <para> > + The default value is > <literal>error=01;31:warning=01;35:locus=01</literal>. > + </para> Could it be possible to have more details about what those three fields map to? -- Michael
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