From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from resqmta-po-06v.sys.comcast.net ([96.114.154.165]:39235 "EHLO resqmta-po-06v.sys.comcast.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751699AbbBMDVw (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Feb 2015 22:21:52 -0500 From: worley@alum.mit.edu (Dale R. Worley) To: =?utf-8?Q?P=C3=A1draig?= Brady Cc: mrmazda@earthlink.net, util-linux@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: tty[1-6]: colors a negative accessibility/usability trend In-Reply-To: <54DC88BF.5040702@draigBrady.com> (P@draigBrady.com) Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2015 22:21:48 -0500 Message-ID: <87h9uqv6lv.fsf@hobgoblin.ariadne.com> Sender: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: writes: > I agree completely. color is useful but one has to be very careful > in how it's used. ls --color for example is too aggressive IMHO, > and I adjust to highlight rather than color with: > http://www.pixelbeat.org/scripts/l > I've been pusing back upstream against adding new color combinations. I don't particularly like colorization. But technically, it seems to me that what is needed is a systematic way for the user to indicate his colorization preferences to *all* utilities. And a corresponding way for the system to provide defaults for those user preferences. Only when there is a systematic framework for colorization will all the programs allow colorizing to be configured. Dale