Re: color by default - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Gavin Flower
Subject Re: color by default
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Msg-id 0e03c747-a48d-912e-325d-5051b593c332@archidevsys.co.nz
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In response to Re: color by default  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: color by default  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
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On 01/01/2020 02:35, Tom Lane wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
>> With the attached patch, I propose to enable the colored output by
>> default in PG13.
> FWIW, I shall be setting NO_COLOR permanently if this gets committed.
> I wonder how many people there are who actually *like* colored output?
> I find it to be invariably less readable than plain B&W text.
>
> I may well be in the minority, but I think some kind of straw poll
> might be advisable, rather than doing this just because.
>
>             regards, tom lane
>
>
I find coloured output very difficult to read, as the colours seem to be 
chosen on the basis everyone uses white as the background colour for 
terminals -- whereas I use black, as do a lot of other people.


Cheers,
Gavin




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