From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1HZ6fH-0003Xk-Mh for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 04 Apr 2007 14:40:48 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l34EbpVY020229; Wed, 4 Apr 2007 14:37:51 GMT Received: from desiato.digimed.co.uk (82-69-83-178.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk [82.69.83.178]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l34ETlMk010119 for ; Wed, 4 Apr 2007 14:29:47 GMT Received: from hactar.digimed.co.uk (hactar.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.2]) by desiato.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 614F4995A5 for ; Wed, 4 Apr 2007 15:29:46 +0100 (BST) Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 15:29:42 +0100 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Why are gentoo people so in love with colorized output?!? Message-ID: <20070404152942.58ed359d@hactar.digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <4613A38A.6080805@ilievnet.com> References: <20070404041739.GA15293@crowfix.com> <20070404073245.GA29113@crowfix.com> <200704041351.12638.bo.andresen@zlin.dk> <4613A38A.6080805@ilievnet.com> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.8.1cvs88 (GTK+ 2.10.11; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary=Sig_zegnPykQ1A2mwBRijnu3Wek; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-Archives-Salt: 190766a9-d4c1-44cc-b36e-1e51ed6202b1 X-Archives-Hash: e9d33e819f658b2ae51eb359b5751b1b --Sig_zegnPykQ1A2mwBRijnu3Wek Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 04 Apr 2007 16:09:30 +0300, Daniel Iliev wrote: > Exactly. So, MHO is that it would be better if all the output from > console apps was just plain text with the option for people who want > colors to enable and customize colors, wouldn't it? Why? all you're doing there is changing to a different default colour scheme (one where all text is the same). I really don't see the point in changing, when I suspect the majority prefer colours. Switching colour on and off is simple enough, to why disturb the status quo? What was need is consistency between portage related applications, by which I mean that portage-related tools that are not part of portage should behave the same. I think it would also be good to provide a number of alternate colour profiles, instead of just on and off, so people could choose the one that suits their eyesight and environment. It would also make lfe easier for those of us switching between xterms with light backgrounds and VC with black backgrounds. What is absolutely clear is that none of this will be brought about by ranting at and insulting the devs who do this for no pay. In fact, such posts are against the new Gentoo Code of Conduct. --=20 Neil Bothwick Anything not nailed down is a cat toy... --Sig_zegnPykQ1A2mwBRijnu3Wek Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGE7ZZum4al0N1GQMRAj2VAJ0UZLEI5gXYElZ2IplEIVTxUK5O9wCeJPXL 5T+9Jx201pZ1reBajdkEvTQ= =Imnh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_zegnPykQ1A2mwBRijnu3Wek-- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list