Late follow-up... On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 2:46 AM Peter Oliver < lists.fedoraproject....@mavit.org.uk> wrote:
> On Fri, 26 May 2023, Björn Persson wrote: > > > One way to avoid all the color issues could be to just make the prompt > > bold by default. That would probably make it stand out enough in many > > situations. I think it wouldn't help much for programmers compiling > > software though, because GCC outputs filenames in uncolored bold text, > > so even a bold prompt would blend in among the compilation errors. > Right, true > Underlining or reverse video would get my vote, instead of bold. > I did play with reverse video before my original post, and found it rather "high contrast" - though it may deserve more exploration. Dim reverse video seems more palatable perhaps. > For myself, I have a more complicated scheme that sets the prompt > background colour to light grey on light terminals and dark grey on dark > terminals. I find this is just enough to easily find the prompt when > scrolling back, without distracting from the output I’m looking at. My > instinct is that detecting the background colour too fiddly to inflict on > users by default, though. Yes, setting the background and foreground together is probably the safest way to maintain good contrast. Jens
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