Re: colorls in base

[Paul Goyette <paul%whooppee.com@localhost>]

On Sat, 16 Feb 2019, Kamil Rytarowski wrote:

> With colors we can easily scroll thousands of lines in a terminal
> emulator and immediately catch where is the error message (red) within
> a fraction of second.

Not true.  My eyes require LARGE amounts of color info, especially for 
certain colors like red.  Depending on the intensity and boldness, any 
red text would appear as some level of gray.  In most cases it would 
appear as <20% or >80% gray, which means that either the text disappears 
completely, or is indistinguishable from normal black text.

Now, if you were to use WHITE text on RED background for the error 
messages, there's a good chance I would see it, since the saturation 
level would be high!   :)  (Please note, I am NOT suggesting that this 
be implemented!)

> It's fine, [colors] can be disabled. Other find them needed and this 
> is to be solved.

It's been solved already - it's in pkgsrc.


I am not objecting to implementing colorls (in whatever form), just 
requesting that the default is, and will remain, OFF.


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