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Post by browsergrip » Thu, Oct 01, 2020, 12:30 PM UTC

toyg wrote: post #20

browsergrip wrote: post #6

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Ok, I think I copied that from somewhere... Pretty sure it's not my comment. But still... Lecturing people with rubbish arguments and a horrible attitude sounds like what you're doing. Big world out there. You can have people who like colors and those who don't. Neither have to be pretending they're all that and hate the other. :) Friends? Please submit a PR with a better comment if you like. I honestly didn't think…

Oh, I wasn't faulting you, most of these comments in rc files typically come all the way from some random flame in 1998 or something. > You can have people who like colors and those who don't. I absolutely agree, which is why I'd remove any opinion from the comment. "Default is off". End of story.

Post by mikeyjk » Thu, Oct 01, 2020, 1:12 PM UTC

browsergrip wrote: post #21

mikeyjk wrote: post #18

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I'm nearly certain that is a default message included in a lot of .bashrc files. I've seen it on Debian and Ubuntu. I agree with his criticism but certainly not with how he conveyed it. I love colour :)

I like how color looks for a short time but when working all day in vim I find I think better with just two colors and no syntax. I think I just got used to that in shell .. but then I do like the link/executable highlights... Maybe I'm missing a huge world of color in bash prompt... I just don't know how to do it, or do it well...haha. Wanna spruce up my prompt? ;P :) you're welcome to submit if you want, a change :…

Post by jamesponddotco » Thu, Oct 01, 2020, 2:34 PM UTC

browsergrip wrote: post #6

toyg wrote: post #4

> # uncomment for a colored prompt, if the terminal has the capability; turned off by default to not distract the user: the focus in a terminal window should be on the output of commands, not on the prompt :eyeroll: What a horrible attitude. The point of coloring is precisely to help users focus on the output that matters , rather than forcing them to parse and reparse a chunk of stuff they don't care about. If the p…

Ok, I think I copied that from somewhere... Pretty sure it's not my comment. But still... Lecturing people with rubbish arguments and a horrible attitude sounds like what you're doing. Big world out there. You can have people who like colors and those who don't. Neither have to be pretending they're all that and hate the other. :) Friends? Please submit a PR with a better comment if you like. I honestly didn't think…

    # Color variables to make our output a little easier on the eyes. Respect
    # NO_COLOR, in case the user does not want any.
    if [[ -t 1 && -z "${NO_COLOR:-}" ]]; then
      readonly c_red='\033[0;31m'
      readonly c_blue='\033[0;34m'
      readonly c_green='\033[0;32m'
      readonly c_bold='\033[1m'
      readonly c_reset='\033[0m'
    fi

Post by m463 » Thu, Oct 01, 2020, 10:18 PM UTC

akx wrote: post #5

The install scripts lack `set -e` (or `set -xeuo pipefail`, which is what I've memorized), so if a command fails, the scripts just keep on steamrolling forward. Then again, these scripts are clearly tailored for OP, since they contain their name and email, so it's... not like these would be usable as-is for anyone else. (Also, why is this published on Npm?)

Post by m463 » Thu, Oct 01, 2020, 10:30 PM UTC

toyg wrote: post #4

> # uncomment for a colored prompt, if the terminal has the capability; turned off by default to not distract the user: the focus in a terminal window should be on the output of commands, not on the prompt :eyeroll: What a horrible attitude. The point of coloring is precisely to help users focus on the output that matters , rather than forcing them to parse and reparse a chunk of stuff they don't care about. If the p…

  col_ok=`tput bold; tput setaf 7; tput setab 2`
  col_fail=`tput bold; tput setaf 7; tput setab 1`
  col_end=`tput sgr0`

  echo "${col_fail} ERROR: it failed ${col_end}"

  TERM=dumb