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Off topic but why do terminal emulators default to what on my computers are illegible colours? With a black background the blue that's picked for folders doesn'
by porker 4y ago
Off topic but why do terminal emulators default to what on my computers are illegible colours? With a black background the blue that's picked for folders doesn't have enough contrast to read.
On macOS iTerm at least comes with multiple colour schemes but the default setting is still the impossible to read one.
- colechristensen 4y agoThe colors being set for text are for light backgrounds, I can’t tell you why but this is pretty universal.
- IshKebab 4y agoI agree it's quite annoying. I always redefine the unreadable blue on Mac. It does seem like some platforms (Ubuntu?) have fixed it though based on this table: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code#3-bit_and_4-bit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code#3-bit_and_4-b...
- cout 4y agoI don't know if this is the reason but historically the default blue on PCs in text mode has been unreadable on a black background. Does windows terminal use the same colors?
- cma 4y agoBy default they mostly don't use black or white, instead using gray approximations, and throwing away monitor contrast and OLED blacks for the background.