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Colors are useful. There's a reason many code editors have color syntax highlighting - it conveys information and is easy to work with. Most terminal colors i
by naet 3y ago
Colors are useful. There's a reason many code editors have color syntax highlighting - it conveys information and is easy to work with. Most terminal colors in my experience aren't just for "looks", they're for displaying information in a clear and compact way.
If you prefer no colors in your environment that's fine and you can probably configure it that way, but I don't think no color as a global default makes sense.
- tgv 3y agoWhy doesn't it make sense? I also don't agree with the assumption that color carries information. Or rather, that you use it as such. The visual system uses different areas as markers. Color/high-lighting makes it easier to e.g. jump to the beginning of a function. But it would confuse you when used to convey semantics, e.g. when using color to distinguish between "if" as the start of a conditional statement and as an identifier. At least, that's what the Stroop task suggests might happen.