I think we should add a few snapshots to the jira to see several options. In particular, the theme should be seen on both black and white terminals to see what it gives. Here are a few possibilities: https://jeanchristophegay.com/de-la-couleur-dans-les-logs/
I like this one which should be readable on white terminals too I think (to be tested). 2016-11-21 10:15 GMT+01:00 Christian Schneider <[email protected]>: > I fully agree with Brad that the default color is not very readable. It > also makes it difficult for users to change their terminal colors on their > client. > > So I propose we change the default log color to the default terminal color > and only use other colors to highlight special things like exceptions. > > If we agree on this I will open a jira issue (if Brad does not do it > before) and change the color. > > Christian > > On 07.11.2016 17:34, Brad Johnson wrote: > > I realize that Aries isn't the keeper of Karaf but there is more than a >> little cross-pollination and I'm not on that mailing list. This is a small >> but persistent concern. >> >> It really is time for the default logging colors in Karaf to be changed. >> They've been atrocious to read for a very long time. Yes, they can be >> changed but I'm bouncing from client to client and version to version and >> it's a hassle and reading burgundy on black is tiring on the eyes and cyan >> on black isn't much of a step in the right direction. >> >> I'm sure most developers are like I and live in the log files and >> tail:log constantly. Something as simple as a modification of the color >> scheme would go a long way toward make the log files easier to work with. >> >> I'd be willing to say that a color change, any color change, would be >> better than the defaults. >> > > -- > Christian Schneider > http://www.liquid-reality.de > > Open Source Architect > http://www.talend.com > > -- ------------------------ Guillaume Nodet ------------------------ Red Hat, Open Source Integration Email: [email protected] Web: http://fusesource.com Blog: http://gnodet.blogspot.com/
