vieiro commented on PR #5764: URL: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/5764#issuecomment-1497818163
> > since these are standard ANSI colors I don't think it's a good idea to let the user configure them. > > Well, the GNOME terminal lets me configure the palette. I'm not going to second guess why people might want to configure, for example [this](https://www.bloomberg.com/ux/2021/10/14/designing-the-terminal-for-color-accessibility/) came up while looking for an example (good examples, different terminal!) We could use colour options in Look and Feels though - at least for FlatLaf, any property can now be overridden via the UI as a fallback option. > Did dome experiments with coloring in the Output window: the conclusion is that it's ok to have coloring in the output window, but for reliable coloring of external commands one should rely on the Terminal window instead. For the record: screenshot below shows the result of running `cargo run --color=always" on the Output window and the Terminal. The program is printing out some ASCII coloring. The Output window uses the default text color as "black" (note the "Normal bold" vs "Black bold", etc.).  -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists
