> That colour cases the dependencies to stand out more on a terminal with > a white background. I'd say bold would be better...
;) I agree on that part. I guess the best idea must be to create a color class for depend and for explicit so that changing it latter may be easier. > However, the colour coding really is unclear. How do people come into > the knowledge of what it means? For example, during an update I might > think that a new package being pulled in as a dependency so it is > highlighted. Or is it entirely obvious and I am thinking too hard? You are right. Perhaps a caption, like: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- $ sudo pacman -Su :: Starting full system upgrade... resolving dependencies... looking for inter-conflicts... Packages (21): **(Explict packages appears in bold)** Name Old Version New Version Net Change Download Size ... Total Download Size: 154.72 MiB Total Installed Size: 491.30 MiB Net Upgrade Size: -1.28 MiB :: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ? (I had never though a *so simple* hack would generate so much discussion ;) -- Guillaume
