On 24/04/16 14:01, Xavion wrote: >> >> When running "pacman -Ss pacman", what is the advantage to every colour >> apart from the bold package name and the installed highlight? >> > > As I've said from the start: "The main purpose of having the extra colours > is to make it easier for the brain to pick out the important bits". > > Lets start with the version. The version information is not important >> and always directly beside the highlighted package name. Are you ever >> looking for the version when you run a search? What functionality is >> there to justify the version being highlighted? >> > >> If you can justify the need for the version to be green in the -s or -o >> output, I'd really like to hear it. >> > > You might not be interested in the version when running a search, but I am > (probably 20% of the time). Due to my above quotation, I want it to remain > green-coloured.
Your justification is really no justification! "I am" is not a justification. Explain why you are interested in the version when you run a -s or -o. What question are you answering that you don't first locate by looking at the package name? Allan
