Re: color by default

On 01/01/2020 02:35, Tom Lane wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
>> With the attached patch, I propose to enable the colored output by
>> default in PG13.
> FWIW, I shall be setting NO_COLOR permanently if this gets committed.
> I wonder how many people there are who actually *like* colored output?
> I find it to be invariably less readable than plain B&W text.
>
> I may well be in the minority, but I think some kind of straw poll
> might be advisable, rather than doing this just because.
>
> regards, tom lane
>
>
I find coloured output very difficult to read, as the colours seem to be
chosen on the basis everyone uses white as the background colour for
terminals -- whereas I use black, as do a lot of other people.

Cheers,
Gavin