RFE - Bring more color to the console

Question

Hi,
first posting it here so people can discuss it.
What i would like to propose is bringing a little more color in the default archlinux console:
* [user@host ~] $ colors
* grep --color=auto colors
And to give an idea how that looks:
Grep colors
Console colors
And this is how i did that (in .bashrc):
# Check for an interactive session
[ -z "$PS1" ] && return
alias ls='ls --color=auto'
alias grep='grep --color=auto'
PS1='\033[01m[\033[0m \u\033[01;37m @ \033[0m\h \033[36m\W \033[01;37m]\033[0;32m \$\033[0m '
Now i would propose that this gets included in archlinux itself so every new arch user can enjoy these fancy colors ^_^
This can probably done by editing the global bashrc or the user .bashrc but i leave that up to the people that know what's best.
Let me know what you think of this idea.
Btw. for the grep color. That adjustment is already in bashrc for ls.. but not for grep, so it makes sense to me to include grep..
Regards,
Mark
Last edited by markg85 (2010-02-14 16:47:19)

Answer 1

While I can see that it is exciting for you to discover these possibilities, I firmly recommend not enabling them by default.
1. It is not the Arch way:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/The_Arch_Way wrote:The Arch Linux system places precedence upon elegance of design as well as clean, simple code, rather than unnecessary patching, automation, eye candy or "newbie-friendliness"
2. It is easy enough for anyone to do. I assume most Arch users already do similar configuration and/or customization to their console behaviour. See #1.
3. It can break functionality for people that use retarded terminals.
4. It is a matter of taste. A lot of people prefer gray on black terminals, and that's the traditional style too. If the user wants it different, (s)he may change it according to her wishes (see #1).
Last edited by hw-tph (2010-02-20 14:31:07)