From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from angie.orcam.me.uk (angie.orcam.me.uk [78.133.224.34]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF74D3858D32 for ; Thu, 4 Jan 2024 00:38:04 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 sourceware.org EF74D3858D32 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=orcam.me.uk Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=orcam.me.uk ARC-Filter: OpenARC Filter v1.0.0 sourceware.org EF74D3858D32 Authentication-Results: server2.sourceware.org; arc=none smtp.remote-ip=78.133.224.34 ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=sourceware.org; s=key; t=1704328686; cv=none; b=c2sHDCnm5XKp4YkwoO8oLkCOPrlg6e2FkbMQyFhOmWoH2pDB4wgZj/Kg8EcxTqp/EkydESVvmtXO3eFXfpRVxkIwGdiuZ3RZHu0VEB6u1V5KwdvL8g+CkvLRDTOQr3cfqKeUT+PjpX/F3x3BYUQTqVM9LuVxR5Cl1S7TsWHZIUY= ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=sourceware.org; s=key; t=1704328686; c=relaxed/simple; bh=snn7yIj0DrEg1LBPAUaRZBtiZtq1IFNtaAzpR3H+ZVA=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:MIME-Version; b=Vg9qc6yX0s0M7LD0Ga7CQLaRlJ9U8wF6B02GNoLejksV4+HfiQqSFexQqEU0c8qhlpSMu7/WmyhFINuV7QJ0mZZgutCT5OZ5Qw8PaWf4+s8QWdd6986vYu6xQC9a9o0s4mt1MRdeNQJnjY3sZSaq5GcJ1oH3evKhnJZ73P5YMSw= ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; server2.sourceware.org Received: by angie.orcam.me.uk (Postfix, from userid 500) id CF14592009C; Thu, 4 Jan 2024 01:38:03 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by angie.orcam.me.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id C049992009B; Thu, 4 Jan 2024 00:38:03 +0000 (GMT) Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2024 00:38:03 +0000 (GMT) From: "Maciej W. Rozycki" To: Tom Tromey cc: Andrew Burgess , gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Support the NO_COLOR environment variable In-Reply-To: <87a5ti8d4y.fsf@tromey.com> Message-ID: References: <20230916000908.110459-1-tom@tromey.com> <87h6nrztkl.fsf@redhat.com> <87a5ti8d4y.fsf@tromey.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.21 (DEB 202 2017-01-01) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1163.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,KAM_DMARC_STATUS,KAM_INFOUSMEBIZ,KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_NONE,TXREP,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org List-Id: On Tue, 19 Sep 2023, Tom Tromey wrote: > Andrew> I've never understood the passionate hatred some folk have for coloured > Andrew> output! But NO_COLOR sounds like a fairly reasonable request, so I'm in > Andrew> favour of adding this. I did have some thoughts on the testing... > > Me neither but it seems pretty simple to accommodate them. I came across this message late, but I find it worth commenting anyway. I can't speak for other people, however in my case multicoloured output distracts me and hurts my eyes. As simple as that, and there is no hatred involved. All the people are not the same and I appreciate that for some people multicoloured text may be easier to follow instead. Thank you for adding this feature. Maciej