Why do some #Linux and #Unix users get upset when their favorite CLI app/command adds a color option to its output messages? This option is usually off by default and controlled by a command-line option or an environment variable. I think colors can be useful in certain cases, such as highlighting specific values say like GATEWAY IP or error codes or messages. There's no need to be yell towards FLOSS developers who are providing and maintaining these utilities for free. I'm just saying ...
@nixCraft I'm highly dyslexic.
Even something as simple as โ€œcolor codeโ€ to help me separate lines or blocks is more helpful to me than you can even imagine.
@d1re_w0lf @nixCraft This, very much. Not dyslexic, but I struggled even reading man pages until I discovered batman. Color helps very much to parse text as not just blobs of meaningless gobbledygook. It is an accessibility tool.
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This is an interesting thought and seems to represent an opposing requirement from color blindness issues I tend to face.
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