Peter Oliver

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Show threadPeter OliverFeb 9
Finally, if your terminal’s ANSI yellow isn’t readable, maybe see https://www.mavit.org.uk/termcolours/ or https://www.mavit.org.uk/tango-putty/
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Show threadPeter OliverFeb 9
Another alternative would be to set a background colour for coloured text, but some people would consider that ugly. I don’t think there’s solution that makes everyone happy.
Show threadPeter OliverFeb 9
The question remains, is it a good idea to have an “unbreak this broken behaviour” setting? One alternative would be to make SYSTEMD_COLORS=auto-16 the default, but that fails for people who don’t have the ANSI colours in their terminal configured for good contrast (some well-known terminals, such as PuTTY and XTerm, still have poor defaults for this use-case, for one colour or another).
Show threadPeter OliverFeb 9
This will be available from systemd version 260 (but you can set it now; it won’t do any harm). Full documentation: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/devel/systemd.html#%24SYSTEMD_COLORS
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Peter OliverFeb 9
Can’t read the yellow warning text on your light coloured terminal, outputted by the various systemd utilities such as journalctl, systemctl, hostnamectl, etc.? I got fed up with copy and pasting this text into a text editor to make it legible, and added a new environment variable, SYSTEMD_COLORS=auto-16, which causes it to use your terminal’s ANSI yellow (which presumably you already have configured to a readable colour). #systemd260
Peter OliverJan 19
Afternoon PlayJan 19
We'll be back at Waterside Tap, Birmingham, on Sunday 1st February, for more boardgames.

https://afternoonplay.co.uk/post/806175359655641088/afternoon-play-february-2026
Afternoon Play, February 2026

Please join us for another relaxed afternoon of board games, on Sunday 1st February, from 2pm until the evening. We’ll be back at Waterside Tap on Gas Street Basin, central Birmingham. Afternoon Play...

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Peter OliverJan 2
Afternoon PlayJan 2
This Sunday, a chance to play the new board games you received for Christmas. 2pm onwards at Waterside Tap, Birmingham.

https://afternoonplay.co.uk/post/804378044169142272/afternoon-play-january-2026
Afternoon Play, January 2026

Please join us for the first Afternoon Play of 2026. We’ll be back at our new venue, the recently-reopened Waterside Tap on Gas Street Basin, central Birmingham. Sunday 4th January, from 2pm until the...

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Show threadPeter OliverDec 8
Alt text: Man runs, pursued by pixelated snake.
Peter OliverDec 8

Unicode's Symbols for Legacy Computing Supplement will be fun, once there's wider font support.

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Peter OliverNov 5
Afternoon PlayOct 24
We've a new venue for Sunday November 9th: Waterside Tap on Gas Street Basin. It'll be our 15th birthday. Do come!

https://afternoonplay.co.uk/post/798291401565765632/afternoon-play-november-2025-at-waterside-tap
Afternoon Play, November 2025, at Waterside Tap

We have a new venue for November! We’ll be at the recently-reopened Waterside Tap on Gas Street Basin for another relaxed afternoon of board games. It's our 15th birthday, and it would be great to...

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