Bug#953527: [apt] colour highlighted error/warn labels
On Tue, 2020-03-10 at 21:10 +0100, Julian Andres Klode wrote:
> Control: severity -1 wishlist
> Control: tag -1 confirmed
>
> On Tue, Mar 10, 2020 at 06:13:28AM +0000, jnqnfe@gmail.com wrote:
> > Package: src:apt
> > Version: 2.0.0
> >
> > Please add red/yellow colour highlighting to the 'E'/'W' prefixex
> > respectively output for errors/warnings respectively. (UX
> > improvement).
> >
> > This would not only benefit direct use of apt binaries, but also be
> > beneficial when used in scripting, such as with live-build where a
> > warnign could be hidden in the middle of a great deal more output
> > that
> > with direct use.
>
> How does the attached look? Bold red for error, bold yellow for
> warning and yellow for notice; matching dpkg.
on second thoughts, playing here with the colouring for a different
program, having yellow+bold for warnings and yellow without bold for
notices might not be the best idea; depending upon colour scheme and
options, boldness might actually not actually have any effect, thus
rendering warnings and noticed being coloured the same, detracting from
the point of highlighting them in the first place.
i'd keep red+bold for errors and yellow+bold for warnings, but perhaps
reconsider the choice for notices. perhaps blue/cyan/light-magenta
might be more sensible. i'd like to see dpkg reconsider this also.
though ideally we'd want to stick as closely as possible with common
choices. if different programs are selecting different colours then it
can become a complete mess, especially when multiple programs are run
by a script like live-build...
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