| > I believe that all your complaints would be solved if you set the env var And then you have two problems...and program that, by default, doesn't respect the terminal defaults and an env var you now need to replicate across every environment you use that tool on. > Can you see my confusion though No, I can't. I've been really clear right from the outset. > You appear to be not asking for accessibility but saying that bat shouldn't support color themes that make use of 256 colors. Exactly. Using terminal defaults is better for accessibility. I mean I have no issues with tools optionally supporting 256 or true colours, but don't make that the detault. > It's not up to you how other people use their terminal Exactly. Hence why developers should write tools that respect other peoples terminal defaults. If they use 256 or true colours then they're dictating how other people should use their terminals. > If they like using more than 16 colors then that is perfectly alright and none of your business. So support it as an optional extra. Just don't make it the default -- instead respect the other peoples terminal preferences by using the terminal defaults. > accessibility concerns have unfortunately led to terrible vandalism: the removal of thousands of hours of video lectures from the internet by UC Berkeley. That's a ridiculous edge case and has nothing what-so-ever to do with my polite request. I'm not asking people to remove content, just to respect peoples terminal defaults. |