Re: more distinct default bash prompt?

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On Tue, May 23, 2023 at 1:08 AM Jens-Ulrik Petersen <petersen@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Tue, May 23, 2023 at 12:47 PM Neal Gompa <ngompa13@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> I actually would prefer that we color both, and make it obvious that
>> "root" is special. We should account for common color-blindness
>> issues, though.
>
>
> Sure, I think I agree: perhaps purple for root?
>
> I am all for "color blind testing" (though I am not completely sure that "color-blind" is the right term here
> though I am not an a11y expert - I thought color blind is more about differentiating different colors like green and red,
> but if you mean visual impairment/contrast/readability then I completely agree).
> I think in the end it will come down also to wider user testing since there are so many different terminals
> and color palettes around.
>
> Anyway that's why I proposed green since it seems to have reasonable contrast for both light and dark terminals (unlike blue/cyan/yellow often).
> I assume that may also be why Ubuntu and Nixos went with green.
>

Basically, I mean "don't use red for root and green for regular user"
since that cannot be distinguished by red+green colorblind people.
Purple may work for root to fix that.



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