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[bug-diffutils] bug#20062: bug#20062: [PATCH] diff: add support for --co
From: |
Giuseppe Scrivano |
Subject: |
[bug-diffutils] bug#20062: bug#20062: [PATCH] diff: add support for --color |
Date: |
Mon, 09 Mar 2015 22:21:55 +0100 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) |
Eric Blake <address@hidden> writes:
>> address@hidden auto
>> address@hidden auto @r{color option}
>> address@hidden terminal, using color iff
>> +- Only use color if standard output is a terminal.
>> address@hidden always
>> address@hidden always @r{color option}
>> +- Always use color.
>> address@hidden itemize
>> +Specifying @option{--color} and no @var{when} is equivalent to
>> address@hidden
>
> Is this the right default? Some GNU programs default --color to
> --color=auto; others to --color=always. I'm 50:50 on which default is
> better, but it's worth thinking about rather than just blindly picking
> one, as we have both GNU styles as precedent.
I thought about it as well, and then I decided to go for the same
default as ls but I still believe that auto would be a better one.
If it is fine for everyone, I can rework the patch and change the
default to auto.
Regards,
Giuseppe
- [bug-diffutils] bug#20062: [PATCH] diff: add support for --color, Giuseppe Scrivano, 2015/03/08
- [bug-diffutils] bug#20062: bug#20062: [PATCH] diff: add support for --color, Eric Blake, 2015/03/09
- [bug-diffutils] bug#20062: bug#20062: [PATCH] diff: add support for --color,
Giuseppe Scrivano <=
- [bug-diffutils] bug#20062: bug#20062: [PATCH] diff: add support for --color, Giuseppe Scrivano, 2015/03/10
- [bug-diffutils] bug#20062: bug#20062: bug#20062: [PATCH] diff: add support for --color, Paul Eggert, 2015/03/10
- [bug-diffutils] bug#20062: bug#20062: bug#20062: [PATCH] diff: add support for --color, Giuseppe Scrivano, 2015/03/10
- [bug-diffutils] bug#20062: bug#20062: bug#20062: [PATCH] diff: add support for --color, Paul Eggert, 2015/03/10
- [bug-diffutils] bug#20062: bug#20062: bug#20062: [PATCH] diff: add support for --color, Giuseppe Scrivano, 2015/03/10
- [bug-diffutils] bug#20062: bug#20062: bug#20062: [PATCH] diff: add support for --color, Paul Eggert, 2015/03/10
- [bug-diffutils] bug#20062: bug#20062: bug#20062: [PATCH] diff: add support for --color, Giuseppe Scrivano, 2015/03/11
- [bug-diffutils] bug#20062: bug#20062: bug#20062: [PATCH] diff: add support for --color, Paul Eggert, 2015/03/11
- [bug-diffutils] bug#20062: bug#20062: bug#20062: [PATCH] diff: add support for --color, Giuseppe Scrivano, 2015/03/12
- [bug-diffutils] bug#20062: bug#20062: bug#20062: [PATCH] diff: add support for --color, Paul Eggert, 2015/03/12