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Comment by poly2it

9 days ago

Why not truecolor if you want true colours?

I don't want true colours. I want what I already have, 16-255, to stay reliable in the future.

  • Is that really optimal? It is already true in that case that your colour schemes do not work for people with opinionated colour settings. Isn't this just relying on a quirk? The point of not using truecolor is to respect the colour preferences of the user.

    XKCD 1172? https://xkcd.com/1172/

    • It has been working for decades and I would rather have it keep working for decades to come.

      What would be optimal is semantic _styles_ (not colors):

      - The developer marks the string "XXX" as an error message without even trying to style it.

      - The platform/user agent/terminal/whatever displays the string in the default style for "error".

      - The user can adjust the theme of their platform/user agent/terminal/whatever to fit their needs/wants.

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