color text @dark background: git-bash/conEmu++

Posted on by tiger40490 rendered_on [ Thu, 6 Mar 2025 ] 13:05 UTC

Context: Color output from q[ls] and many git commands… Bad text color on dark background affects efficiency, stress build-up, and vision wellness

  • xp: white background .. I once configured my tool to use white background, with color text
  • xp: monochrome .. I once configured my tool to use monochrome… completely fine
  • xp: increase display hardware brightness/contrast but this affects other applications
  • xp: set default text size to 10 or 11
  • xp: zoom .. (ctrl/plus, Shift optional) in git-bash, but not available in conEmu
  • Tip: Dracula is better in git-bash than anything in ConEmu

== git-commit (I would say git-diff is more important than git-commit or non-git commands) Unfortunately, most color schemes are eye-hurting for git-commit message editor. Only the following  choices come /close to/ acceptable.

choice: ConEmu..SolarizedLuke: most acceptable overall, but not as good as git-bash Dracula