feat: --color=auto
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Description
This is a feature request for a new options to `--color`, `auto`.
This new option shall query the terminal via OSC11 to determine the background colour. If the background is dark, then `theme = dupeTheme(tui.Dark256)`. If the background is light, then `theme = dupeTheme(tui.Light256)`.
The intent here is to allow fzf to the correct theme depending on whether the terminal is currently set to dark mode or light mode.
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I tried to implement this myself, but I'm not familiar enough with the codebase. The main entry point for the change is in `src/options.go:parseTheme`, but beyond that, I'm not sure how to use control sequences. If you have guidance on this, I can try and work up a patch.
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Research direction
Start at src/options.go:parseTheme to trace how --color values select themes. Research how fzf can query the terminal with OSC11 and how to interpret dark versus light backgrounds, then verify that --color=auto selects tui.Dark256 or tui.Light256 appropriately.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100