micro-editor / micro-editor/micro
Colorschemes not working in PowerShell
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Description
Description of the problem or steps to reproduce
Despite true color support in PowerShell the colorschemes aren't even looking close to what they should. They mostly only show 3 different colors.
256 color in PowerShell:
True color (part of the 16 million printed):
Env variables MICRO_TRUECOLOR=1 and COLORTERM=truecolor:
How it looks in micro:
Specifications
Commit hash: c51f849
OS: Windows 10
Terminal: PowerShell
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Research direction
No source files or tests are named. Reproduce the colorscheme issue in Windows 10 PowerShell using the reported commit and the MICRO_TRUECOLOR=1 and COLORTERM=truecolor settings, then trace the terminal color handling and colorscheme rendering. Done means colorschemes display with the expected range of colors in PowerShell.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- go, powershell
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100