microsoft / microsoft/terminal

Implement (Contour's) Color Palette Update Notification and report

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Area-VT Help Wanted Issue-Feature Priority-3 Product-Conhost Product-Terminal
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Description

### Description of the new feature

Implement Dark and Light Mode detection protocol adopted by few terminals and apps (neovim being the most well known i guess)
the specification is presented here: https://github.com/contour-terminal/contour/blob/master/docs/vt-extensions/color-palette-update-notifications.md

### Proposed technical implementation details

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Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start with Contour’s color-palette-update-notifications.md specification linked in the issue, then locate the terminal protocol handling in this repository. Implement the Dark/Light Mode detection and notification/reporting behavior described there, and verify it against the specification.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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