tldr-pages / tldr-pages/tldr-python-client
Colors when piping output to less.
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Description
First of all thank you for this cool project.
When I pipe output to less, I lose colors.
I do something like:
tldr ls | less -ru~ +g
and get one-color (my terminal's fg) output.
less -ru~ +g is capable to draw colored/bold/etc texts.
For example, ls (exa) have an option --color=always and when I pipe it's output to less, I get the same colored output.
Please add an ability to have colors in less.
I use tldr 3.1.0-2.
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Research direction
Reproduce the reported command with tldr ls | less -ru~ +g and compare it with exa's colored piped output. Trace the tldr client's output path and identify where color information is removed; done means piped output preserves colors and bold text when viewed with less.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
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- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100