Chalk Blanking On Windows

For some reason, not sure if it’s just my box, but Chalk fails to show any formatting in ConEmu or Cmder and usually everything goes blank, even the subsequent command-line in ConEmu. In cmd.exe, it shows the white-on-black basic text.

For example:

let showHelp = function() {
  console.log();
  console.log(chalk.bold('Usage:') + '   rfx-tool migrate {subcommand} {target} [options]\n');
  console.log(chalk.bold('Description:') + ' ' + this.description);
  
  console.log('\nup: pushes (deploys) uncommitted migrations to the target');
  let data = [
    {option: '-a, --all', description: 'pushes all uncommitted migrations; default is to push next undeployed migration'},
    {option: '-c <path>, --config=<number>', description: 'path to file with connection data; defaults to /local/migrate.json'},
    {option: '-s <number>, --steps=<number>', description: 'pushes <number> undeployed migration files'},
    {option: '-v, --verbose', description: 'verbose console logging'},
  ];
  console.log(columnify(data, {showHeaders: false}));

  console.log('\ndown: pulls (reverses) migrations in the target');
  data = [
    {option: '-a, --all', description: 'pulls all committed migrations; default is to pull last committed migration'},
    {option: '-c <path>, --config=<number>', description: 'path to file with connection data; defaults to /local/migrate.json'},
    {option: '-s <number>, --steps=<number>', description: 'pulls <number> committed migration files'},
    {option: '-v, --verbose', description: 'verbose console logging'},
  ];
  console.log(columnify(data, {showHeaders: false}));
};

in Cmder shows:

E:\
λ rfx-tool migrate help

Summary: 
Usage:

Description:













E:\
λ

If I select the area with mouse and cursor, the text shows up in the highlight, so it’s there, but invisible. In ConEmu, the command line is likewise blanked, as if Cmder resets itself at each new command line , but Conemu doesn’t.

Wha?

[sindresorhus]

Closing as it’s not really related to Chalk. It’s either a problem with Libuv (used in Node.js) or ConEmu. Most likely the latter.

Feel free to continue the discussion here.

[borekb]

@Qix- You’re right, I’m using ConEmu / cmder most of the time which is where the screenshots are from. In VSCode terminal, everything is right. Strange because ConEmu is very stable compared to other terminal emulators I’ve tried.