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default shortcut on Windows remaps ANSI colors 35,36

See original GitHub issue

This should probably go to the Windows group, but Github is a better platform. Ref: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/14243

Steps to reproduce

node
> process.stdout.write(`\u001b[35mXXX\u001b[39m`)

Expected behavior

megenta output

Actual behavior

dark blue output (same as background)

Environment data

The default powershell .lnk remaps colors 35, and 36

Issue Analytics

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Created 6 years ago
Reactions:5
Comments:15 (1 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

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SteveL-MSFTcommented, Jul 20, 2017

As best as I can tell, neither the cmd.exe shortcut nor the PSCore6 shortcut modifies the magenta color so it’s only an issue with Windows PowerShell, correct? As @BrucePay mentioned, for Windows PowerShell, this is by-design and changing it now is a breaking change.

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silverwindcommented, Jul 20, 2017

Since the background color they chose wasn’t part of the standard palette, one of the less used standard colors was remapped to produce what the designers wanted.

I think the default fg/bg colors should be decoupled from the 16 ANSI colors, and instead be separately be defined. That’s how pretty much all Unix terminals do it.

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