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A confused user once stopped by, they had a blank terminal, so I showed them how to select all which revealed the helpfully black on black text. These days I compile colour support out of st, or set *colorMode:false for xterm. "But you can customize the colours" is a typical response, to which one might respond that one has grown weary of pushing that particular rock, and moreover one may be busy with other things at a drag-out monitor in a server room at three in the morning that has helpfully dark blue text on a black console, or worse if some high-minded expert has gone and rubbed the backside of a unicorn everywhere so that they may improve the "legibility".

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