I'm still trying to find a colour scheme I like for my diff tool. I need two different styles: added code should be more prominent than moved code.
ANSI colours are extremely limited, so I tried using green / green background. Using bold and bright green seems to work better.
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It's rare to see ANSI escape codes for URLs in the wild, but cargo has it!
This example links to https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/profiles.html#default-profiles, describing the different profiles.
Considering releases vs debug is a source of confusion for new users expecting better performance, this seems wise.
I'm feeling reasonably happy with the light and dark styles of difftastic now: there's a reasonable amount of contrast on both sides.
I'm now using ANSI bright colours for the dark theme and it works pretty well. I had to give up on cyan as it's too pale on light backgrounds.




