Configuring REPL colours

[dimitri-b]

For some reason in my terminal certain keywords (e.g. func) appear in a dark blue colour that fades into the dark background and is almost invisible. Switching to a light scheme has the same problem - these keywords blend into the background.
I was wondering if there is a way to change that colour via config and make it stick between sessions?

[erezsh]

Sorry that the colors aren't optimal! There is no config option to change them, at the moment. But I agree it would be nice to have.

As an immediate solution, I would suggest editing preql/repl.py. You will see a class there:

class PreqlStyle(Style):
    default_style = ""
    styles = {
        Generic:                'ansigray',
        Comment:                'italic #888',
        Keyword:                'bold #00f',
        Name:                   '#fff',
        Name.Function:          'bold #8f8',
        Name.Class:             'bold #0f0',
        String:                 'ansigreen',
        Number:                 'ansicyan',
        Operator:               'ansigray',
        Error:                  'bg:ansired ansigray',
    }

You can pick any color you want.

Specifically the relevant line there is:

        Keyword:                'bold #00f',

Unfortunately it will reset next time you update Preql, but I will try to include a way to config the colors by then.

[dimitri-b]

I tried to change colour via .preql_conf.json to a shade of purple, for a test - it didn't work, nothing changed.

Here is what it looks like in Pycharm and OS terminals, for some reason OS terminal doesn't have this issue.

[erezsh]

Did you put it in your home directory? Maybe try using the -c switch to make sure it's being read?

Yes, the colors are readable in Windows too. It's a little hard to get them to be consistent between different platforms. But I had hoped the latest commit would help.

[dimitri-b]

Yes, it's in my home dir.

No luck with -c switch either - am I doing somethnig wrong?

[erezsh]

As I suspected, you haven't been using the latest commit. It's probably due to pathing or a similar collision.

Anyway, I just published version 0.2.4. Run pip install -U preql and try it again.

P.S. I also plan to add schema support soon, probably by next week.

[dimitri-b]

It worked this time, thank you.