From a33530e9179743bea41d06b248cdb9be4f2e5e9f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Dirk-Jan C. Binnema" Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2025 14:58:58 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] mu.1.org: update COLOR information --- man/mu.1.org | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/mu.1.org b/man/mu.1.org index d3b94984..80f36290 100644 --- a/man/mu.1.org +++ b/man/mu.1.org @@ -54,8 +54,14 @@ man-page as well. * COLORS -Some *mu* commands support colorized output, and do so by default. If you don't -want colors, you can use *--nocolor*. +Some *mu* commands support colorized output, and do so by default when writing to +a TTY (roughly, to a screen). When not writing to a TTY, for instance when +redirection the output to a file or using a pipe, the default is to *not* show +output. + +If you don no want colors, you can use *--nocolor*. + +If you want colors even when it is not the default, use *--nocolor=false*. * ENCODING