to my shame i did not know how to customize the nmtui default colors (for the sake of my own health and mental stability). after reading a bit, i found out it uses the so-called newt backend with the whiptail app.

long story short… turns out it reads some of the env variables for that backend to setup the colors (if you’re interested, here’s where this happens in the code).

so you can simply set these env variables before calling nmtui. here’s a combination i came up with:

NEWT_COLORS='root=black,black;window=black,black;border=white,black;listbox=white,black;label=blue,black;checkbox=red,black;title=green,black;button=white,red;actsellistbox=white,red;actlistbox=white,gray;compactbutton=white,gray;actcheckbox=white,blue;entry=lightgray,black;textbox=blue,black' nmtui

enjoy and keep your eyes healthy!

  • Cowbee [he/him]
    6•4 months ago

    Because it normalizes a word and desensitizes it, making it less likely for victims to stand up. It can also bring up horrifying memories in SA survivors.

    There exist negative words that do not share the same mass systemic connotations. It’s generally better to use words that don’t bring with them the same issues.

      • Cowbee [he/him]
        7•4 months ago

        What do you mean “free?” I don’t control him, but the fact is that using words that bring up topics of SA despite that being an extremely sensitive subject is a bad thing.

        There is nothing to be gained at best, and at worst you’ve resurfaced horrifying memories for others.

        Basic human decency, which is why OP quickly changed it and everyone is on the same page.

          • Cowbee [he/him]
            0•4 months ago

            None of that actually addresses my points, you’re just finger-wagging at me for being “woke.”

            If you could make a coherent point we could have a discussion.

            Additionally, referencing likes/dislikes is pointless, I could just as easily point to how your comments have worse ratios than mine.

              • Cowbee [he/him]
                -1•4 months ago

                Quite a lot of “citation needed” here, along with a weird obsession with fignting for your right to be an enemy of victims of SA. Touch grass.

                  • Cowbee [he/him]
                    -2•4 months ago

                    What’s “SA”, by the way? Are we also supposed to ban “sexual abuse” in an appropriate context?

                    You clearly know, so why ask?

                    Of course I am not an enemy of victims of sexual abuse, though I am quiet clearly an outspoken enemy of such “woke” or “leftist” ideologies.

                    You didn’t need to outright state that you’re a bad person, that was self-evident by batting for normalization of rape.