Set DEFAULT_PRE_STRING to red.

Bright red doesn't work in GNU/Linux's console.

diff --git a/README b/README
index e298a04e6caee7eff1b0fd070aa4bbda0d460dd7..a99edfa3f2952a79f07a2dc519de87c57055f7d7 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -85,8 +85,7 @@ A default setup could look like this:
 The following additional environment variables are available:
 
 - 'COLORED_STDERR_PRE'
-  String to write before each write to stderr, defaults to "\033[91m" (bright
-  red).
+  String to write before each write to stderr, defaults to "\033[31m" (red).
 - 'COLORED_STDERR_POST'
   String to write after each write to stderr, defaults to "\033[0m" (reset
   color).

diff --git a/src/constants.h b/src/constants.h
index 4cc69ca5e7a2931c2a574733288248240446dd76..3e41261edf0076d04a2c870ce2d48d1e0ce907d1 100644 (file)
--- a/src/constants.h
+++ b/src/constants.h
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
 #define ENV_NAME_PRIVATE_FDS "COLORED_STDERR_PRIVATE_FDS"
 
 /* Strings written before/after each matched function. */
-#define DEFAULT_PRE_STRING  "\033[91m"
-#define DEFAULT_POST_STRING "\033[0m"
+#define DEFAULT_PRE_STRING  "\033[31m" /* red */
+#define DEFAULT_POST_STRING "\033[0m"  /* default */
 
 /* Number of elements to allocate statically. Highest descriptor observed in
  * normal use was 255 (by bash), which yielded this limit to prevent