Package Name does not appear on powershell

[anantoghosh]

Using david (9.0.0) on local windows 10 machine (x64 build 14393) with powershell (5.1.14393.206).

When showing available updates it does not show the package names.

[jpaulin]

Probably starting at line 101 in bin/david.js
table.push([
clc.magenta(name),
clc.red(dep.required),
clc.green(dep[argv.unstable ? 'latest' : 'stable'])
])

That particular line:
clc.magenta(name)

inserts the name of the package into left-most cell, using magenta as color. And that color doesn't render well on a Powershell's blue background.

I guess the text "npm" is found, if you select (paint) the blank-looking table cell with mouse?

This is a "best guess". I'm out of MS Windows totally, so can't test results of changing the color. Hope a test can reveal whether another approach to color works.

[anantoghosh]

That's what I thought too. Found this chalk/chalk#2
Seems like magenta is changed to deep blue in powershell.
Tested with different color, works.

[jpaulin]

Thanks for the link to chalk talk about colors.

One solution would be to

• first identify platform (Win/Mac/Linux) and store this in a "global enough" (scope) variable
• define colors (safe ones) based on the platform, knowing there are some "invisible" combinations

Albeit (probably) easy thing to do, this would be worth thinking: "Is this (david) the right place to do such a color patch?"
@alanshaw