commit - 923f9ce5257203206ad6ed12b05f7d1576eb1ab0
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--- ChangeLog
+++ ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2021-06-21  Omar Polo  <op@omarpolo.com>
+
+	* defaults.c (config_setvari): add enable-colors (variable)
+
 2021-06-20  Omar Polo  <op@omarpolo.com>
 
 	* cmd.c (cmd_end_of_buffer): fix end-of-buffer glitch
blob - 191a8f096e565dcdb171040e3529b61efb72327d
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--- defaults.c
+++ defaults.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 char *new_tab_url = NULL;
 int fill_column = INT_MAX;
 int olivetti_mode = 0;
+int enable_colors = 1;
 
 struct lineprefix line_prefixes[] = {
 	[LINE_TEXT] =		{ "",		"" },
@@ -115,8 +116,12 @@ config_setvari(const char *var, int val)
 			fill_column = INT_MAX;
 	} else if (!strcmp(var, "olivetti-mode")) {
 		olivetti_mode = !!val;
-	} else
+	} else if (!strcmp(var, "enable-colors")) {
+		enable_colors = !!val;
+	} else {
 		return 0;
+	}
+
 	return 1;
 }
 
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--- telescope.1
+++ telescope.1
@@ -476,6 +476,12 @@ to the value
 Valid options are:
 .Pp
 .Bl -tag -width twelveletters -compact
+.It enable-colors
+.Pq integer
+If not zero, enable colours.
+By default is 1 if
+.Ev NO_COLORS
+is not set, 0 otherwise.
 .It fill-column
 .Pq integer
 If greater than zero, lines of text will be formatted in a way that
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--- telescope.h
+++ telescope.h
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ enum imsg_type {
 extern char	*new_tab_url;
 extern int	 fill_column;
 extern int	 olivetti_mode;
+extern int	 enable_colors;
 
 struct lineprefix {
 	const char	*prfx1;