Number of colors when console used in VSCode #371

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opened 2026-01-30 21:50:13 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
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Originally created by @bardware on GitHub (Sep 13, 2018).

Hello,

I noticed a behaviour regarding the number of available colors in the console in Windows 10
I work with Adobe ColdFusion. There's a 3rd party tool Commandbox that allows to run various CFML engines in one folder.
This tool is a single .exe files and requires Java.
I open cmd, start this exe and call system-colors to list all available colors.
This looks like
grafik

Then I start VSCode editor and have cmd set up as default console.
When I start box there and call system-colors it looks like
grafik

I wonder why this happens. Does it have to do with the console or with VSCode?

Originally created by @bardware on GitHub (Sep 13, 2018). Hello, I noticed a behaviour regarding the number of available colors in the console in Windows 10 I work with Adobe ColdFusion. There's a 3rd party tool [Commandbox](https://www.ortussolutions.com/products/commandbox) that allows to run various CFML engines in one folder. This tool is a single `.exe` files and requires Java. I open `cmd`, start this exe and call `system-colors` to list all available colors. This looks like ![grafik](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/802702/45501629-0b6b1a00-b782-11e8-843e-fb0c1d2674f7.png) Then I start VSCode editor and have `cmd` set up as default console. When I start `box` there and call `system-colors` it looks like ![grafik](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/802702/45501700-37869b00-b782-11e8-86cf-c9ae11e68fbc.png) I wonder why this happens. Does it have to do with the console or with VSCode?
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Reference: starred/terminal#371