[REQUEST] Add an environment variable to disable all progress bars

[mtn]

Consider posting in https://github.com/textualize/rich/discussions for feedback before raising a feature request.

Have you checked the issues for a similar suggestions? Yes.

How would you improve Rich?

Please add an environment variable (e.g. DISABLE_RICH) which, when set, disables all progress bars.

What problem does it solve for you?

There's no global way to disable all progress bars that I'm aware of without adding disable=True to every one. When running under a debugger like pdb, this would be very useful.

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[TomJGooding]

Why? Apparently you decided to ignore the feature request template.

Consider posting in https://github.com/textualize/rich/discussions for feedback before raising a feature request.

Have you checked the issues for a similar suggestions?

How would you improve Rich?

Give as much detail as you can. Example code of how you would like it to work would help.

What problem does it solve for you?

What problem do you have that this feature would solve? I may be able to suggest an existing way of solving it.

[mtn]

Updated.