Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Tue, 23 Oct 2001 15:51:45 +0300
From:      Giorgos Keramidas <charon@labs.gr>
To:        John Smith <ludwicza@hotmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: colors really dark
Message-ID:  <20011023155145.G20345@hades.hell.gr>
In-Reply-To: <F86irm9ezrmjZ7zgTpi0000fc8b@hotmail.com>
References:  <F86irm9ezrmjZ7zgTpi0000fc8b@hotmail.com>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 11:03:28PM -0700, John Smith wrote:
> Thanks for the quick reply.. no, I haven't changed any of the monitor
> settings, and both use the same XF86Config.  I was thinking about 8-bit
> color for a second, but does a default install automatically pick this for
> you, and is there any way of changing it?  I've used Linux for a few years,
> and I know how vim looks between every Linux system by default with syntax
> highlighting on, it's just it very dark in FreeBSD's console.  I installed
> gnuls and found it to be a much better alternative to FreeBSD's ls, since it
> does sorting by extension, and the colors are much brighter, and easier to
> see.

For vim on the console, try this:

	:syntax off
	:set bakground=dark
	:syntax on

This way colours for highlighting are chosen from a `brighter' range.

-giorgos

To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message




Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20011023155145.G20345>