Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 19:33:05 -0400 From: Gerald S Stoller <gs_stoller@juno.com> To: FreeBSD-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: color in messages Message-ID: <20031002.120620.-165803.0.GS_Stoller@juno.com>
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It is possible to put color in the FreeBSD messages, I have
seen the font color change when I used 'ls -G'. I would also like to
change the color of the background. Unfortunately i have seen no
documentation on how to do this. May i suggest that something brief be
written about this so people can start using color (ASAP) and send me a
copy, then do a more extensive version (if needed for a formal release.
I tried to find special characters in the output of 'ls -G' by
piping it through a tee but it seems that ls checks on the
destination of its STDOUT and if it not directly to the screen it
removes the color modifying code from it. Were i to have coded ls , I
would leave the color modifying code always in the output and maybe
provide another utiliity that removes it through which one could pipe the
output if one wanted the color modifying code removed.
Probably this question is better directed at the XFree86 people
but I haven't gotten a good reply from them.
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