Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 17:33:55 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Theo PAGTZIS <T.Pagtzis@cs.ucl.ac.uk> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: ls -l | more inverts colour Message-ID: <20000831173355.H29856@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <39AE10B2.D8B045D8@cs.ucl.ac.uk>; from T.Pagtzis@cs.ucl.ac.uk on Thu, Aug 31, 2000 at 09:00:50AM %2B0100 References: <39AE0D0D.804963FD@cs.ucl.ac.uk> <20000831172502.G29856@wantadilla.lemis.com> <39AE10B2.D8B045D8@cs.ucl.ac.uk>
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On Thursday, 31 August 2000 at 9:00:50 +0100, Theo PAGTZIS wrote: > Greg Lehey wrote: >> On Thursday, 31 August 2000 at 8:45:17 +0100, Theo PAGTZIS wrote: >>> Hi All, >>> >>> for some strange reason an ls -l | more inverts the colour on an >>> xterm. If I vi a file then colour comes back to normal (I gather vi >>> resets xterm) >>> >>> Is that known? >> >> No. It doesn't do it here. What do you mean by "inverts the colour"? >> Does green become magenta, etc? Does it stay that way after you exit >> more? Which version of FreeBSD? > > I am using Fbsd 4.1 stable as supped on the 21st of August. What > I mean by invert colour is that at the console the ls changes the > colour from black to white. In your previous message, you talk about xterm. Which is it? > With the vi I can change it back to normal More details, please. It doesn't do it here. How is your TERM variable set? Which terminal is this on (what does the command 'tty' tell you?). Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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