Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 01:54:30 +0100 From: Josef Karthauser <joe@pavilion.net> To: Doug Barton <DougB@gorean.org> Cc: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>, Warner Losh <imp@village.org>, "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/bin/ls extern.h ls.1 ls.c ls.h print.c Message-ID: <20000605015430.K620@pavilion.net> In-Reply-To: <393AE783.2C6FA3A8@gorean.org>; from DougB@gorean.org on Sun, Jun 04, 2000 at 04:34:27PM -0700 References: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1000604191852.8938A-100000@fledge.watson.org> <393AE783.2C6FA3A8@gorean.org>
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On Sun, Jun 04, 2000 at 04:34:27PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote: > Robert Watson wrote: > > > > So this leads me to the obvious question: if terminal information is not > > available, why would we want to print out color codes? Is it not > > acceptable to just not print in color when in single-user mode, or if the > > termcap database is unavailable? > > Acceptable, sure, but not really necessary. The ANSI codes work for the > majority of "terminals," including cons25. Since the user has to > explicitly enable the option to display color, if for some odd reason > (most likely a serial console) the fallback ANSI codes don't work, they > can just disable color. Think about it this way. Which is going to cause > the most -questions e-mails? "Why doesn't my color ls work in single > user mode?" or "Why doesn't my color ls work when I use my 20 year old > Wyse 50 hooked up as a serial console?" (What have I started!) I'm inclined to agree with Robert here, and I have a patch almost ready to roll that does just that. Doug, how often is one in single user mode? Joe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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