From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 10 14:22:45 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 887D037B401 for ; Sun, 10 Nov 2002 14:22:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.dada.it (mail3.dada.it [195.110.100.3]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7D7EE43E42 for ; Sun, 10 Nov 2002 14:22:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ale@unixmania.net) Received: (qmail 23164 invoked from network); 10 Nov 2002 22:22:33 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO libero.sunshine.ale) (195.110.114.252) by mail.dada.it with SMTP; 10 Nov 2002 22:22:33 -0000 Received: by libero.sunshine.ale (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 4758B5F18; Sun, 10 Nov 2002 23:22:35 +0100 (CET) Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2002 23:22:35 +0100 From: Alessandro de Manzano To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: coloring up my life Message-ID: <20021110232235.A55695@libero.sunshine.ale> Reply-To: Alessandro de Manzano References: <20021110213706.GA67951@deter.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20021110213706.GA67951@deter.dk>; from no-spam-2mgb@deter.dk on Sun, Nov 10, 2002 at 10:37:06PM +0100 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.7-STABLE Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Nov 10, 2002 at 10:37:06PM +0100, Morten Grunnet Buhl wrote: > the long run. So I want to start coloring everything up nice and pretty. > I have started on my shell (tcsh) and ls. This is where my knowledge on > this subject ends. So my question is, does anyone else have > pointer/tips/hints/ideas on how to put more color in my life? > ie /etc/motd, commands other than ls, other? look in /sys/i386/conf/LINT file, there are these optional settings: (to put in your normal kernel config file, LINT is read-only) # The following options will let you change the default colors of syscons. options SC_NORM_ATTR="(FG_GREEN|BG_BLACK)" options SC_NORM_REV_ATTR="(FG_YELLOW|BG_GREEN)" options SC_KERNEL_CONS_ATTR="(FG_RED|BG_BLACK)" options SC_KERNEL_CONS_REV_ATTR="(FG_BLACK|BG_RED)" besides these, every program is responsible for its own colors (if any), like mutt or tirc or others. If this is not enough, go for X11 ;) -- bye! Ale To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message