Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 11:51:44 +0100 From: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Color ls Message-ID: <20000719115144.B55096@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007182042370.56461-100000@freefall.freebsd.org>; from kris@freebsd.org on Tue, Jul 18, 2000 at 08:50:57PM -0700 References: <20000719044049.A52681@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007182042370.56461-100000@freefall.freebsd.org>
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> Anyone who thinks "multimedia ability" is in any way tied to the ability > to show a directory listing using terminal colours is either stupid, or > grossly ignorant of how computers work. This was a hyperbole (perhaps poorly chosen, i admit :) to illustrate the point that if it is this difficult, or at least non-intuitive to get a color 'ls' program working, it doesn't inspire faith in other issues being easy to fix. Again, i was making a casual comparison to linux, our closest relative whose users often give BSD a try. > Or perhaps we should add ls -S which plays ANSI music corresponding to the > type of file it lists so we can have true "ls multimedia support". Would > blinking characters correspond to "animation"? :-) I'll get right on it! ;) > > To sum it all up, i get frustrated when 'progress' is alluded to as being a > > crutch for 'lusers'. Computers are a tool to make life easier. Why the > > hell does liking colors (which help the brain organize information better) > > warrant being labeled as a luser? > > This isn't my argument with you..I called you on a dubious attempt to link > colours in the output of ls(1) with system multimedia support, where none > exists. I understand. Maybe i was unclear. This remark was actually a general response to a previous remark about colorls, but it wasn't from you. It was just a remark about colorls for 'lusers'. :) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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