Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2000 01:14:33 -0700 From: Doug Barton <DougB@gorean.org> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, Sean Lutner <sean@rentul.net>, Brian Fundakowski Feldman <green@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: ls -G seems to depend on TERM=xterm-color Message-ID: <39619CE9.F0D168FA@gorean.org> References: <200007040641.XAA37730@john.baldwin.cx>
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John Baldwin wrote:
> >> XTerm*termName: xterm-color
> >
> > Ok, that's a good solution, I was just using .bashrc. My point is not
> > so much why, but that it be properly documented. Do you want to handle
> > the update of the ls man page, or do you want me to PR a patch?
>
> Umm, honestly, this shouldn't be all that non-obvious. Do you expect
> ls -G to work on a monochrome monitor? Of course not. :P The xterm
> termcap is by default a monochrome terminal. sysinstall doesn't have
> color in an xterm either w/ term=xterm.
This is obvious to you and me, but to a newer user it's not going to be
obvious at all. There is going to be a bunch of people who write into
the mailing lists wondering why they aren't seeing the colorized ls in
their xterms.
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