From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 19 17:32:23 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0063116A404 for ; Wed, 19 Apr 2006 17:32:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mwm-keyword-freebsdhackers.102a7e@mired.org) Received: from mired.org (dsl092-153-074.wdc2.dsl.speakeasy.net [66.92.153.74]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C516C43D6D for ; Wed, 19 Apr 2006 17:32:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mwm-keyword-freebsdhackers.102a7e@mired.org) Received: (qmail 88016 invoked by uid 1001); 19 Apr 2006 17:32:12 -0000 Received: by localhost.mired.org (tmda-sendmail, from uid 1001); Wed, 19 Apr 2006 13:32:11 -0400 (EDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <17478.29723.209829.582135@bhuda.mired.org> Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 13:32:11 -0400 To: babkin@users.sourceforge.net In-Reply-To: <32575854.2582371145467129800.JavaMail.root@vms063.mailsrvcs.net> References: <32575854.2582371145467129800.JavaMail.root@vms063.mailsrvcs.net> X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under 21.4 (patch 19) "Constant Variable" XEmacs Lucid X-Primary-Address: mwm@mired.org X-face: "5Mnwy%?j>IIV\)A=):rjWL~NB2aH[}Yq8Z=u~vJ`"(,&SiLvbbz2W`; h9L,Yg`+vb1>RG% *h+%X^n0EZd>TM8_IB;a8F?(Fb"lw'IgCoyM.[Lg#r\ X-Delivery-Agent: TMDA/1.0.3 (Seattle Slew) From: Mike Meyer Cc: Bill Vermillion , freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Re: [PATCH] Fancy rc startup style RFC X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 17:32:23 -0000 In <32575854.2582371145467129800.JavaMail.root@vms063.mailsrvcs.net>, Sergey Babkin typed: > >From: Bill Vermillion > > has some > >color vision problem. Mine is a bit more than others. Everytime > >I get called to work on a Linux system, I have to go in and disable > >the colors as the reds and other colors become very hard to see > >against a dark background. The problem is the luminance value of > >colors such a red is quite low compared to others. > The problem with Linux colors is that they have been > designed to be used on the white background which is > the xterm's default (and which I hate as it's tough > on my eyes). Since I usually use the black background, > I disable them too. So where do linux's blasted ls colors come from? It prints some file type as green. Green on white is simply bad news, whether or not you have vision problems. I always have to go disable them (and some linux distros make them *hard* to disable). http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent Network/Unix/Perforce consultant, email for more information.