From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jul 4 16:28: 8 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from florence.pavilion.net (florence.pavilion.net [212.74.0.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 807FF37B77E; Tue, 4 Jul 2000 16:27:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from joe@pavilion.net) Received: from genius.systems.pavilion.net (genesis.tao.org.uk [194.242.131.254]) by florence.pavilion.net (8.9.3/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA13885; Wed, 5 Jul 2000 00:27:02 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from joe@pavilion.net) Received: by genius.systems.pavilion.net (Postfix, from userid 100) id D113312735; Wed, 5 Jul 2000 00:28:55 +0100 (BST) Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 00:28:55 +0100 From: Josef Karthauser To: Doug Barton Cc: John Baldwin , Brian Fundakowski Feldman , Sean Lutner , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, Sheldon Hearn Subject: Re: ls -G seems to depend on TERM=xterm-color Message-ID: <20000705002855.F26614@pavilion.net> References: <200007040841.BAA40774@john.baldwin.cx> <396270A1.8DDAC6FE@gorean.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <396270A1.8DDAC6FE@gorean.org>; from DougB@gorean.org on Tue, Jul 04, 2000 at 04:17:53PM -0700 X-NCC-RegID: uk.pavilion Organisation: Pavilion Internet plc, Lees House, 21-23 Dyke Road, Brighton, England Phone: +44-845-333-5000 Fax: +44-845-333-5001 Mobile: +44-403-596893 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Jul 04, 2000 at 04:17:53PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote: > > So, I've put my time where my mouth is and produced the attached patch > for ls.1. I am 100% open to modifications of both style and content, my > only request being that someone commit _something_ before 4.1 goes out > the door. Since Andrey MFC'ed the color bits already (a welcome move, > don't get me wrong) there is slightly more urgency to this matter then > there was previously. John, when your FAQ entry is done, please feel > free to add it to the SEE ALSO section of ls.1. :) I agree with the bit about needing proper termcap capablities, I almost added something like this myself earlier today. It's overkill to talk about xterm in the man page though. This should be in an FAQ entry or in the hand book IMO. Joe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message