Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 03:15:20 +0200 From: Peter van Dijk <petervd@vuurwerk.nl> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/18900: patch to add colorizing feature to /bin/ls Message-ID: <20000531031520.G23087@vuurwerk.nl> In-Reply-To: <200005310105.CAA44640@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org>; from brian@Awfulhak.org on Wed, May 31, 2000 at 02:05:54AM %2B0100 References: <Doug@gorean.org> <200005310105.CAA44640@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org>
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On Wed, May 31, 2000 at 02:05:54AM +0100, Brian Somers wrote: [snip] > Yes, but I can't think of any at the moment !!! <grumble!> > > The thing I really have a problem with (and this change isn't guilty > of this anyway) was a few years ago I introduced FreeBSD into my > workplace and everyone was quite happy with it (although they were > used to sysv and had big problems with ps). Then someone else brought > up a Linux box, and there was an outcry: > > "What's this crap on my screen ? I ran ``ls'' and it came out in > colour !!!!" Yes, some distro's do color by default. I actually like that. You perhaps do not. If we don't do colors by default on FreeBSD, nobody's feelings will get hurt, since there is no noticeable change. > I smugly said "Hah, you won't get any of that kak in FreeBSD !". Yes, but having the _option_ is *always* a good thing. Greetz, Peter. -- petervd@vuurwerk.nl - Peter van Dijk [student:developer:madly in love] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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