From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Jul 2 18: 5:13 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mail.lewman.org (lowrider.lewman.org [209.67.240.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B39937BEB3 for ; Sun, 2 Jul 2000 18:05:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sean@rentul.net) Received: by mail.lewman.org (Postfix, from userid 1004) id 935E13D32; Sun, 2 Jul 2000 21:05:32 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.lewman.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E9F05BC2; Sun, 2 Jul 2000 21:05:32 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2000 21:05:32 -0400 (EDT) From: Sean Lutner X-Sender: sean@lowrider.lewman.org To: Doug Barton Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ls -G seems to depend on TERM=xterm-color In-Reply-To: <395FDE90.F2F41F35@gorean.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I'm experiencing the same thing. ls --color doesn't seem to work for me unless like Doug, I set TERM=xterm-color. On Sun, 2 Jul 2000, Doug Barton wrote: > The new improved ncurses version of the color ls stuff doesn't display > for me if I am in a "normal" xterm. If I set TERM equal to xterm-color > I'm back in business. Is this expected behavior? If so, a note to that > effect in the man page would help reduce user confusion. I'll be happy > to submit a patch if needed. > > If it isn't expected behavior, where could I be going wrong? I don't do > anything unusual with termcap. > > Thanks, > > Doug > -- > "Live free or die" > - State motto of my ancestral homeland, New Hampshire > > Do YOU Yahoo!? > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message