From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Oct 22 23: 3:33 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from hotmail.com (f86.law10.hotmail.com [64.4.15.86]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA1E437B403 for ; Mon, 22 Oct 2001 23:03:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Mon, 22 Oct 2001 23:03:28 -0700 Received: from 24.76.165.62 by lw10fd.law10.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Tue, 23 Oct 2001 06:03:28 GMT X-Originating-IP: [24.76.165.62] From: "John Smith" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: colors really dark Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 23:03:28 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 23 Oct 2001 06:03:28.0750 (UTC) FILETIME=[6F8128E0:01C15B88] Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Thanks for the quick reply.. no, I haven't changed any of the monitor settings, and both use the same XF86Config. I was thinking about 8-bit color for a second, but does a default install automatically pick this for you, and is there any way of changing it? I've used Linux for a few years, and I know how vim looks between every Linux system by default with syntax highlighting on, it's just it very dark in FreeBSD's console. I installed gnuls and found it to be a much better alternative to FreeBSD's ls, since it does sorting by extension, and the colors are much brighter, and easier to see. >From: Brian T. Schellenberger >To: "John Smith" , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: Re: colors really dark >Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 01:37:38 -0400 > >On Tuesday 23 October 2001 01:04, John Smith wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm a bit of a new user to FreeBSD, but I'd like to know why is it that > > colors seem very dark in editors like vim even when the TERM variable is > > set properly? I'm using xterm-color in xterm, and cons25 in the >console, > > it just seems *alot* darker than what I had in linux. This goes for >things > > like BSD ls and vim. Any suggestions on making it brighter or prettier > > without having to mess with the vim config? I compiled vim on both >Linux > > and FreeBSD right from source, using all default settings, and the >colors > > look *alot* different with syntax highlighting on between both systems. > > > > If anyone knows how to fix this, please let me know. Thanks > >Compare your XF86Config files. Since both systems use X, they should be >the >same (assuming the same version of X). > Perhaps you are using 8-bit color mode somehow? > >Of course that doesn't explain the console . . . >Can you go back & forth from Linux to FreeBSD or did you wipe Linux? >It's not possible that you accidentally altered your monitor settings or >something silly like that is it? > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at >http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > >-- >Brian T. Schellenberger . . . . . . . bts@wnt.sas.com (work) >Brian, the man from Babble-On . . . . bts@babbleon.org (personal) > http://www.babbleon.org > >-------> Free Dmitry Sklyarov! (let him go home) <----------- > >http://www.eff.org http://www.programming-freedom.org _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message