Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 00:09:43 -0700 From: "John Smith" <ludwicza@hotmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: colors really dark Message-ID: <F313Mc7iApiJTmbQLGv0000fc22@hotmail.com>
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>From: parv <parv_@yahoo.com> >To: John Smith <ludwicza@hotmail.com> >CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: colors really dark >Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 02:39:48 -0400 > >in message <F86irm9ezrmjZ7zgTpi0000fc8b@hotmail.com>, >wrote John Smith thusly... > > >... > > 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? > >see XFree86 manual(s) and/or XF86Config somewhere in /etc. > Hmmm, are you talking about color depth in xterm or what I'm using in the X server? In that latter case, I'm using 16bpp. I'm assuming this is what you meant, I guess I got confused with the other guy said earlier. > > > 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. > >well, as far as ls(1) & gnuls(1) are concerned, they just use different >"fonts" & colors. for ls, all the colored listing are in normal font, >i.e. not bold. whereas, gnuls uses bold fonts, which happens to be >in "bright"er version of the same color than normal font. > >for directories, both ls & gnuls use blue, which is very unreadable >on dark background. however, gnuls also uses bolder font, which helps >a little. > >and for executable files and symlinks, gnuls uses bold font and >bright(green,cyan), while ls uses red and magenta, respectively. color >choices for ls, in this case, are not easily readable on dark >background, understandably. > >you may be able to change to color definitions. to get some idea, see >vidcontrol(1) and xterm(1) in addition. > > - parv > Yeah, I played around alot with vidcontrol before, but that still doesn't help with vim, and I'm happy with gnuls' choice of colors, and I know how to change them to suit my taste. So I guess this is something I'm going to have to do with vim's config itself then? _________________________________________________________________ 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
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