Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 11:21:58 -0700 From: R Joseph Wright <rjoseph@mammalia.org> To: Josef Karthauser <joe@pavilion.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Color ls Message-ID: <20000719112158.A13347@manatee.mammalia.org> In-Reply-To: <20000719150836.K630@pavilion.net>; from joe@pavilion.net on Wed, Jul 19, 2000 at 03:08:36PM %2B0100 References: <20000718140646.B76011@lunatic.oneinsane.net> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007181416130.20886-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> <20000718145920.B94689@wopr.caltech.edu> <20000719005555.W4668@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk> <20000718170420.A97601@wopr.caltech.edu> <20000718175525.A10074@manatee.mammalia.org> <20000719150836.K630@pavilion.net>
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On Wed, Jul 19, 2000 at 03:08:36PM +0100, Josef Karthauser wrote: > On Tue, Jul 18, 2000 at 05:55:25PM -0700, R Joseph Wright wrote: > > > > The thing that really bugs me about ls is the lack of bright colors like you > > get with gnuls. The blue is so dark it blends in with the black background > > of the console. I spent several hours looking through the code to see if I > > could change that, but alas I did not understand it :-(. > > And, sorry to rant, but the default colors are horrid, too! Do 'ls -G /dev' > > to see what I mean. AAaaarh! > > > > Colours are always a personal preference. No answer is right for everyone. > Read the manual page for ls and define your own colours in your environment. > Absolutely. That's why I said (hopefully in good humor) the *default* colors are horrid. However, you can change the defaults all you want, but you still will not get bright color like you get with gnuls. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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