Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2000 12:51:51 -0700 From: "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@freebsd.org> To: Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami <asami@freebsd.org> Cc: "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net>, Josef Karthauser <joe@freebsd.org>, cvs-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/bin/ls extern.h ls.1 ls.c ls.h print.c Message-ID: <20000603125151.A1376@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <vqcwvk6sgot.fsf@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu>; from asami@freebsd.org on Sat, Jun 03, 2000 at 12:33:22PM -0700 References: <200006021453.HAA57857@freefall.freebsd.org> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006021440450.19627-100000@sasami.jurai.net> <20000603040126.A12162@freebsd.org> <vqcwvk6sgot.fsf@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu>
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On Sat, Jun 03, 2000 at 12:33:22PM -0700, Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami wrote: > * From: "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@freebsd.org> > > * I agree. If anybody wants colors he MUST use termcap database or curses and > * NOT some hardcoded values. This extension should be backed out not because it > * is a feature but because of bad implementation of this feature. > > I'm not sure how we can use termcap or curses without mounting /usr. 1) Without mounting /usr ANSI fallback can be used, termcap/curses returns error code indicating that. 2) Without mounting /usr TERMCAP env variable can store terminal description. > I'd like to talk with people who don't own an ANSI terminal *and* who > want to have this functionality. Why we have termcap database then? Just hardcoding ANSI in all programs makes most of users happy. -- Andrey A. Chernov <ache@nagual.pp.ru> http://ache.pp.ru/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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