Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 23:41:16 -0700 (PDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Doug Barton <DougB@gorean.org> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, Sean Lutner <sean@rentul.net>, Brian Fundakowski Feldman <green@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: ls -G seems to depend on TERM=xterm-color Message-ID: <200007040641.XAA37730@john.baldwin.cx> In-Reply-To: <39603C55.507A2829@gorean.org>
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On 03-Jul-00 Doug Barton wrote: > Brian Fundakowski Feldman wrote: >> >> On Sun, 2 Jul 2000, Sean Lutner wrote: >> >> > I'm experiencing the same thing. ls --color doesn't seem to work for me >> > unless like Doug, I set TERM=xterm-color. >> >> That's because the "color" escape sequences are defined for xterm-color >> in termcap; xterm-color is defined as a superset of xterm (see the tc= >> directive). > > Right... I am down with all that. I just wanted to confirm that the > colorized ls depended on the xterm-color setting. > >> I have a lot of X resources defined, and here is one that >> could help you guys: >> >> XTerm*termName: xterm-color > > Ok, that's a good solution, I was just using .bashrc. My point is not > so much why, but that it be properly documented. Do you want to handle > the update of the ls man page, or do you want me to PR a patch? Umm, honestly, this shouldn't be all that non-obvious. Do you expect ls -G to work on a monochrome monitor? Of course not. :P The xterm termcap is by default a monochrome terminal. sysinstall doesn't have color in an xterm either w/ term=xterm. > Thanks, > > Doug -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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