Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2000 01:41:15 -0700 (PDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Doug Barton <DougB@gorean.org> Cc: Brian Fundakowski Feldman <green@FreeBSD.ORG>, Sean Lutner <sean@rentul.net>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ls -G seems to depend on TERM=xterm-color Message-ID: <200007040841.BAA40774@john.baldwin.cx> In-Reply-To: <39619CE9.F0D168FA@gorean.org>
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On 04-Jul-00 Doug Barton wrote: > John Baldwin wrote: > >> >> 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. > > This is obvious to you and me, but to a newer user it's not going to be > obvious at all. There is going to be a bunch of people who write into > the mailing lists wondering why they aren't seeing the colorized ls in > their xterms. Well, then you are going to have to document this for every single color program people might want to run in an xterm. :) Seriously, educating the users on termcap will probably be a more productive way of going about this. One way of doing this might be to add a FAQ entry along the lines of "Programs such as ls(1) and sysinstall(8) don't display color in my xterm or other terminal?" -- 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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