Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 15:51:45 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <charon@labs.gr> To: John Smith <ludwicza@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: colors really dark Message-ID: <20011023155145.G20345@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <F86irm9ezrmjZ7zgTpi0000fc8b@hotmail.com> References: <F86irm9ezrmjZ7zgTpi0000fc8b@hotmail.com>
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On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 11:03:28PM -0700, John Smith wrote: > Thanks for the quick reply.. no, I haven't changed any of the monitor > settings, and both use the same XF86Config. 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? 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. For vim on the console, try this: :syntax off :set bakground=dark :syntax on This way colours for highlighting are chosen from a `brighter' range. -giorgos To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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