Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 14:42:49 -0400 (EDT) From: "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net> To: Josef Karthauser <joe@FreeBSD.org> Cc: 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: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006021440450.19627-100000@sasami.jurai.net> In-Reply-To: <200006021453.HAA57857@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Fri, 2 Jun 2000, Josef Karthauser wrote: > It is not switched on by default and must be enabled with the -G > flag. When using ls -G the output behaviour is modified with ANSI > colour sequences wrapped around filenames to help distinguish file > types. (Colours can be redefined in the LSCOLORS environment > variable as described in the manual page.) The only problem is that users may expect color to work on non-ANSI terminals. Using the termcap database to issue color sequences might be a better way to approach this but it would require the colorized version of 'ls' to be linked with the termcap library. :/ Or we could have /usr/bin/ls as a more 'featurefull' version of /bin/ls. Or something. -- | Matthew N. Dodd | '78 Datsun 280Z | '75 Volvo 164E | FreeBSD/NetBSD | | winter@jurai.net | 2 x '84 Volvo 245DL | ix86,sparc,pmax | | http://www.jurai.net/~winter | This Space For Rent | ISO8802.5 4ever | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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