Re: ls question
On Fri, 15 Mar 1996 Dirk.Eddelbuettel@qed.econ.queensu.ca wrote:
> A directory listing with colours reveals more information.
> Also, it's a marketing thing and a nice aha effect.
I agree with both of these, but colour ls, as Ian said, is
implemented absolutely horribly. (I'm using a binary and configuration
files copied from my old Slackware installation). A particular
annoyance is the need to specify which terminal types are colorisable
in the configuration file [1] - surely this information should come
from termcap/terminfo ?
A Debian colour ls that did the Right Thing would definitely be a plus
for the system.
Owen
[1] Which, incidentally, is /etc/DIR_COLORS (capitals and underscore? Gak)
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