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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.bhp.com.au!mel.dit.csiro.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.gtn.com!knobel.gun.de!usenet From: andreas@knobel.gun.de (Andreas Klemm) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Is replacing /bin/sh with bash recommended? Date: 13 Apr 1996 12:20:58 GMT Lines: 27 Message-ID: <4ko67a$1qg@knobel.gun.de> References: <4ih5qb$lae@blackice.winternet.com> <4ik5p6$qm6@helena.mt.net> <DoJrqo.6F9@twwells.com> <4j0sto$scs@calypso.bns.com.au> <4j4fmh$5e8@uriah.heep.sax.de> <4j8ops$pfo@calypso.bns.com.au> <4jeim7$cde@park.uvsc.edu> <4jgj3f$lal@coyote.artisoft.com> <4jh8dp$29g@park.uvsc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: knobel.gun.de X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.5 In article <4jh8dp$29g@park.uvsc.edu>, Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> writes: >I'd like the color to be conditional on the "-F" option, actually, >and have it put out "/" and "*" "@" if there isn't sufficient >"colorization" capability in the termcap. > >Or if you use "-F" and stdout is not a tty. > >I find that color draws your eyes to "important" files, even >when I am not looking for "important" files. That's the problem >for me. It is too effective at its intent when it does not >match my intent (which, not being a newby, is most of the time). Ok, as an option would be fine. >I agree. It is a good newby feature. Once you are aware of >what files are where, though, I find it to be an unncessary >distraction. Maybe I just have hyper-acute color vision. ;-)) Maybe such as the ones who created X11 ;-)) -- andreas@knobel.gun.de /\/\___ Wiechers & Partner Datentechnik GmbH Andreas Klemm ___/\/\/ $$ Support Unix - aklemm@wup.de $$ pgp p-key http://www-swiss.ai.mit.edu/~bal/pks-toplev.html >>> powered by <<< ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Printing/aps-491.tgz >>> FreeBSD <<<