Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 10:20:49 -0400 From: parv <parv_@yahoo.com> To: f-q <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How to put color in your console? Message-ID: <20010531102049.A626@moo.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <20010531003530.A3204@moo.holy.cow>; from parv_@yahoo.com on Thu, May 31, 2001 at 12:35:30AM -0400 References: <20010531003530.A3204@moo.holy.cow>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
so, me shared this in my lifetime... > ... > > so, E. J. Cerejo shared this in my lifetime... > > Hello, I was wondering if you can put color in your > > console to make it more appealing! > > ... > > besides ls, you can compile 4 or so colors in the kernel which > makes easier to disntinguish between normal console work & kernel > messages not to mention better highlighting of man pages. > > see /sys/i386/conf/LINT for more, if any, info on following 4 options: > > # normal text of console > #options SC_NORM_ATTR="(FG_CYAN|BG_BLACK)" > # > ... (this may be off topic for ej cerejo, but is in sync w/ the spirit of the subject.) also, i found that red/black (for normal console work) is just plain too dark... ...i tried yellow/black which was just fine until i tried to read a man page; while normal text is okay, the "bold text" appears in brown/muddy color which wants to blend w/ black; so yellow/black was out of the list... ...green/black may be okay if one is using CRT instead of LCD monitor(s) as, depending on angle of view, top part of my LCD monitor appears darker (dell i5000e 15") and bottom washed out/faded than normal. and, green in top portion was near as dark as red/black. for green/black & cyan/black, the "bold" text (in man output) appears in lighter shade of either color which is just fine, at least one can read easily if not be able to easily pick out the bold text. (as you can see, i finally settled on cyan/black.) -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20010531102049.A626>