Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 10:05:43 +0200 From: Andre Albsmeier <andre.albsmeier@mchp.siemens.de> To: Jonathan Michaels <jon@welearn.com.au> Cc: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>, Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org>, Tim Vanderhoek <vanderh@ecf.utoronto.ca>, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG, brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org Subject: Re: bin/18900: patch to add colorizing feature to /bin/ls Message-ID: <20000531100543.B80830@curry.mchp.siemens.de> In-Reply-To: <20000531120640.A46527@phoenix.welearn.com.au>; from jon@welearn.com.au on Wed, May 31, 2000 at 12:06:42PM %2B1000 References: <Doug@gorean.org> <200005310105.CAA44640@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> <20000531120640.A46527@phoenix.welearn.com.au>
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On Wed, 31-May-2000 at 12:06:42 +1000, Jonathan Michaels wrote: > On Wed, May 31, 2000 at 02:05:54AM +0100, Brian Somers wrote: > > > I don't see anyone asking for 'ls' to wash their breakfast dishes > > > for them. The facts remain: > > > > > > 1. People _do_ want this. It gets asked often on -questions. > > > 2. The code is already written. > > > 3. It adds almost no bloat. > > > 4. It's totally, completely optional. > > > > > > The only possible change I'd consider is making the colors the > > > same as gnuls' defaults. That'd flatten out the learning curve for people > > > coming over from linux, and those who like the traditional colors could > > > use the environment variable to set them. > > > > > > So, other than on "purist" grounds, are there any other > > > objections? > > > > Yes, but I can't think of any at the moment !!! <grumble!> > > i can think of several, but as freebsd is getting to be as user > hostile as microsoft windows is to disabled people, so then whats > one more nail in teh coffin ??? > > roll on the eventual microsoftisation of freebsd, as some have > already said "the sooner the better as far as i'm concerned", > but, as far as i (personally) am concerned i'd like to see the > tide if not reversed at least stemed so that this usless > 'gui-ification' of freebsd (et al) is at least stoped if it > cannot be totally obliterated.. Well, I assume you don't run X11 or similar. But, it appears you are using Mutt 0.95.4i. Why not use /usr/bin/mail? :-) Seriously, nobody want's to microsofticate FreeBSD (btw, M$ does not have a colored dir command unless you use 4DOS). But obviously there are more people who would like an optionally colored /bin/ls. > > ok, i'm not just a purist, i'm zealous bigoted purist with a > cause. neither, am i so blind as to not be able to see that my > own shit is just like everybodyelses. > > regards > > jonathan, old school, really old school, unix user-convert. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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