From owner-freebsd-bugs Wed May 31 1: 6:21 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from goliath.siemens.de (goliath.siemens.de [194.138.37.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FB1437B7D1 for ; Wed, 31 May 2000 01:06:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from andre.albsmeier@mchp.siemens.de) X-Envelope-Sender-Is: andre.albsmeier@mchp.siemens.de (at relayer goliath.siemens.de) Received: from mail1.siemens.de (mail1.siemens.de [139.23.33.14]) by goliath.siemens.de (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e4V85iB05359; Wed, 31 May 2000 10:05:44 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from curry.mchp.siemens.de (curry.mchp.siemens.de [139.25.42.7]) by mail1.siemens.de (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e4V85h024507; Wed, 31 May 2000 10:05:43 +0200 (MET DST) Received: (from localhost) by curry.mchp.siemens.de (8.10.1/8.10.1) id e4V85hs73220; Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 10:05:43 +0200 From: Andre Albsmeier To: Jonathan Michaels Cc: Brian Somers , Doug Barton , Tim Vanderhoek , 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> References: <200005310105.CAA44640@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> <20000531120640.A46527@phoenix.welearn.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <20000531120640.A46527@phoenix.welearn.com.au>; from jon@welearn.com.au on Wed, May 31, 2000 at 12:06:42PM +1000 Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 !!! > > 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