Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 09:51:53 +0200 From: Andre Albsmeier <andre.albsmeier@mchp.siemens.de> To: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> Cc: 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: <20000531095153.A80830@curry.mchp.siemens.de> In-Reply-To: <200005310105.CAA44640@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org>; from brian@Awfulhak.org on Wed, May 31, 2000 at 02:05:54AM %2B0100 References: <Doug@gorean.org> <200005310105.CAA44640@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org>
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On Wed, 31-May-2000 at 02:05:54 +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!> > > The thing I really have a problem with (and this change isn't guilty > of this anyway) was a few years ago I introduced FreeBSD into my > workplace and everyone was quite happy with it (although they were > used to sysv and had big problems with ps). Then someone else brought > up a Linux box, and there was an outcry: > > "What's this crap on my screen ? I ran ``ls'' and it came out in > colour !!!!" > > I smugly said "Hah, you won't get any of that kak in FreeBSD !". And even with the thing getting committed, he still would not get colors unless he ran 'ls -G' on FreeBSD. I never would like to act 'ls' as 'ls -G' as default (as Linux obviously does). To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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