Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 12:06:42 +1000 From: Jonathan Michaels <jon@welearn.com.au> 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: <20000531120640.A46527@phoenix.welearn.com.au> In-Reply-To: <200005310105.CAA44640@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org>; from Brian Somers 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, 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.. 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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