Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1999 03:56:42 -0800 From: Brent Kearney <brent@kearneys.ca> To: "Alexey N. Dokuchaev" <danfe@inet.ssc.nsu.ru> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Terminal wars: cons25 vs. linux (don't forget vt100) Message-ID: <19991209035642.B13857@kearneys.ca> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.04.9912091627350.10391-100000@inet.ssc.nsu.ru>; from danfe@inet.ssc.nsu.ru on Thu, Dec 09, 1999 at 04:53:30PM %2B0600 References: <PCEIIOODPEIJJFAGCCEFEEDECCAA.jay@qtm.net> <Pine.LNX.4.04.9912091627350.10391-100000@inet.ssc.nsu.ru>
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On Thu, Dec 09, 1999 at 04:53:30PM +0600, Alexey N. Dokuchaev wrote: > > Now let's take a look at FreeBSD. First of all, no --color option of > ls. Strange.... Ok, moving on. Midnight lacks some functionality > (actually, I've contacted MC main author, and he told me that MC designed > for linux, and there are some code that assumes you're running linux). > Still, I'm not satisfied. Would you be? I don't think so. Not quite. > > Ok, I try telnetting to my FreeBSD box. What?!?! Black and white > midnight? While in Linux everything works? I don't understand it. > Try using screen (/usr/ports/misc). I don't get color in my mail client (mutt) unless I run screen. Aside from just color, it's an extremely useful tool. As for Linux's 'ls', /usr/ports/misc/gnuls. Note though, it doesn't pipe to more properly :\. So keep an alias to the old ls. For Midnight Commander, try using your Esc key instead of control, for those keys that don't seem to work. -Brent To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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