On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 5:13 PM, C. Falconer <[email protected]>wrote:

>  Nick Rout wrote, On 04/01/13 11:32:
>
> I have been cursing and swearing at my laptop for about 45 minutes here,
> wondering why when I grep multiple files the filename is not given in the
> answer (as should be the default when grepping multiple files). It didn't
> seem to matter if I added -H or any other tricks from man grep. Google
> didn't help.
> Then I altered the viewing angle slightly and noticed that the filenames
> were being reported back, in a purple that is very close the to the black
> background in my xterm.
> D'oh!
>
>
> Crikey.... If only you hadn't given in to the siren call of pretty
> colours...  Black and white is all you really need.
>
>
I didn't, the mint/ubuntu developers did!


> None of this newfangly *bold* either...   If it is worth emphasising you
> use *punctuation*
>
>
>
> --
> Old fart Criggie
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