Problem changing display color in 'ls'
The real problem is my 72 year old eyes. I have a lot of trouble reading
some of the pre-selected list colors in 'ls'.
I'm running Etch, Bash and Gnome on a Dell OptiPlex. I have a small '.bmp'
file that I use as a place holder in image file groups. 'ls' shows this
file name in green with a white background. Doing 'echo $LS_COLORS' shows
that '.bmp' files should be shown in bold magenta with a white background
(bm on white).
Noting that this could be a problem, I followed the book and ran 'dircolors
-p colors'. I edited the 'colors' file to make '.bmp' files show as bold
black on cyan and then ran 'dircolors colors'. 'echo $LS_COLORS' showed no
change in the '.bmp' entry. 'ls -l' also showed no change.
Next, I ran 'dircolors colors'. This put the actual commands in 'colors'.
I made the changes to the '.bmp' entry, made the file executable and ran
it. Still no change.
I then got into the 'colors' file and cut the first (long) line. I pasted
this line into me command prompt and exrcuted it.
I also ran 'export LS_COLORS'. This DID change 'LS_COLORS' to the value
I wanted, but running 'ls -l' showed still bm on white.
From earlier experience, I know that logging in to Gnome doesn't give you a
true lokin session in Bash. To check this out, I ran 'bash -l' for a true
login session. Repeating all of the above gave identical results.
Again, I respectfully ask for help.
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Re: Problem changing display color in 'ls'
On 2008-02-14 10:11:54 -0600, John Salmon wrote: [...] Noting that this could be a problem, I followed the book and ran 'dircolors -p colors'. I edited the 'colors' file to make '.bmp' files show as bold black on cyan and then ran 'dircolors colors'. 'echo $LS_COLORS' showed no change in the '.bmp' entry. 'ls -l' also showed no change. Yes, dircolors doesn't change anything, and cannot change the parent environment. Next, I ran 'dircolors colors'. This put the actual commands in 'colors'. I made the changes to the '.bmp' entry, made the file executable and ran it. Still no change. Same problem. If you run the file, it will only change its environment, not the environment of your shell (which is the parent environment). You need to *source* the file so that it is interpreted in the environment of your shell. I then got into the 'colors' file and cut the first (long) line. I pasted this line into me command prompt and exrcuted it. I also ran 'export LS_COLORS'. This DID change 'LS_COLORS' to the value I wanted, but running 'ls -l' showed still bm on white. I have no explanations for that. Does something like LS_COLORS='*.bmp=01;35' ls file.bmp (with the values you want) work? -- Vincent Lefèvre [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Web: http://www.vinc17.org/ 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: http://www.vinc17.org/blog/ Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / Arenaire project (LIP, ENS-Lyon) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problem changing display color in 'ls'
John Salmon: The real problem is my 72 year old eyes. I have a lot of trouble reading some of the pre-selected list colors in 'ls'. If you are using some terminal emulator in X, the easiest solution is to change the colors for this terminal. gnome-terminal, xfce4-terminal (which is what I use) and probably Konsole make this very easy. J. -- I spend money without thinking on products and clothes that I believe will enhance my social standing. [Agree] [Disagree] http://www.slowlydownward.com/NODATA/data_enter2.html signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Problem changing display color in 'ls'
John Salmon wrote: The real problem is my 72 year old eyes. I have a lot of trouble reading some of the pre-selected list colors in 'ls'. I'm running Etch, Bash and Gnome on a Dell OptiPlex. I have a small '.bmp' file that I use as a place holder in image file groups. 'ls' shows this file name in green with a white background. Doing 'echo $LS_COLORS' shows that '.bmp' files should be shown in bold magenta with a white background (bm on white). Please check that the file in question does not have the execute bit set. It may be showing up in green because ls thinks it is an executable file. -- Raj Kiran Grandhi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
