Re: Re: [PATCH] Fancy rc startup style RFC
They all laughed on Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 13:32 when Mike Meyer said: > In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Sergey Babkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed: > > >From: Bill Vermillion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > has some > > >color vision problem. Mine is a bit more than others. Everytime > > >I get called to work on a Linux system, I have to go in and disable > > >the colors as the reds and other colors become very hard to see > > >against a dark background. The problem is the luminance value of > > >colors such a red is quite low compared to others. > > The problem with Linux colors is that they have been > > designed to be used on the white background which is > > the xterm's default (and which I hate as it's tough > > on my eyes). Since I usually use the black background, > > I disable them too. > > So where do linux's blasted ls colors come from? It prints some file > type as green. Green on white is simply bad news, whether or not you > have vision problems. I always have to go disable them (and some linux > distros make them *hard* to disable). I just checked in on one Linux machine I admin - SuSE 9.2 - and the colors are set with the variable LS_OPTIONS. I've set LS_OPTIONS to '-N --color=none -T 0' And looking at the .bashrc there is also a test for the binary dircolors, and then looks for user files .dir_colors I also notice that as shipped the .bashrc has a comment line that says If LS_COLROS is set but empty the terminal has no colors. It is spelled COLROS not COLORS - but that's just cosmetic and sloppy. Bill -- Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com ___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Re: [PATCH] Fancy rc startup style RFC
"Ang utong ko ay sasabog sa sarap!" exclaimed Sergey Babkin while reading this message on Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 12:18 and then responded with: > >From: Bill Vermillion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > has some > >color vision problem. Mine is a bit more than others. Everytime > >I get called to work on a Linux system, I have to go in and disable > >the colors as the reds and other colors become very hard to see > >against a dark background. The problem is the luminance value of > >colors such a red is quite low compared to others. > The problem with Linux colors is that they have been > designed to be used on the white background which is > the xterm's default (and which I hate as it's tough > on my eyes). Since I usually use the black background, > I disable them too. > When I have time and patience to mess around, I set the > LS_COLORS and such variables to the complementary > bitmasks of what they've been, and that fixes the > problem with contrast on the black background. Well I run in 80x24 text mode almost all the time, and when I need some graphics/web stuff I hit the KVM and move to an XP machine. I use vidcontrol to set my screen /home/bv/.profile:vidcontrol green black /home/bv/.profile:vidcontrol -b blue /home/bv/.profile:vidcontrol -c blink That gives me green on black, with a blue border defining the edge of the screen. With my vision it works very well. I got to something with white on black and I find it too bright to use, except on dying monitors :-) [I've had some clients with really bad server monitors - typically SCO. On those I'd set the white to bright white to make them readable] Bill -- Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com ___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Re: [PATCH] Fancy rc startup style RFC
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Sergey Babkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed: > >From: Bill Vermillion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > has some > >color vision problem. Mine is a bit more than others. Everytime > >I get called to work on a Linux system, I have to go in and disable > >the colors as the reds and other colors become very hard to see > >against a dark background. The problem is the luminance value of > >colors such a red is quite low compared to others. > The problem with Linux colors is that they have been > designed to be used on the white background which is > the xterm's default (and which I hate as it's tough > on my eyes). Since I usually use the black background, > I disable them too. So where do linux's blasted ls colors come from? It prints some file type as green. Green on white is simply bad news, whether or not you have vision problems. I always have to go disable them (and some linux distros make them *hard* to disable). http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent Network/Unix/Perforce consultant, email for more information. ___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Re: [PATCH] Fancy rc startup style RFC
>From: Bill Vermillion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> has some >color vision problem. Mine is a bit more than others. Everytime >I get called to work on a Linux system, I have to go in and disable >the colors as the reds and other colors become very hard to see >against a dark background. The problem is the luminance value of >colors such a red is quite low compared to others. The problem with Linux colors is that they have been designed to be used on the white background which is the xterm's default (and which I hate as it's tough on my eyes). Since I usually use the black background, I disable them too. When I have time and patience to mess around, I set the LS_COLORS and such variables to the complementary bitmasks of what they've been, and that fixes the problem with contrast on the black background. -SB ___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
