Re: ls -G seems to depend on TERM=xterm-color

2000-07-04 Thread John Baldwin
On 03-Jul-00 Doug Barton wrote: Brian Fundakowski Feldman wrote: On Sun, 2 Jul 2000, Sean Lutner wrote: I'm experiencing the same thing. ls --color doesn't seem to work for me unless like Doug, I set TERM=xterm-color. That's because the "color" escape sequences are defined for

Re: ls -G seems to depend on TERM=xterm-color

2000-07-04 Thread Sean Lutner
On Mon, 3 Jul 2000, John Baldwin wrote: On 03-Jul-00 Doug Barton wrote: Brian Fundakowski Feldman wrote: On Sun, 2 Jul 2000, Sean Lutner wrote: I'm experiencing the same thing. ls --color doesn't seem to work for me unless like Doug, I set TERM=xterm-color. That's

Re: ls -G seems to depend on TERM=xterm-color

2000-07-04 Thread Doug Barton
John Baldwin wrote: XTerm*termName: xterm-color Ok, that's a good solution, I was just using .bashrc. My point is not so much why, but that it be properly documented. Do you want to handle the update of the ls man page, or do you want me to PR a patch? Umm, honestly, this

Re: ls -G seems to depend on TERM=xterm-color

2000-07-04 Thread John Baldwin
On 04-Jul-00 Doug Barton wrote: John Baldwin wrote: XTerm*termName: xterm-color Ok, that's a good solution, I was just using .bashrc. My point is not so much why, but that it be properly documented. Do you want to handle the update of the ls man page, or do you want me to PR a

Re: ls -G seems to depend on TERM=xterm-color

2000-07-04 Thread Peter Pentchev
Hmm.. how about adding this XTerm*termname: xterm-color stuff to a default Xresources file in /usr/share/skel/, or to some default Xresources file in the X directory tree itself? (I haven't messed with X resources too much, guess it shows ;) This would break xterms running on monochrome

Re: ls -G seems to depend on TERM=xterm-color

2000-07-04 Thread Doug Barton
John Baldwin wrote: On 04-Jul-00 Doug Barton wrote: John Baldwin wrote: XTerm*termName: xterm-color Ok, that's a good solution, I was just using .bashrc. My point is not so much why, but that it be properly documented. Do you want to handle the update of the ls man

Re: ls -G seems to depend on TERM=xterm-color

2000-07-04 Thread Josef Karthauser
On Tue, Jul 04, 2000 at 04:17:53PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote: So, I've put my time where my mouth is and produced the attached patch for ls.1. I am 100% open to modifications of both style and content, my only request being that someone commit _something_ before 4.1 goes out the door.

ls -G seems to depend on TERM=xterm-color

2000-07-02 Thread Doug Barton
The new improved ncurses version of the color ls stuff doesn't display for me if I am in a "normal" xterm. If I set TERM equal to xterm-color I'm back in business. Is this expected behavior? If so, a note to that effect in the man page would help reduce user confusion. I'll be happy to

Re: ls -G seems to depend on TERM=xterm-color

2000-07-02 Thread Sean Lutner
I'm experiencing the same thing. ls --color doesn't seem to work for me unless like Doug, I set TERM=xterm-color. On Sun, 2 Jul 2000, Doug Barton wrote: The new improved ncurses version of the color ls stuff doesn't display for me if I am in a "normal" xterm. If I set TERM equal to

Re: ls -G seems to depend on TERM=xterm-color

2000-07-02 Thread Brian Fundakowski Feldman
On Sun, 2 Jul 2000, Sean Lutner wrote: I'm experiencing the same thing. ls --color doesn't seem to work for me unless like Doug, I set TERM=xterm-color. That's because the "color" escape sequences are defined for xterm-color in termcap; xterm-color is defined as a superset of xterm (see the