Re: Output text color (was dnf list color bad)

2020-07-05 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 03Jul2020 18:59, Beartooth wrote: > That one is the color dnf upgrade uses to list what it proposes to >change. (What it reports while making the changes is fine.) At present it >shows bright chartreuse on pale blue -- which just fuzzes out. While not a general solution, have you looked

Re: Output text color (was dnf list color bad)

2020-07-05 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 7/5/20 12:58 PM, Beartooth wrote: On Sun, 05 Jul 2020 11:43:01 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: [] But this is the wrong file anyway. The configuration for dnf colors is in /etc/dnf/dnf.conf. See "man dnf.conf" for details, see the section under "[MAIN] OPTIONS - COLORS".

Re: Output text color (was dnf list color bad)

2020-07-05 Thread Beartooth
On Sun, 05 Jul 2020 11:43:01 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: [] > But this is the wrong file anyway. The configuration for dnf colors is > in /etc/dnf/dnf.conf. See "man dnf.conf" for details, see the section > under "[MAIN] OPTIONS - COLORS". Well, as /etc/dnf/dnf.conf I see only

Re: Output text color (was dnf list color bad)

2020-07-05 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 7/5/20 10:52 AM, Beartooth wrote: On Sun, 05 Jul 2020 12:59:10 -0400, Todd Zullinger wrote: [] I'm pretty sure those are in /etc, not /etc/dnf. If they're in the latter, can you confirm that and check what package provides them (rpm -qf /etc/dnf/DIR_COLORS*)? I don't see

Re: Output text color (was dnf list color bad)

2020-07-05 Thread Beartooth
On Sun, 05 Jul 2020 12:59:10 -0400, Todd Zullinger wrote: [] > I'm pretty sure those are in /etc, not /etc/dnf. If they're in the > latter, can you confirm that and check what package provides them (rpm > -qf /etc/dnf/DIR_COLORS*)? I don't see anything providing them.

Re: Output text color (was dnf list color bad)

2020-07-05 Thread Todd Zullinger
Beartooth wrote: > On Fri, 03 Jul 2020 12:02:40 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: >> On 7/3/20 11:59 AM, Beartooth wrote: >>> That one is the color dnf upgrade uses to list what it proposes to >>> change. (What it reports while making the changes is fine.) At present >>> it shows bright chartreuse on

Re: Output text color (was dnf list color bad)

2020-07-05 Thread Beartooth
On Fri, 03 Jul 2020 12:02:40 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 7/3/20 11:59 AM, Beartooth wrote: >> IF (big if) I understand aright, the answer is that there are >> various colors in command output, such as ls making folders differ from >> files; all are fine except one. >> >> That one is

Re: Output text color (was dnf list color bad)

2020-07-03 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 7/3/20 11:59 AM, Beartooth wrote: IF (big if) I understand aright, the answer is that there are various colors in command output, such as ls making folders differ from files; all are fine except one. That one is the color dnf upgrade uses to list what it proposes to change.

Re: Output text color (was dnf list color bad)

2020-07-03 Thread Beartooth
On Thu, 02 Jul 2020 22:42:47 -0400, Todd Zullinger wrote: > Samuel Sieb wrote: >> On 7/2/20 5:05 PM, Todd Zullinger wrote: >>> Assuming I'm reading the request right, this part specifically is >>> about adjusting the coloring in the terminal; making the commands >>> which are input a different

Re: Output text color (was dnf list color bad)

2020-07-02 Thread Todd Zullinger
Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 7/2/20 5:05 PM, Todd Zullinger wrote: >> Assuming I'm reading the request right, this part >> specifically is about adjusting the coloring in the >> terminal; making the commands which are input a different >> color than the output. > > My understanding was that the

Re: Output text color (was dnf list color bad)

2020-07-02 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 7/2/20 5:05 PM, Todd Zullinger wrote: Samuel Sieb wrote: On 7/2/20 1:00 PM, Beartooth wrote: Might we (pretty please!) get one more choice on the screen for choosing colors? It could be labelled "output" and work just like text, background, and (optionally) bold; or it could use the

Re: Output text color (was dnf list color bad)

2020-07-02 Thread Todd Zullinger
Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 7/2/20 1:00 PM, Beartooth wrote: >> Might we (pretty please!) get one more choice on the screen for >> choosing colors? It could be labelled "output" and work just like text, >> background, and (optionally) bold; or it could use the bold color by >> default. > > The

Re: Output text color (was dnf list color bad)

2020-07-02 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 7/2/20 1:00 PM, Beartooth wrote: Until F32, when I entered a command on such a terminal tab, its output came in the same color as what I had typed. Now it differs, and that is fine. But the default is unreadable against my background. Do all programs have the same color? The

Output text color (was dnf list color bad)

2020-07-02 Thread Beartooth
Back on April 23, I started a thread on the color of dnf's output, which petered out without reaching any conclusion. I let it age. Having now gone back and re-examined the problem, I'd like to start over, and maybe do better. Part of the problem, and one of the things I

Re: dnf list color bad

2020-04-28 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 4/28/20 12:35 PM, Beartooth wrote: On Tue, 28 Apr 2020 10:06:24 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 4/28/20 9:14 AM, Beartooth wrote: On Mon, 27 Apr 2020 14:12:49 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: On Thu, 23 Apr 2020 20:43:36 +0200, Łukasz Posadowski wrote: Try: dnf --color=never install

Re: dnf list color bad

2020-04-28 Thread Beartooth
On Tue, 28 Apr 2020 10:06:24 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 4/28/20 9:14 AM, Beartooth wrote: >> On Mon, 27 Apr 2020 14:12:49 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: >> On Thu, 23 Apr 2020 20:43:36 +0200, Łukasz Posadowski wrote: > Try: > dnf --color=never install python3-pygame

Re: dnf list color bad

2020-04-28 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 4/28/20 9:14 AM, Beartooth wrote: On Mon, 27 Apr 2020 14:12:49 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: On Thu, 23 Apr 2020 20:43:36 +0200, Łukasz Posadowski wrote: Try: dnf --color=never install python3-pygame I tried it, on all four machines. No joy. I rebooted them, and did another upgrade.

Re: dnf list color bad

2020-04-28 Thread Beartooth
On Mon, 27 Apr 2020 14:12:49 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: >> On Thu, 23 Apr 2020 20:43:36 +0200, Łukasz Posadowski wrote: >> >>> Try: >>> dnf --color=never install python3-pygame >> >> I tried it, on all four machines. No joy. I rebooted them, and >> did another upgrade. Still no joy. I even

Re: dnf list color bad

2020-04-27 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 4/27/20 1:42 PM, Beartooth wrote: On Thu, 23 Apr 2020 20:43:36 +0200, Łukasz Posadowski wrote: Try: dnf --color=never install python3-pygame I tried it, on all four machines. No joy. I rebooted them, and did another upgrade. Still no joy. I even tried "eval dnf" on one (Wow!), but

Re: dnf list color bad

2020-04-27 Thread Beartooth
On Thu, 23 Apr 2020 20:43:36 +0200, Łukasz Posadowski wrote: > Try: > dnf --color=never install python3-pygame I tried it, on all four machines. No joy. I rebooted them, and did another upgrade. Still no joy. I even tried "eval dnf" on one (Wow!), but that didn't help, either. :-{

Re: dnf list color bad

2020-04-23 Thread Bill Shirley
Have a look at /etc/DIR_COLORS which defines the colors for files/directories for the 'ls' command: # Attribute codes: # 00=none 01=bold 04=underscore 05=blink 07=reverse 08=concealed # Text color codes: # 30=black 31=red 32=green 33=yellow 34=blue 35=magenta 36=cyan 37=white # Background color

Re: dnf list color bad

2020-04-23 Thread Joe Zeff
On 04/23/2020 02:40 PM, Jon LaBadie wrote: Have you tried "dircolors -p" ? Until you asked, I'd never heard of it. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code

Re: dnf list color bad

2020-04-23 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 12:51:20PM -0600, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 04/23/2020 12:37 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: > > Apparently you have the same version of dnf I have. I utterly > > despise "helpful" colors, especially since all the people who > > pick them assume you have a white background in your

Re: dnf list color bad

2020-04-23 Thread Joe Zeff
On 04/23/2020 12:51 PM, Beartooth wrote: Actually, I use various pastel colors that're supposed to be easy on the eyes -- and color-code the tabs on my terminal so that I have an extra assurance against doing something in the wrong place. But*I* choose the colors for both background

Re: dnf list color bad

2020-04-23 Thread Tom Horsley
On Thu, 23 Apr 2020 12:51:20 -0600 Joe Zeff wrote: > One of the first things I do on any installation is remove the "helpful" > alias making color ls the default. Not because I hate the colors but > because none of the documentation tells you which color means what. If only there were a

Re: dnf list color bad

2020-04-23 Thread Beartooth
On Thu, 23 Apr 2020 14:37:41 -0400, Tom Horsley wrote: > On Thu, 23 Apr 2020 18:11:22 - (UTC) > Beartooth wrote: > >> Today all of a sudden on all four machines on my desk, the list >> that dnf gives me of what it proposes to do is an unreadable chartreuse >> color. Could this be

Re: dnf list color bad

2020-04-23 Thread Joe Zeff
On 04/23/2020 12:37 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: Apparently you have the same version of dnf I have. I utterly despise "helpful" colors, especially since all the people who pick them assume you have a white background in your terminal Then you can't read them at all with a dark background. One of

Re: dnf list color bad

2020-04-23 Thread Łukasz Posadowski
Thu, 23 Apr 2020 18:11:22 + Beartooth : > > I'm running F31 Mate. > > Today all of a sudden on all four machines on my desk, the > list that dnf gives me of what it proposes to do is an unreadable > chartreuse color. Could this be something I've done?? How do I fix it? Try: dnf

Re: dnf list color bad

2020-04-23 Thread Tom Horsley
On Thu, 23 Apr 2020 18:11:22 - (UTC) Beartooth wrote: > Today all of a sudden on all four machines on my desk, the list > that dnf gives me of what it proposes to do is an unreadable chartreuse > color. Could this be something I've done?? How do I fix it? Fortunately the dnf.conf man

Re: dnf list color bad

2020-04-23 Thread Tom Horsley
On Thu, 23 Apr 2020 18:11:22 - (UTC) Beartooth wrote: > Today all of a sudden on all four machines on my desk, the list > that dnf gives me of what it proposes to do is an unreadable chartreuse > color. Could this be something I've done?? How do I fix it? Apparently you have the same

dnf list color bad

2020-04-23 Thread Beartooth
I'm running F31 Mate. Today all of a sudden on all four machines on my desk, the list that dnf gives me of what it proposes to do is an unreadable chartreuse color. Could this be something I've done?? How do I fix it? -- Beartooth Staffwright, Not Quite Clueless Power User