[gentoo-user] eix and bad colors.

[gentoo-user] eix and bad colors.

[Dale]

Howdy,

I was using eix a bit ago and I noticed the colors have changed.  Since
I like to have white text and a black background, this is not working to
well for me.  It seems some of the output is black text.  Put black text
on a black background and I have missing text, usually the very thing I
am looking for.  I have looked for a config somewhere in /etc but can't
find where this is set.  I found where other colors are set but not for
eix. 

Anyone have a hint as to where this is set or is it hard coded into eix? 

Thanks much.

Dale

:-)  :-) 

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Re: [gentoo-user] eix and bad colors.

[Helmut Jarausch]

On 12/07/2012 12:01:29 PM, Dale wrote:
> Howdy,
> 
> I was using eix a bit ago and I noticed the colors have changed.   
> Since
> I like to have white text and a black background, this is not working  
> to
> well for me.  It seems some of the output is black text.  Put black  
> text
> on a black background and I have missing text, usually the very thing  
> I
> am looking for.  I have looked for a config somewhere in /etc but  
> can't
> find where this is set.  I found where other colors are set but not  
> for
> eix.
> 
> Anyone have a hint as to where this is set or is it hard coded into  
> eix?

There is a long thread on
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=438076

I have switched to eix-99999999 which enables customization of the  
colors.

I like black text on a light yellow background. Here is my   .eixrc

# BOOLEAN
# This variable is only used for delayed substitution in  
COLORSCHEME{,_ALT}.
# If true, the "dark" color schemes (for black background) are selected.
DARK="false"

# STRING
# If TERM_ALT does not match, this chooses the corresponding color of
# color specifications (starting from 0).
COLORSCHEME="%{?DARK}0%{else}2%{}"

# STRING
# If TERM_ALT matches, this chooses the corresponding color of
# color specifications (starting from 0).
COLORSCHEME_ALT="%{?DARK}1%{else}3%{}"


Helmut.

Re: [gentoo-user] eix and bad colors.

[Alan McKinnon]

On Fri, 07 Dec 2012 05:01:29 -0600
Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:

> Howdy,
> 
> I was using eix a bit ago and I noticed the colors have changed.
> Since I like to have white text and a black background, this is not
> working to well for me.  It seems some of the output is black text.
> Put black text on a black background and I have missing text, usually
> the very thing I am looking for.  I have looked for a config
> somewhere in /etc but can't find where this is set.  I found where
> other colors are set but not for eix. 
> 
> Anyone have a hint as to where this is set or is it hard coded into
> eix? 
> 
> Thanks much.
> 
> Dale
> 
> :-)  :-) 
> 

I usually try to avoid reading the eix man page if at all possible (an
object lesson in how to overwhelm users with waaaaaaaaay too much
stuff), bit in this case I had to scan it quickly :-)

It looks like the default color scheme changed, and you specify the one
you want in ~/.eixrc. More specifically, you use the COLORSCHEME
directive.

If you wanna know more, I'm afraid you are going to have to read man
eix yourself for reasons noted above :-)



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Re: [gentoo-user] eix and bad colors.

[Dale]

Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On Fri, 07 Dec 2012 05:01:29 -0600
> Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Howdy,
>>
>> I was using eix a bit ago and I noticed the colors have changed.
>> Since I like to have white text and a black background, this is not
>> working to well for me.  It seems some of the output is black text.
>> Put black text on a black background and I have missing text, usually
>> the very thing I am looking for.  I have looked for a config
>> somewhere in /etc but can't find where this is set.  I found where
>> other colors are set but not for eix. 
>>
>> Anyone have a hint as to where this is set or is it hard coded into
>> eix? 
>>
>> Thanks much.
>>
>> Dale
>>
>> :-)  :-) 
>>
> I usually try to avoid reading the eix man page if at all possible (an
> object lesson in how to overwhelm users with waaaaaaaaay too much
> stuff), bit in this case I had to scan it quickly :-)
>
> It looks like the default color scheme changed, and you specify the one
> you want in ~/.eixrc. More specifically, you use the COLORSCHEME
> directive.
>
> If you wanna know more, I'm afraid you are going to have to read man
> eix yourself for reasons noted above :-)
>
>
>

Holy moley.  It may take me a day or two to figure all that out.  In the
meantime, I'm using the -n option.  lol  I may even add that to the
alias for a while.  Good gracious what a can of worms.

Thanks for jumping into the man page for me.  I looked every but there. 

Dale

:-)  :-) 

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Re: [gentoo-user] eix and bad colors.

[Dale]

Helmut Jarausch wrote:
> On 12/07/2012 12:01:29 PM, Dale wrote:
>> Howdy,
>>
>> I was using eix a bit ago and I noticed the colors have changed.  Since
>> I like to have white text and a black background, this is not working to
>> well for me.  It seems some of the output is black text.  Put black text
>> on a black background and I have missing text, usually the very thing I
>> am looking for.  I have looked for a config somewhere in /etc but can't
>> find where this is set.  I found where other colors are set but not for
>> eix.
>>
>> Anyone have a hint as to where this is set or is it hard coded into eix?
>
> There is a long thread on
> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=438076
>
> I have switched to eix-99999999 which enables customization of the
> colors.
>
> I like black text on a light yellow background. Here is my   .eixrc
>
> # BOOLEAN
> # This variable is only used for delayed substitution in
> COLORSCHEME{,_ALT}.
> # If true, the "dark" color schemes (for black background) are selected.
> DARK="false"
>
> # STRING
> # If TERM_ALT does not match, this chooses the corresponding color of
> # color specifications (starting from 0).
> COLORSCHEME="%{?DARK}0%{else}2%{}"
>
> # STRING
> # If TERM_ALT matches, this chooses the corresponding color of
> # color specifications (starting from 0).
> COLORSCHEME_ALT="%{?DARK}1%{else}3%{}"
>
>
> Helmut.
>
>
>

I'm going to give this a try.  Man, I hope this works.  This could make
me bald.  o_O

Dale

:-)  :-) 

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Re: [gentoo-user] eix and bad colors.

[Mark Knecht]

On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 3:01 AM, Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> I was using eix a bit ago and I noticed the colors have changed.  Since
> I like to have white text and a black background, this is not working to
> well for me.  It seems some of the output is black text.  Put black text
> on a black background and I have missing text, usually the very thing I
> am looking for.  I have looked for a config somewhere in /etc but can't
> find where this is set.  I found where other colors are set but not for
> eix.
>
> Anyone have a hint as to where this is set or is it hard coded into eix?
>
> Thanks much.
>
> Dale

Dale,
   If you (or someone else)  finds a nice concise setting for
terminals that are black background, white text, I hope you'll post if
back. I'm not going to have time to look at this right now but like
you hate the way black on black text is looking! ;-)

Cheers,
Mark

Re: [gentoo-user] eix and bad colors.

[Volker Armin Hemmann]

Am Freitag, 7. Dezember 2012, 13:52:03 schrieb Mark Knecht:
> On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 3:01 AM, Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Howdy,
> > 
> > I was using eix a bit ago and I noticed the colors have changed.  Since
> > I like to have white text and a black background, this is not working to
> > well for me.  It seems some of the output is black text.  Put black text
> > on a black background and I have missing text, usually the very thing I
> > am looking for.  I have looked for a config somewhere in /etc but can't
> > find where this is set.  I found where other colors are set but not for
> > eix.
> > 
> > Anyone have a hint as to where this is set or is it hard coded into eix?
> > 
> > Thanks much.
> > 
> > Dale
> 
> Dale,
>    If you (or someone else)  finds a nice concise setting for
> terminals that are black background, white text, I hope you'll post if
> back. I'm not going to have time to look at this right now but like
> you hate the way black on black text is looking! ;-)

is there really black-on-black? I saw dark grey on black, but I did not miss 
anything obvious... hm.. so when does it show/uses black-on-black?
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Re: [gentoo-user] eix and bad colors.

[Randolph Maaßen]

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2012/12/7 Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@googlemail.com>

> Am Freitag, 7. Dezember 2012, 13:52:03 schrieb Mark Knecht:
> > On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 3:01 AM, Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Howdy,
> > >
> > > I was using eix a bit ago and I noticed the colors have changed.  Since
> > > I like to have white text and a black background, this is not working
> to
> > > well for me.  It seems some of the output is black text.  Put black
> text
> > > on a black background and I have missing text, usually the very thing I
> > > am looking for.  I have looked for a config somewhere in /etc but can't
> > > find where this is set.  I found where other colors are set but not for
> > > eix.
> > >
> > > Anyone have a hint as to where this is set or is it hard coded into
> eix?
> > >
> > > Thanks much.
> > >
> > > Dale
> >
> > Dale,
> >    If you (or someone else)  finds a nice concise setting for
> > terminals that are black background, white text, I hope you'll post if
> > back. I'm not going to have time to look at this right now but like
> > you hate the way black on black text is looking! ;-)
>
> is there really black-on-black? I saw dark grey on black, but I did not
> miss
> anything obvious... hm.. so when does it show/uses black-on-black?
> --
> #163933
>
>
I had the sameproblem acouple of days ago. I was wondering why I could not
read the package names. then I found out it was black on black and the text
of the names were realy there

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Re: [gentoo-user] eix and bad colors.

[Dale]

Mark Knecht wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 3:01 AM, Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Howdy,
>>
>> I was using eix a bit ago and I noticed the colors have changed.  Since
>> I like to have white text and a black background, this is not working to
>> well for me.  It seems some of the output is black text.  Put black text
>> on a black background and I have missing text, usually the very thing I
>> am looking for.  I have looked for a config somewhere in /etc but can't
>> find where this is set.  I found where other colors are set but not for
>> eix.
>>
>> Anyone have a hint as to where this is set or is it hard coded into eix?
>>
>> Thanks much.
>>
>> Dale
> Dale,
>    If you (or someone else)  finds a nice concise setting for
> terminals that are black background, white text, I hope you'll post if
> back. I'm not going to have time to look at this right now but like
> you hate the way black on black text is looking! ;-)
>
> Cheers,
> Mark
>
>

Well, I'm sort of tied up at the moment.  In the process of picking out
a rifle.  I can only afford to do this once for a good long while so I
got to pick a good one.  Anyway, I tried the settings Helmut posted, it
didn't work.  I think the version I have installed doesn't allow that so
I may have to upgrade it to test.  I also took a look at the eix man
page.  I went like this:  O_O  I also CC'd myself on the bug and the dev
is working on it like a bee making honey.  I think he is about to revert
back to the old way since it is causing him grief.  If he does, then we
will be happy and someone else can cry over the spilt milk.  lol 

If I figure out something or Helmut's config works, I'll post back. 

Dale

:-)  :-) 

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Re: [gentoo-user] eix and bad colors.

[Kevin Brandstatter]

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I've had the same problem.
it seems setting DARK=true in .eixrc fixes the problem of the almost black
on black background for me

-Kevin


On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 5:26 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:

> Mark Knecht wrote:
> > On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 3:01 AM, Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Howdy,
> >>
> >> I was using eix a bit ago and I noticed the colors have changed.  Since
> >> I like to have white text and a black background, this is not working to
> >> well for me.  It seems some of the output is black text.  Put black text
> >> on a black background and I have missing text, usually the very thing I
> >> am looking for.  I have looked for a config somewhere in /etc but can't
> >> find where this is set.  I found where other colors are set but not for
> >> eix.
> >>
> >> Anyone have a hint as to where this is set or is it hard coded into eix?
> >>
> >> Thanks much.
> >>
> >> Dale
> > Dale,
> >    If you (or someone else)  finds a nice concise setting for
> > terminals that are black background, white text, I hope you'll post if
> > back. I'm not going to have time to look at this right now but like
> > you hate the way black on black text is looking! ;-)
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Mark
> >
> >
>
> Well, I'm sort of tied up at the moment.  In the process of picking out
> a rifle.  I can only afford to do this once for a good long while so I
> got to pick a good one.  Anyway, I tried the settings Helmut posted, it
> didn't work.  I think the version I have installed doesn't allow that so
> I may have to upgrade it to test.  I also took a look at the eix man
> page.  I went like this:  O_O  I also CC'd myself on the bug and the dev
> is working on it like a bee making honey.  I think he is about to revert
> back to the old way since it is causing him grief.  If he does, then we
> will be happy and someone else can cry over the spilt milk.  lol
>
> If I figure out something or Helmut's config works, I'll post back.
>
> Dale
>
> :-)  :-)
>
> --
> I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or
> how you interpreted my words!
>
>
>

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Re: [gentoo-user] eix and bad colors.

[Dale]

Kevin Brandstatter wrote:
> I've had the same problem.
> it seems setting DARK=true in .eixrc fixes the problem of the almost
> black on black background for me
>
> -Kevin 
>

Oh thank you so much.  That worked like a charm.  For those needing a
example, here you go.  In my /root directory I put this .eixrc file:

# BOOLEAN
# This variable is only used for delayed substitution in COLORSCHEME{,_ALT}.
# If true, the "dark" color schemes (for black background) are selected.
DARK=true

# STRING
# If TERM_ALT does not match, this chooses the corresponding color of
# color specifications (starting from 0).
COLORSCHEME="%{?DARK}0%{else}2%{}"

# STRING
# If TERM_ALT matches, this chooses the corresponding color of
# color specifications (starting from 0).
COLORSCHEME_ALT="%{?DARK}1%{else}3%{}"


I have my konsole set to a black background and I can see this really
well.  I changed colors just to make sure but everything seems to be
there like it was before the change happened. 

So, copy and paste away. 

Dale

:-)  :-) 

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Re: [gentoo-user] eix and bad colors.

[Philip Webb]

121207 Dale wrote:
> Kevin Brandstatter wrote:
>> it seems setting DARK=true in .eixrc
>> fixes the problem of the almost black on black background for me

I just ran into this problem updating to 0.27.5-r1 & that's the solution.

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Re: [gentoo-user] eix and bad colors.

[Mark Knecht]

On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 9:25 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
<SNIP>
>
> # BOOLEAN
> # This variable is only used for delayed substitution in COLORSCHEME{,_ALT}.
> # If true, the "dark" color schemes (for black background) are selected.
> DARK=true
>
> # STRING
> # If TERM_ALT does not match, this chooses the corresponding color of
> # color specifications (starting from 0).
> COLORSCHEME="%{?DARK}0%{else}2%{}"
>
> # STRING
> # If TERM_ALT matches, this chooses the corresponding color of
> # color specifications (starting from 0).
> COLORSCHEME_ALT="%{?DARK}1%{else}3%{}"
>

Worked nicely. Thanks!

- Mark

Re: [gentoo-user] eix and bad colors.

[Dale]

Mark Knecht wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 9:25 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
> <SNIP>
>> # BOOLEAN
>> # This variable is only used for delayed substitution in COLORSCHEME{,_ALT}.
>> # If true, the "dark" color schemes (for black background) are selected.
>> DARK=true
>>
>> # STRING
>> # If TERM_ALT does not match, this chooses the corresponding color of
>> # color specifications (starting from 0).
>> COLORSCHEME="%{?DARK}0%{else}2%{}"
>>
>> # STRING
>> # If TERM_ALT matches, this chooses the corresponding color of
>> # color specifications (starting from 0).
>> COLORSCHEME_ALT="%{?DARK}1%{else}3%{}"
>>
> Worked nicely. Thanks!
>
> - Mark
>
>

Welcome.  Just remember where you put that.  The dev seems to be
reverting that so it may get overridden or cause some other issue when
we upgrade.  In other words, we may have to take that out when it gets
changed back. 

Dale

:-)  :-) 

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Re: [gentoo-user] eix and bad colors.

[Helmut Jarausch]

On 12/08/2012 12:26:35 AM, Dale wrote:
> If I figure out something or Helmut's config works, I'll post back.
> 

Here is my ebuild app-portage/eix-99999999.ebuild  in my local overlay.
Hopefully it helps,
Helmut.

# Copyright 1999-2012 Gentoo Foundation
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
# $Header: $

EAPI=5

EGIT_REPO_URI="git://git.berlios.de/${PN}"
EGIT_PROJECT="${PN}.git"
[ -n "${EVCS_OFFLINE}" ] || EGIT_REPACK=true
WANT_LIBTOOL=none
PLOCALES="de ru"
inherit autotools bash-completion-r1 eutils git-2 l10n multilib

DESCRIPTION="Search and query ebuilds, portage incl. local settings,  
ext. overlays, version changes, and more"
HOMEPAGE="http://eix.berlios.de"
SRC_URI=""
PROPERTIES="live"

LICENSE="GPL-2"
SLOT="0"
KEYWORDS=""
IUSE="clang debug +dep doc nls optimization security  
strong-optimization sqlite tools zsh-completion"

RDEPEND="app-shells/push
	sqlite? ( >=dev-db/sqlite-3 )
	nls? ( virtual/libintl )"
DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
	clang? ( sys-devel/clang )
	sys-devel/gettext"

pkg_setup() {
	if has_version "<${CATEGORY}/${PN}-0.25.3"; then
		local eixcache="${EROOT}/var/cache/${PN}"
		! test -f "${eixcache}" || rm -f -- "${eixcache}"
	fi
}

src_prepare() {
	epatch_user
	eautopoint
	eautoreconf
}

src_configure() {
	econf $(use_with sqlite) $(use_with doc extra-doc) \
		$(use_with zsh-completion) \
		$(use_enable nls) $(use_enable tools separate-tools) \
		$(use_enable security) $(use_enable optimization) \
		$(use_enable strong-optimization) $(use_enable debug  
debugging) \
		$(use_with prefix always-accept-keywords) \
		$(use_with dep dep-default) \
		$(use_with clang nongnu-cxx clang++) \
		 
--with-ebuild-sh-default="/usr/$(get_libdir)/portage/bin/ebuild.sh" \
		--with-portage-rootpath="${ROOTPATH}" \
		--with-eprefix-default="${EPREFIX}" \
		--docdir="${EPREFIX}/usr/share/doc/${PF}" \
		--htmldir="${EPREFIX}/usr/share/doc/${PF}/html"
}

src_install() {
	default
	dobashcomp bash/eix
	keepdir "/var/cache/${PN}"
	fowners portage:portage "/var/cache/${PN}"
	fperms 775 "/var/cache/${PN}"
}

pkg_postinst() {
	# fowners in src_install doesn't work for owner/group portage:
	# merging changes this owner/group back to root.
	use prefix || chown portage:portage "${EROOT}var/cache/${PN}"
	local obs="${EROOT}var/cache/eix.previous"
	! test -f "${obs}" || ewarn "Found obsolete ${obs}, please  
remove it"
}

Re: [gentoo-user] eix and bad colors.

[Mark Knecht]

On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 3:01 AM, Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> I was using eix a bit ago and I noticed the colors have changed.  Since
> I like to have white text and a black background, this is not working to
> well for me.  It seems some of the output is black text.  Put black text
> on a black background and I have missing text, usually the very thing I
> am looking for.  I have looked for a config somewhere in /etc but can't
> find where this is set.  I found where other colors are set but not for
> eix.
>
> Anyone have a hint as to where this is set or is it hard coded into eix?
>
> Thanks much.
>
> Dale

I think this may be fixed now. I no longer require the proposed edits
to eixrc to get colors on a dark background.

- Mark