Re: [gentoo-user] Why are gentoo people so in love with colorized output?!?

[Alexis Lahouze <xals@lahouze.org>]

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Andrey Gerasimenko a écrit :
> On Wed, 04 Apr 2007 11:32:45 +0400, <felix@crowfix.com> wrote:
>
>
>> On Wed, Apr 04, 2007 at 07:36:49AM +0200, Bo ?rsted Andresen wrote:
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>> The UNIX standard for ages has been simple text output.  Why must
>> gentoo add trendy colors which change every time some eye candy fanatic
>> gets a bug up his butt to change colors when he gets bored with the old
>> fashioned colors?  the default ought to be colors OFF and you have to
>> ask to get them.
>>
>
> If I remember correctly, ls already had colored output when I first saw
> linux in 1997. I also do not understand how the console managed to get the
>  ability to display colors if it was in violation of the standard. Each
> portage color has a meaning, and i find it handy to know which lines to
> read and which not to.
ls, by default, does not display colors (please stop me if I'm wrong)
ls command is an alias to ls --color (which is defined in the
bash.profile, I think, or any file in /etc/env.d)

Maybe anyone need no colored output by default and an alias for those who
want colored output?

I have the problem with my eix-sync cron job, I don't know how to disable
the garbage generated by colored output...

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