From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1HZ2nO-0002Sv-6U for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 04 Apr 2007 10:32:54 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l34AVcFV020875; Wed, 4 Apr 2007 10:31:38 GMT Received: from Smtp.neuf.fr (sp604001mt.neufgp.fr [84.96.92.60]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l34ARD4s016076 for ; Wed, 4 Apr 2007 10:27:15 GMT Received: from boost-ed.is-a-geek.net ([80.119.100.157]) by sp604001mt.gpm.neuf.ld (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-5.05 (built Feb 16 2006)) with ESMTP id <0JFY00A8HYD2XK01@sp604001mt.gpm.neuf.ld> for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 04 Apr 2007 12:27:02 +0200 (CEST) Received: by boost-ed.is-a-geek.net (Postfix, from userid 81) id 06E1E9130A6; Wed, 04 Apr 2007 12:27:02 +0200 (CEST) Received: from 212.23.162.37 (SquirrelMail authenticated user xals) by webmail.lahouze.org with HTTP; Wed, 04 Apr 2007 12:27:02 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2007 12:27:02 +0200 (CEST) From: Alexis Lahouze Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Why are gentoo people so in love with colorized output?!? In-reply-to: To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Message-id: <33173.212.23.162.37.1175682422.squirrel@webmail.lahouze.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 References: <20070404041739.GA15293@crowfix.com> <200704040629.50315.bo.andresen@zlin.dk> <20070404051306.GA18520@crowfix.com> <200704040736.53695.bo.andresen@zlin.dk> <20070404073245.GA29113@crowfix.com> User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.5.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by robin.gentoo.org id l34AVcFj020875 X-Archives-Salt: fda75d6f-62a1-4059-9e2d-156272b70b7e X-Archives-Hash: 3eff70370b8e8146d9fc0787e07d0fea -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Andrey Gerasimenko a =E9crit : > On Wed, 04 Apr 2007 11:32:45 +0400, wrote: > > >> On Wed, Apr 04, 2007 at 07:36:49AM +0200, Bo ?rsted Andresen wrote: [snip] >> >> The UNIX standard for ages has been simple text output. Why must >> gentoo add trendy colors which change every time some eye candy fanati= c >> gets a bug up his butt to change colors when he gets bored with the ol= d >> 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... [snip] - -- Alexis Lahouze - xals@lahouze.org Gradignan (Bordeaux) - France - Terre cl=E9 pgp : 0x7729E023 (subkeys.pgp.net) fingerprint : 43F9 589F CDF7 7A21 A43E 048D A45E E8CA 7729 E023 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGE311pF7oyncp4CMRAsAlAJ4rNXgC6p5IpecRovROCHpgX/PSowCgmSZR KB8zciGrhTh+ceHr4t2gq1g=3D =3DE4Sc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=20 gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list