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

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

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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