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 1HZhnZ-000180-R7 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 06 Apr 2007 06:19:50 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l366IcZ5004859; Fri, 6 Apr 2007 06:18:38 GMT Received: from newton.gmurray.org.uk (newton.gmurray.org.uk [81.2.114.237]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l366EZ9a032726 for ; Fri, 6 Apr 2007 06:14:36 GMT Received: from newton.gmurray.org.uk (graham@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by newton.gmurray.org.uk (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id l366EZqu007231 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 6 Apr 2007 07:14:35 +0100 X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v0.6.2 newton.gmurray.org.uk l366EZqu007231 DKIM-Signature: v=0.5; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=gmurray.org.uk; s=in200703; t=1175840075; bh=teLQlTFA9fXLkdyaiBitOBEI7fLC8TzgrLhgQ8 5yI5Y=; h=Received:X-Authentication-Warning:From:To:Subject: References:X-Hashcash:Date:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:User-Agent: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=qzOgUS7OrUoc+k0kN502DMieQMdjzlNuubXvN TOBSm/RftXxcPxWKpD+aJadmDhRLfbCswjrYBcGgROdo8ivASYUucNqDXpyHBXMq4Sm zvocVeHiqhCPYeRJYbl57eUE9Zp2SsQxiZ7qzCm7/k0TIkdibfBbdSSZebmiY1I+dF0 = Received: (from graham@localhost) by newton.gmurray.org.uk (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id l366EZHT007230; Fri, 6 Apr 2007 07:14:35 +0100 X-Authentication-Warning: newton.gmurray.org.uk: graham set sender to graham@gmurray.org.uk using -f From: Graham Murray To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Why are gentoo people so in love with colorized output?!? References: <20070404041739.GA15293@crowfix.com> <87fy7glkzg.fsf@newton.gmurray.org.uk> <200704040822.13232.bo.andresen@zlin.dk> <200704051807.36759.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <1175838525.24824.7.camel@bunyip.localdomain> X-Hashcash: 1:22:070406:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org::JKvR15M3d/lBi/Ga:000000000000000000000000000000000LstR Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2007 07:14:35 +0100 In-Reply-To: <1175838525.24824.7.camel@bunyip.localdomain> (W. Kenworthy's message of "Fri\, 06 Apr 2007 13\:48\:44 +0800") Message-ID: <87wt0qowqc.fsf@newton.gmurray.org.uk> User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/22.0.97 (gnu/linux) 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=us-ascii X-Archives-Salt: 1332e7b7-1fdc-4964-bdf6-d342682e3f38 X-Archives-Hash: b1553d7aacc73a52fa05d8e061601c5b "W.Kenworthy" writes: > What I would like to know is why less in a console does give colour > syntax highlighting, but does NOT do so in any of the X terminals Ive > tried ... Or why when run in a console the output stays on the screen when you exit less, thus allowing you to refer to it when typing the next command, but in an X terminal it 'collapses' to just the command prompt on exit. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list