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From: me@tartufo.pcs.com (Michael Elbel)
Subject: Re: Linux vs *BSD (new twist)
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Organization: PCS Computer Systeme GmbH
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 1994 14:07:38 GMT
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In <2spm91$1b2@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> peter@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM (Peter da Silva) writes:

>The difference is that "ls -F" doesn't mean "ls" has to suck in termlib.
>Sometimes extra features are a bad idea, when they lead to code bloat. So
>far Linux itself seems to have avoided this common GNU disease (at least
>when compared with commercial UNIX), but with this sort of attitude it's
>not going to last.

Does it? I'm pretty sure, it doesn't. I distinctively remember that the
/etc/DIRCOLORS file holds the actual escape sequences to use. I had
to start supporting the ANSI color sequences on the lean'n'mean 
emu emulation for Emu.

Michael
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Michael Elbel, Digital-PCS GmbH, Muenchen, Germany - me@pcs.com
Fermentation fault (coors dumped)