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From: dillon@apollo.west.oic.com (Matthew Dillon)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Linux vs *BSD (new twist)
Date: 12 Jun 1994 20:28:17 -0700
Organization: Obvious Implementations Corp
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References: <2sl6o3$pvs@aurora.engr.latech.edu> <2t9jo2$gek@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> <2ta8jr$ii9@nkosi.well.com> <2tg9o5$d06@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM>
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In article <2tg9o5$d06@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> peter@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM (Peter da Silva) writes:
:In article <2ta8jr$ii9@nkosi.well.com>,
:Patrick J. Volkerding <gonzo@magnet.mednet.net> wrote:
:>In article <2t9jo2$gek@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM>,
:>Peter da Silva <peter@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> wrote:
:>>In article <me.771084458@tartufo>,
:>>Michael Elbel <me%dude.pcs.dec.com@inet-gw-2.pa.dec.com> wrote:
:>>>Does it? I'm pretty sure, it doesn't. I distinctively remember that the
:>>>/etc/DIRCOLORS file holds the actual escape sequences to use.
:
:>>What if you have more than one terminal?
:
:>Then you can use $HOME/.dir_colors to override the file in /etc.
:
:How does that help? You log in with a different account on each terminal?
:
:(sorry, I don't see how this could help at all. Seriously. The kludge of
:renaming $HOME/.dir_colors when you log in isn't going to help with concurrent
:logins.)
Since the purpose of having explicit escape codes was to avoid having
to load in termlib, it would seem a reasonable extension to the .dir_colors
file to allow a TERM prefix to the escape codes, thus allowing different
terminal types.
-Matt
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