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From: andreas@knobel.gun.de (Andreas Klemm)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Is replacing /bin/sh with bash recommended?
Date: 13 Apr 1996 12:20:58 GMT
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In article <4jh8dp$29g@park.uvsc.edu>,
	Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> writes:
>I'd like the color to be conditional on the "-F" option, actually,
>and have it put out "/" and "*" "@" if there isn't sufficient
>"colorization" capability in the termcap.
>
>Or if you use "-F" and stdout is not a tty.
>
>I find that color draws your eyes to "important" files, even
>when I am not looking for "important" files.  That's the problem
>for me.  It is too effective at its intent when it does not
>match my intent (which, not being a newby, is most of the time).

Ok, as an option would be fine.

>I agree.  It is a good newby feature.  Once you are aware of
>what files are where, though, I find it to be an unncessary
>distraction.  Maybe I just have hyper-acute color vision.

;-)) Maybe such as the ones who created X11 ;-))

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