On Sat, 3 Feb 1996, Phil Knaack wrote:
> 	Ahh, but then for the i386 port you have to convince the X11 folks
> to start distributing the color_xterm version of xterm in the xfree86
> package rather than the xterm that is there now .. 
> 	It just seems to scream out to me "Feeping Creaturism!"

Actually, I use rxvt, and install my own special version with
nifty features on all my boxes.  :)

> 	Incidentally, does this color 'ls' change its output according to
> pipe versus tty? It seems if you wanted to use the output of 'ls' in a 
> script and your temporary variable contained ANSI escape codes for colors,
> you'd have some pretty funny looking filenames ..

Heh.  Nope.  I've had a few weird problems with this.  I know better
now, and always override the alias before redirecting the output. :)


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