Re: less and color

2000-01-28 Thread E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)
> > Then ls is sensing its output device and works accordingly? How does it do > that? With the isatty(3) function. HTH, Eric -- E.L. Meijer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Eindhoven Univ. of Technology Lab. for Catalysis and Inorg. Chem. (SKA)

Re: less and color

2000-01-28 Thread Shaul Karl
> On 26/1/2000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >I have setup the ls command to use the display color option using an > >alias. It works fine. Colors are also displayed nicely when piping > >ls stdout to the more command. I want to use less instead of > >more. However, when piping ls stdout to t

Re: less and color

2000-01-28 Thread Rob
My issue with this is that while -- ls --color=always | less -r -- works nicely, -- ls --color=always > file.txt -- does not ( color codes ). I would like to include aliases to 'ls' and 'less' in my login profile to have '--color' and '-r' respectively, but run into the aforementioned proble

Re: less and color

2000-01-27 Thread W. Paul Mills
more handles colors fine. But you must add the --color option to ls when piping if you want colors. less needs the -r option to handle colors. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : I have got the same problem with 'more' and 'less' too. : How did you configure 'ls' for displaying colors when piping to 'm

Re: less and color

2000-01-27 Thread Matus \"fantomas\" Uhlar
-> I have got the same problem with 'more' and 'less' too. -> -> How did you configure 'ls' for displaying colors when piping to 'more' ? -> I have setup the ls command to use the display color option using an -> alias. It works fine. Colors are also displayed nicely when piping -> ls stdout to

Re: less and color

2000-01-27 Thread lorenzo . zampese
I have got the same problem with 'more' and 'less' too. How did you configure 'ls' for displaying colors when piping to 'more' ? Thank you. -- Memo - Header --- To: debian-user@lists.debian.org cc: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 26/01/2

Re: less and color

2000-01-26 Thread Hans Ekbrand
> On 26/1/2000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >I have setup the ls command to use the display color option using an > >alias. It works fine. Colors are also displayed nicely when piping > >ls stdout to the more command. I want to use less instead of > >more. However, when piping ls stdout to t

Re: less and color

2000-01-26 Thread Ethan Benson
On 26/1/2000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have setup the ls command to use the display color option using an alias. It works fine. Colors are also displayed nicely when piping ls stdout to the more command. I want to use less instead of more. However, when piping ls stdout to the less comman