Re: term colors

2004-03-10 Thread David Purton
On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 06:36:39AM -0500, Tom Allison wrote: > How do you get colors in the term windows? > > My terms (xterm, wterm, any-term really) has always been just Black and > White. > > I've noticed that some other distros have defined a set of colors for > different file types (dir, e

term colors

2004-03-10 Thread Tom Allison
How do you get colors in the term windows? My terms (xterm, wterm, any-term really) has always been just Black and White. I've noticed that some other distros have defined a set of colors for different file types (dir, executable...) and was wondering if there is a set definition of colors. I

Re: Term colors / Logging on ttys ?

2000-08-28 Thread Kai Weber
+ Oliver Schoenknecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Besides I want to put my /var/log/messages- and /var/log/maillog-files > in style of the "tail -f"-command on tty11 and tty12 - also enabled at > boot time - is this possible as well ? If you use potato you should have a look at /etc/syslog.conf. There

Term colors / Logging on ttys ?

2000-08-28 Thread Oliver Schoenknecht
Montag, 28. August 2000 / 09:20 Uhr Hey everyone, instead of the typical gray color of my foreground I want to use a Matrix-green foreground... I know that I can do this with the "setterm -foreground green"-command, but may I enable this at boot time for all virtu

eterm, gnome-term... colors?

1999-11-17 Thread Aaron Solochek
I was trying to decide between using eterms or gnome-terms yesterday, and I guess in the midst of my messing around, I messed something up. it used to be that things like dselect would show up in color within the eterms, however they no longer do. How do I set this stuff up? I am using LSCOLORS a

Re: ergonomics question ($TERM colors)

1999-03-13 Thread Martin Bialasinski
>> "JH" == John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: JH> Seth M. Landsman writes; >> Very few people I've spoken to prefer black on white over white on black. JH> I do. I have lousy vision and I find that black on white lets me JH> cram more stuff on the screen and still read it. I also do. In

Re: ergonomics question ($TERM colors)

1999-03-13 Thread mike shupp
On Fri, 12 Mar 1999, Joey Hess wrote: > mike shupp wrote: > > Amber on black used to be recommended in Olden Times. > > But I'm surprised you find white on black better than black on white. > > The white letters stand out true, but black on white is closer to > > normal reading, and ought to seem

Re: ergonomics question ($TERM colors)

1999-03-13 Thread John Hasler
Seth M. Landsman writes; > Very few people I've spoken to prefer black on white over white on black. I do. I have lousy vision and I find that black on white lets me cram more stuff on the screen and still read it. -- John HaslerThis posting is in the public domain. [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: ergonomics question ($TERM colors)

1999-03-13 Thread Seth M. Landsman
On Fri, Mar 12, 1999 at 06:36:13PM -0800, mike shupp wrote: > On Fri, 12 Mar 1999, Ian Keith Setford wrote: > > > > > Aside from personal preference, does anyone know if a certain combination > > of colors is better to stare at than others? I can guess, from my own > > experience, that white tex

Re: ergonomics question ($TERM colors)

1999-03-13 Thread Joey Hess
mike shupp wrote: > Amber on black used to be recommended in Olden Times. > But I'm surprised you find white on black better than black on white. > The white letters stand out true, but black on white is closer to > normal reading, and ought to seem less obtrusive. Normal paper doesn't glow in t

Re: ergonomics question ($TERM colors)

1999-03-13 Thread mike shupp
On Fri, 12 Mar 1999, Ian Keith Setford wrote: > > Aside from personal preference, does anyone know if a certain combination > of colors is better to stare at than others? I can guess, from my own > experience, that white text on a black background is better than black on > white. Does anybody h

Re: ergonomics question ($TERM colors)

1999-03-12 Thread Bruce Sass
I recall hearing that dark text on a light background was best in most situations... easier on the eyes when you are going back and forth between printed and displayed texts. dark gray on light gray is better than black on white, IMO. -- On Fri, 12 Mar 1999, Ian Keith Setford wrote: > Aside fro

Re: ergonomics question ($TERM colors)

1999-03-12 Thread Odin
On Fri, 12 Mar 1999, Ian Keith Setford wrote: > Aside from personal preference, does anyone know if a certain combination > of colors is better to stare at than others? I can guess, from my own > experience, that white text on a black background is better than black on > white. Does anybody have

ergonomics question ($TERM colors)

1999-03-12 Thread Ian Keith Setford
Aside from personal preference, does anyone know if a certain combination of colors is better to stare at than others? I can guess, from my own experience, that white text on a black background is better than black on white. Does anybody have any input on this? I would like to use the one that i