[nycbug-talk] mac os termcap question

[Marc Spitzer]

On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 10:59:33 -0500, Bob Ippolito <bob at redivi.com> wrote:
> 
> On Feb 14, 2005, at 10:39 AM, steve rieger wrote:
> 
> > Bob Ippolito wrote:
> >> On Feb 14, 2005, at 10:06 AM, steve rieger wrote:
> >>> Bob Ippolito wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> In Terminal, go to Preferences. Click on the Declare terminal type
> >>>> ($TERM) pop-up menu to change to vt100 (or whatever).
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> if you keep it on xterm-colour you also might have vi issues,
> >>> (although this does not afect vim)
> >>>
> >>> as stated change it to vt100 works for me no problem
> >> It's a trade-off, of course.  ls -G won't be colored if you are using
> >> vt100.
> >
> > an assuming that we are using a black background with green text, most
> > colours will make it harder to see
> 
> Uh, I guess, but not using colors makes it harder to distinguish
> between types of files.  I use gray on black.

personally I hate color coding, why bother when you have 'ls -F'
anyway and it is portable anywhere.

marc

> 
> -bob
> 
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