On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 04:24:42PM -0500, Christopher J. Bottaro wrote: > thanks for the reply, but... > > Aaron Schlaegel wrote: > > cp /etc/DIR_COLORS ~/.dircolors > > > > This will make all terminals use the bright colors that stand out on a > > dark background. > > this didn't seem to do anything. also, is there a way to make it use bright > colors globally and not just per user? > > thanks again. Look at the contents of the file: 1. the files in /etc are the global ones. 2. There is documentation in the file of how to change the colors and change their brightness. -- ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University One Trinity Place. San Antonio, TX 78212-7200 telephone: (210)-999-7484 email:akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx