On Sat, 2004-09-25 at 06:29, Bob Goodwin wrote: > Michael Schwendt wrote: > > >On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 05:14:26 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: > > > > > > > >>How can I eliminate color in "ls" listings? > >> > >>In .bashrc can add alias ls='ls --color=never' > >> > >>But this does not change the listing in the gui terminal window. > >> > >>There must be a place to "alias" ls for something like ls -l --si > >>--color=never ? > >> > >> > > > >I type \ls instead of ls when I don't want the colours. > > > > > > > Ok "\ls" works, I thank you for that ... > > How can I change the colors? The problem is that the Blue > directory > listings are very difficult to read and as a result I have > been changing > the xterm fg and bg settings in an attempt to improve things > without > much improvement. If I make the bg white [set to gray now] > then I can't > read some of the yellow text in the man pages. The colors > are helpful > but I need to change them a little. What I really need to > know is what > file contains the color settings? I have been unable to find > that. > > Thanks for the help. > > Bob Goodwin Zuni, Virginia > I have my term background set to yellow and it makes the blue text stand out clearly.