David L Norris wrote:
On Sat, 2004-09-25 at 07:29 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote:
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
xterm color (defaults to light background, dark foreground): /etc/DIR_COLORS.xterm
console color (defaults to dark background, light foreground): /etc/DIR_COLORS
In gnome-terminal I use green text on a black background. So I simply copy /etc/DIR_COLORS to ~/.dir_colors and then edit from there.
You can also copy DIR_COLORS to ~/.dir_colors.xterm or any other valid value of $TERM. (e.g. FC3 I think uses a "gnome" terminal type for gnome-terminal.)
Thanks Dave, that's exactly what I needed to know, I simply changed /etc/DIR_COLORS.xterm to highlight the blue directory listings with yellow and I can read them at long last.
I did not know that /etc/DIR_COLORS.xterm existed!
Thanks.
Bob Goodwin Zuni, Virginia
