Todd Zullinger wrote:
Bob Goodwin wrote:
Not exactly, echo $TERM responds 'xterm'
And it I do 'xterm' I get a small terminal with black text on white
whereas doing 'xfterm4' produces another XFCE terminal such as I
have now configured to my liking. So it appears there is a
difference with xfce installed?
No. Use whatever terminal you like. I was just trying to find out
whether the terminal you use sets the TERM environment variable to
xterm. It appears that it does, just as gnome-terminal does. That is
important because the bash profile script that sets up colors will
prefer /etc/DIR_COLORS.xterm over /etc/DIR_COLORS. And
/etc/DIR_COLORS.xterm does not use bold colors (that's the primary
difference between it and /etc/DIR_COLORS).
Also I don't find a '~/.dircolors' must I create that?
Yes. I would create it by
$ cp /etc/DIR_COLORS ~/.dircolors
Then, try sourcing the colorls script again:
$ source /etc/profile.d/colorls.sh
And see if that changes the bold colors:
$ ls -A ~/
This is a common change I usually make on my own systems because I
prefer the bold colors on the black background terminals I use. I've
not noticed any problems with this, though presumably there must be
some, else there'd be no reason for the separate defaults to console
and xterm type terminals. As I said before, I thought that this has
something to do with unicode and font capabilities, but I can't recall
where I got that idea from.
I will try as you suggest.
As an aside I think I can see a difference in the white level of this
Dell LCD flat panel and the good old CRTs on either side of it.
Whatever they use for a florescent back light on the LCD is not white
enough to satisfy me although I must admit it works well enough. But
having them side by side, an old worn out 21 inch tube on the left which
takes five minutes to come up, and a 17 inch on the right which is still
in fair condition, the CRTs are whiter, sharpness I'm not qualified to
judge due to my poor eyesight, although I still see well enough to
function normally.
Bob Goodwin
