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Riddick · 08-23-2005, 02:25 PM

Hi, I like using "ls" a lot to prble the folder I'm in,
but in slackware the input is not coloured by
default.
Where can I change this setting?

Thanks,
Riddick

objorkum · 08-23-2005, 02:32 PM

Yes it is, but it depends how you launch your terminal.

If the terminal uses /etc/profile, then it should load /etc/DIR_COLORS

For example if you use xterm, you should launch it this way:

xterm -ls

Riddick · 08-23-2005, 02:44 PM

I would be using Konsole and the runlevel 3 interface.
I'll try ?etc?profile and see how it goes, Thanks!

Riddick · 08-23-2005, 02:46 PM

! there isd a line already in there that seems to be doing this already - why is it not being picked up?

LiNuCe · 08-23-2005, 03:31 PM

Quote:

Riddick:: there isd a line already in there that seems to be doing this already - why is it not being picked up?

Which line ? Which file ? What does "isd" mean ? Please, if you want to get useful help, try to give more details as we (I?) can read in your mind !

-- LiNuCe

Riddick · 08-23-2005, 03:39 PM

isd = is - an easy mistake since the letters are close together.
I'll try to write out as much of it as i can:

if ["$SHELL" = "/bin/zsh"];then
eval 'dircolors -z'

and 3 more cases like this (ash -> -s and nothing = -b)

OK?

Any ideas?

LiNuCe · 08-23-2005, 03:47 PM

Ok, just add the following line in your ~/.bashrc file :

Code:

eval `dircolors -b`

If you do not have a ~/.bashrc file, create it.

-- LiNuCe

gbonvehi · 08-23-2005, 03:58 PM

Riddick the colors are loaded by default when /etc/profile is read.
The problem is when terminals do not start as login consoles, they won't read /etc/profile. If i'm not wrong, there's a checkbox on Konsole to tell it to read the startup files, it should be something like Login console.

Poetics · 08-23-2005, 05:30 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by gbonvehi
Riddick the colors are loaded by default when /etc/profile is read.
The problem is when terminals do not start as login consoles, they won't read /etc/profile. If i'm not wrong, there's a checkbox on Konsole to tell it to read the startup files, it should be something like Login console.

This explains why, when using "su -" to root (or to any other user) it will start showing the colors. Very interesting.

What about for fluxbox/blackbox? We don't have handy checkboxes

Edit: See what a long day at work will do to you? You ask silly questions, that's what! .bash_profile or .bashrc of course is the answer

gbonvehi · 08-23-2005, 10:41 PM

Poetics you've command line parameters to run consoles as login consoles, no need for checkbox

As objorkum suggested, xterm -ls is one of them.

You could also use .bash_profile or .bashrc as you said, i think the first one is read only when used login consoles too, but I'm not sure about that, but a quick read at bash man pages will tell..

Poetics · 08-23-2005, 11:07 PM

I threw the above lines into .bash_profile and happened to have .bashrc linked to it. Logged out, back in, ran fluxbox and rxvt ran in all it's colorful glory! Now just to figure out how to set the transpancy and choose my own colors.

But I have a few other matters of import to get to first (you can see the related thread here in the Slack forum)!

satinet · 08-24-2005, 03:47 AM

is it possible to still have the colours when you pipe into 'less' or similar?

Always wondered that......

Riddick · 08-24-2005, 03:27 PM

excellent - thanks!

ghight · 08-25-2005, 12:52 PM

When you open Konsole, go to the sessions menu and click Linux Console. This will read the setup files as requested. Also you could edit the Konsole icon command to simply say 'xterm' instead of the default 'konsole'.