Text 8309, 85 rader
Skriven 2006-12-04 05:36:54 av Maurice Kinal (1:140/13.1)
   Kommentar till text 8308 av WAYNE CHIRNSIDE (1:123/140)
Ärende: Re: colors
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Hey WAYNE!

Dec 03 20:01 06, WAYNE CHIRNSIDE wrote to MAURICE KINAL:

 WC> Meant dircolors. 

Okay.  I was just checking.  I was sure that is what we were talking about.

 WC> Right in the file is says taking it local makes user colors
 WC> modifiable for that user.

True but then you'd have to set up a simular scheme within that user's home
account's .bash*'s files.  You could have a special ~/.DIR_COLORS that gets
called up by ~/.bash_profile (or ~/.bashrc if you prefer) with a 'eval
`dircolors -f ~/.DIR_COLORS`' and that way it would be unique to that user and
you could leave the default alone.  Of course this is all changing and the
newer slackware will be using a script in /etc/profile.d/ for this and they no
longer have an /etc/DIR_COLORS but the result is the same.

 WC> Ran into another /etc file that dictates sytem parameters globally,
 WC> sysconfig or some such, kept notes.

I've seen that as a directory in LFS where system configurations reside.  I
haven't seen it as a file.

 WC> Heh, beat you to it, first thing I did was ls $HOME <g>
 WC> Let the system tell me what it's doing interactively.

Yep 'ls' will look at it as a variable.  Not so with 'cat' by default.  Also
'printenv' will show you what global variables are currently set on each login.
 That can be different for different accounts depending on how you set them up.
 For instance you could use different languages and/or fonts for different
users.

 WC> Knew that also from "Unix Shell Programming" by Arthur - Burns
 WC> It's a special character.

Yes but also different shells and even bash has changed recently.  Not to say
that isn't a good reference but sometimes things can get a bit dated and the
Unix shell ain't what she used to be ... sort of.  I first encountered the
c-shell and that was different from bash although roughly they behave very
simular, user dotfiles being one simular trait.

 WC> Need to read some of that over again, and then over again.

Yeah.  Definetly doesn't hurt.  I still say download a copy of 'Advanced Bash
Scripting' as it is more in sync with a modern Linux system.

 WC>  Crystal clear AAMOF no matter how poorly I express it.

That is what I thought.  :-)

 WC> Not sure you know what I mean now.
 WC> Putting a copy in wchirnside HOME so locally coloer customized.
 WC> Still intend to leave it owned by root.

In the /home accounts it should be owned by the user and user read/writable.  I
always make my dotfiles 600, read and writeable only by the owner.  Nothing in
/etc should be owned by any individual user, nevermind writable.

 MK>> You did ask.

 WC> I ask one simple question, invaribly it takes me all over the 
 WC> place<g>
 WC> Instead of getting the one answer I get it and 12 more.

It only gets moreso as you delve into it.  12 isn't too bad as there are
probably an infinite amount of answers.  You are getting off easy thus far.

 WC>  1 C++ I've little use for.

It's gotten worse too methinks.  Stick to C whenever possible.  99.99% of the
good stuff is still straight C.

 WC>  I've developed an addiction to Slackware.
 WC>  I like tools, you know the rest.

You betcha!  Slackware is the best ... so far.  I have yet to run across a
better Linux distribution.

Life is good,
Maurice

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