Re: cvs commit: src/bin/ls extern.h ls.1 ls.c ls.h print.c

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Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com>
Date
4 Jun 2000 15:51:55
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Re: cvs commit: src/bin/ls extern.h ls.1 ls.c ls.h print.c
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On Sun, Jun 04, 2000 at 03:43:51PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote:
> 1. We can (sometimes grudgingly) live with color as an _option_ in
> /bin/ls.
> 2. The color options should be #ifdef'ed so that people who need a
> slimmer ls can easily build one. (Thus anti-bloatists, picobsd, fixit
> floppy people, etc.; can define "NOCOLORINLSNOWAYNOHOW" and be done with
> it. :)
> 3. First choice for 'ls -G' should be tgetstr(), with the ANSI codes
> left in as a fallback if that returns NULL. (Thus handling the case of
> no mounted /usr as well as possible.)
>
> I think that accurately describes the thinking at this point, but my
> perspective is somewhat biased...

This is essentially the compromise that I would agree with 100%.

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