>On Thu, 1 Feb 1996, Ken Hornstein wrote:
>> I'd like to point out that this feature of GNU ls is extremely evil.  Why?
>> Because it assumes that ANSI color-setting codes work on the tty you're
>> using.  If you happen to use a terminal that locks up when sent ANSI term
>> escape sequences, this really really _really_ sucks.
>
>Test for your terminal type in your .profile or .cshrc and set your 
>ls alias with our without the color option depending on what your 
>terminal type is.  Sheesh.

Hey, _I_ don't have a problem doing this.  But making it the default for
a system really bites.  That's what I was trying to say.

--Ken