Thus spake David Laight ("DL> ") sometime Today...

DL> > Just for reference, does this mean that I'm going to start seeing
DL> > those hideous colors in my xterms by default, as I do on Linux?
DL>
DL> I hope not, a lot of them are 'features' of the linux utilites (eg /bin/ls)
DL> so we shouldn't be affected.
DL>
DL> In any case just use a b/w TERM.

I'm wondering why in the hell Linux couldn't just leave well enough
alone and do what the sane world does...or did I just contradictatorially
answer my own question?

X11R6's xterm is fine; everyone uses termcap:xterm-color; what's the big?

				--*greywolf;
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