Re: ls colors too dark on a black background terminal

From: Aaron Schlaegel (777tahder_at_schlaegel.com)
Date: 07/22/04

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    Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 14:00:27 -0700
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    Christopher J. Bottaro wrote:
    > i use KDE's konsole with a black background as my terminal. when i use the
    > ls command, the colors show up too dark. how can i change it to use colors
    > suitable for a dark background?

    I like my xterms with a black background also. Fedora comes with two separate
    DIRCOLORS files, one for xterms and one for everything else. These two files
    are easily overridden with a file in your home directory.

    cp /etc/DIR_COLORS ~/.dircolors

    This will make all terminals use the bright colors that stand out on a dark
    background. 

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