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authorSatoshi Asami <asami@FreeBSD.org>2000-06-16 19:18:38 +0000
committerSatoshi Asami <asami@FreeBSD.org>2000-06-16 19:18:38 +0000
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diff --git a/misc/colorls/pkg-descr b/misc/colorls/pkg-descr
index 7de79189ef0f..905b1a920c01 100644
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+++ b/misc/colorls/pkg-descr
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@ display file attributes in color. There is a -G flag (somewhat
similar to the -F flag). Take a look at the man page for details.
The program is called "colorls" and installs itself in /usr/local/bin.
-The file patches/patch-aa is the diffs from the 3.0-current (as of
-1997/01/01) /usr/src/bin/ls directory.
+The file patches/patch-aa is the diffs from the 3.0-stable (as of
+2000/06/01) /usr/src/bin/ls directory.
-Standard xterm prior to XFree86 3.1.2B doesn't know about colors, so
-you should use update your XFree86 or use kterm (available from the ports
-collection).
+Also, note that you need a "color-capable" terminal to enable colorls --
+this means you should set your TERM to "xterm-color" or "kterm-color"
+when using normal xterm or kterm, not "xterm" or "kterm" (which
+termcap doesn't know that are color-capable).
Satoshi Asami
-asami@cs.berkeley.edu
+asami@FreeBSD.org