Re: [gentoo-user] eix and bad colors.

[Dale]

Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On Fri, 07 Dec 2012 05:01:29 -0600
> Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:
>
>> Howdy,
>>
>> I was using eix a bit ago and I noticed the colors have changed.
>> Since I like to have white text and a black background, this is not
>> working to well for me.  It seems some of the output is black text.
>> Put black text on a black background and I have missing text, usually
>> the very thing I am looking for.  I have looked for a config
>> somewhere in /etc but can't find where this is set.  I found where
>> other colors are set but not for eix.
>>
>> Anyone have a hint as to where this is set or is it hard coded into
>> eix?
>>
>> Thanks much.
>>
>> Dale
>>
>> :-)  :-)
>>
> I usually try to avoid reading the eix man page if at all possible (an
> object lesson in how to overwhelm users with waaaaaaaaay too much
> stuff), bit in this case I had to scan it quickly :-)
>
> It looks like the default color scheme changed, and you specify the one
> you want in ~/.eixrc. More specifically, you use the COLORSCHEME
> directive.
>
> If you wanna know more, I'm afraid you are going to have to read man
> eix yourself for reasons noted above :-)
>
>
>

Holy moley.  It may take me a day or two to figure all that out.  In the
meantime, I'm using the -n option.  lol  I may even add that to the
alias for a while.  Good gracious what a can of worms.

Thanks for jumping into the man page for me.  I looked every but there. 

Dale

:-)  :-) 

-- 
I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!