GNU bug report logs - #43615
26.3; eshell: face for directory and symlink the same in terminal

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: ams <at> gnu.org (Alfred M. Szmidt)

Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2020 17:02:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 26.3

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #44 received at 43615 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: ams <at> gnu.org (Alfred M. Szmidt)
Cc: 43615 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#43615: 26.3;
 eshell: face for directory and symlink the same in terminal
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2020 12:58:39 +0300

> From: ams <at> gnu.org (Alfred M. Szmidt)
> CC: 43615 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2020 05:45:14 -0400
> 
>    Plain files could just be left at the default face, no?  
> 
> Yes.
> 
>    That would leave us with directory, symlink, executable, and
>    backup/product/clutter, 4 colors.  Maybe also add archive, which
>    yields 5 colors.  Makes sense?
> 
> Yes (though I don't understand why archive needs to be a different
> face -- but that is a different problem too).  I think it would be
> useful to differentate at least "special"?

We could add "special", yes, as we still have one more color.

I think archives should have distinct colors because that's what I see
when I run 'ls' on an 8-color terminal.
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