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

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.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: Tue, 22 Mar 2022 16:34:28 +0100

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

> The color for symlinks and directories is the same on the terminal in
> OpenBSD, though the face differs (eshell-ls-symlink which is Cyan
> vs. eshell-ls-directory which is SkyBlue).  This is slightly
> confusing, since if the symlink points to a file, one might assume
> that one can change directories there.

I've now fixed this in Emacs 29 by using the same faces that dired uses
here -- they have support for 8 colour displays etc.

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