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 #8 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: Fri, 25 Sep 2020 20:06:48 +0300

> From: ams <at> gnu.org (Alfred M. Szmidt)
> Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2020 13:00:59 -0400
> 
> 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.

On the same terminal, if you start "M-x shell" and invoke 'ls', which
colors do you see for these two file types?
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