[gnome console] Ubuntu v5.10

[Jeffrey Holle]

Found that the following lines added to $HOME/.bashrc does the trick.
   export LS_OPTIONS='--color=auto'
   eval `dircolors`
   alias ls='ls $LS_OPTIONS'

Of course, your advise is needed to customize the colors!

Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-03-16 at 12:28 -0500, Jeffrey Holle wrote:
> 
>>I'm a new user of Ubuntu Linux.
>>In general, I'm satisfied with the gnome desktop, with one exception.
>>
>>I would like a terminal emulation window that distinguishes different 
>>types of files by colorizing them.
>>
>>I previously used KDE on Mandrake 10, which had this feature.
>>
>>I've noted that the System/Preferences/ Preferred Application dialog 
>>suggests that there are 3 styles of terminal emulator to choose from. 
>>However, switching away from the Gnome Terminal does have an an affect.
>>
>>Is there a way to get a more functional terminal emulator with Gnome?
>>Or will I need to switch to KDE?
>>If so, is there a way to get this without installing a different version 
>>of Ubuntu?
>>
>>
> 
> 
> Just run the command "dircolors", copy the output to, for instance,
> ~/.dircolors, then source that file in ~/.bashrc. You can of course
> change the colors for each filetype as you wish.
> 
>