From: Daniel Jensen <daniel-news@bigwalter.net>
Subject: Re: color codes in eshell
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 22:20:47 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <86smtux6j4.fsf@bigwalter.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: m24r6bat6b.fsf@ip217-30.mnet.bg
Alexander Nikolov <alexander@ip217-30.mnet.bg> writes:
> I am very enthusiastic about using a shell from inside emacs but I
> find eshell has some frustrating weaknesses. First, the documentation
> is far from complete. Second, I have this problem with color codes:
> When I log in as a normal user everything is displayed
> correctly. However, when I am root color codes are displayed as numbers
> and letters in between the useful text. There is no shell history in
> root mode, either. I hope this can be fixed with some lisp code but
> sadly I have very limited knowledge of the language and the
> implementation in emacs.
> Suggestions?
Try adding "su" to `eshell-visual-commands'. It'll make su open in a
terminal emulation buffer, which will hopefully be able to interpret
the color codes correctly. I suppose it will also make the (bash?)
history available to you.
--
Daniel Jensen
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2003-03-10 20:00 color codes in eshell Alexander Nikolov
2003-03-10 20:31 ` John Wiegley
2003-03-10 21:20 ` Daniel Jensen [this message]
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