From: Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: emacs and ls with cygwin
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 11:00:06 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <871vejviax.fsf@tux.homenetwork> (raw)
In-Reply-To: DB304C0F-B76A-4111-9472-5931AFFAA348@Web.DE
Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE> writes:
> Am 13.04.2010 um 01:33 schrieb Oren Cheyette:
>
>> I'm finding that the command "ls" produces garbage output full of
>> control characters
>
>
> This is no garbage! It's ANSI Esc sequence codes to colourise GNU ls'
> output. Such switch this behaviour in ls off or use an ANSI compliant
> terminal emulation (for example via M-x term RET).
>
> I think since GNU Emacs 23.1 the *shell* buffer is able to "execute"
> these codes. Maybe you just need to activate this ability:
>
> (ansi-color-for-comint-mode-on)
This variable was introduced, or its default value was changed, in
version 23.2 of Emacs.
It is the default now, so with last Emacs versions, no need to enable
it.
> Check the documentation!
>
> --
> Greetings
>
> Pete
>
> If all else fails read the instructions.
> - Donald Knuth
>
>
>
>
--
Thierry Volpiatto
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-04-13 9:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-04-12 23:33 emacs and ls with cygwin Oren Cheyette
2010-04-13 5:43 ` Dan Davison
2010-04-13 8:46 ` Peter Dyballa
2010-04-13 8:41 ` Peter Dyballa
2010-04-13 9:00 ` Thierry Volpiatto [this message]
2010-04-23 8:28 ` Paulo J. Matos
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