Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4288 mails)

[Aaron Kulkis <akulkis00@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Bryen wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-10-30 at 22:01 -0700, joe wrote:
> > Bryen wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2007-10-30 at 21:01 -0700, joe wrote:
> > > > Bryen wrote:
> > > > > How can I turn off colors in vi (actually vim) permanently?
> > > > rpm -e vim-data
> > > Okay, I gotta ask.  Cristian's solution earlier created an empty .vimrc
> > > file with "syntax off" in it and it works perfectly.  Best of all, it is
> > > a non-destructive solution.
> > >
> > > Your solution (which may also work) is to remove a package.  Just what
> > > functionality would I have lost if I had gone your route?
> > You'd lose the colors. In all other respects vim would work perfectly, and
> > that's how I like it. I really don't appreciate trying to make out dark blue
> > text on my black xterm, so I always nuke that irritant soon after install.
> >
> > On a server with many users, I'd naturally lean towards the other solution,
> > just in case somebody actually wanted those colors.
> >
> > Joe
>
> Thanks.  That makes alot of sense.  And I agree, those color schemes are
> incredibly annoying.  Hmm...  so far, I've managed to remove colors from
> vim and ls.  I haven't come across anything else yet that uses color in
> terminal.  Since we're a kindred "anti-color" spirit, what else have you
> come across and what were your solutions then?

For ls, just change the LS_OPTIONS environment variable
in your .bashrc (or whatever resource file is used
by your shell).


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