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From: Mueen Nawaz
Subject: Re: Colour consoles
Date: 21 Aug 2008 19:04:12
Message: <48adf46c$1@news.povray.org>
Warp wrote:
>   I disagree. Icons are small and often hard to distinguish from each
> other, and it's difficult to view at a glance what type of file is
> being listed at a certain position. The icon is not any better than
> the file extension itself. You may as well look for the file extension.
> However, coloring makes it much easier to see the file types at a quick
> glance, without having to focus on a specific icon or extension.

	Did they never make a Norton Commander that'll work with Windows 
consoles? Or a similar app?


-- 
When everything's coming your way, you're in the wrong lane


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From: Doctor John
Subject: Re: Colour consoles
Date: 22 Aug 2008 13:18:13
Message: <48aef4d5$1@news.povray.org>
Invisible wrote:
> Warp wrote:
> 
>>   Next you'll need colored file listing.
>>
>> http://warp.povusers.org/snaps/ColoredListing.png
>>
>>   You wouldn't believe how much easier it makes to visualize files by
>> type.
> 
> What, with only 16 possible colours available? ;-)

...and 16 different backgrounds, so a theoretical 16^2 pssible 
combinations (I am of course assuming you can change the default black 
as you can on *nixes) though not all are usable


John
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"Eppur si muove" - Galileo Galilei


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From: Darren New
Subject: Re: Colour consoles
Date: 22 Aug 2008 13:24:24
Message: <48aef648$1@news.povray.org>
Doctor John wrote:
> ....and 16 different backgrounds, so a theoretical 16^2 pssible 
> combinations

If you want to get really picky, subtract out at least 16 combinations. 
I don't think you want too many files listed as blue on blue. :-)

-- 
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)


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