Benno Schulenberg wrote: > (Sorry for breaking thread. I am using the archives and webmail.) > > Jim Meyering quoted Pádraig Brady's change: >> Using color to distinguish types of files is not enabled by default, or >> when\n\ >> --color=never is specified. [...] > > Hmm, the above is not quite grammatical. Paraphrased: > "Something is not true by default, or when option --foo is given." > > What might be okay: > "Using color to distinguish types of files is disabled by default and also\n\ > when --color=never is specified." > > But I would prefer to be perfectly clear: > "Using color to distinguish types of files is disabled by default. It is\n\ > also disabled when --color=never is specified."
How about this? >From 4f8b0ca317382a51317060f01350d523e88bb360 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:53:35 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] doc: ls: further improve --help message re --color * src/ls.c (usage): Correct grammar, change voice, shorten. Inspired by a report from Bruno Schulenberg. --- src/ls.c | 6 +++--- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/ls.c b/src/ls.c index 859d7c4..54a4486 100644 --- a/src/ls.c +++ b/src/ls.c @@ -4671,9 +4671,9 @@ Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.\n\ emit_size_note (); fputs (_("\ \n\ -Using color to distinguish types of files is not enabled by default, or when\n\ ---color=never is specified. With --color=auto, color codes are output only\n\ -when standard output is connected to a terminal. The LS_COLORS environment\n\ +Using color to distinguish file types is disabled by default, and with\n\ +--color=never. With --color=auto, ls emits color codes only when\n\ +standard output is connected to a terminal. The LS_COLORS environment\n\ variable can change the settings. Use the dircolors command to set it.\n\ "), stdout); fputs (_("\ -- 1.6.5.rc1.220.g6de7f
