Ends up this is *not* an issue on Coreutils (which I also considered,
but failed to fully test). This is the response I received:
"I don't see the problem: it's readable for me when using
roxterm as my terminal emulator.
Here's what I did:
$ mkdir other-writable
$ chmod o+w other-writable
$ env ls --color
other-writable/
That final line is rendered with a blue background and
with green foreground text, "other-writable".
This sounds like a complaint about the default.
Anyone can use dircolors to set LS_COLORS to reflect their
personal preferences.
Unless it's a problem for most people[*], I'm reluctant
to change this. Besides, world-writable directories can
pose a security risk, so you might consider the annoyance
to be a *feature*. Think of it as encouragement to change
permissions to something safer.
[*] If you want to do a survey of a few people,
considering a few common terminal emulators per person,
that might provide enough evidence that a change would
be worthwhile."
And this is my response:
"On 12/30/2009 01:04 PM, Jim Meyering wrote:
> > I don't see the problem: it's readable for me when using
> > roxterm as my terminal emulator.
> >
(snip)
> > That final line is rendered with a blue background and
> > with green foreground text, "other-writable".
> >
You meant green background with blue foreground text, I guess.
> > This sounds like a complaint about the default.
> > Anyone can use dircolors to set LS_COLORS to reflect their
> > personal preferences.
> >
I absolutely agree, and have said so on other bugs.
> > Unless it's a problem for most people[*], I'm reluctant
> > to change this. Besides, world-writable directories can
> > pose a security risk, so you might consider the annoyance
> > to be a *feature*. Think of it as encouragement to change
> > permissions to something safer.
> >
Heh, indeed.
Meanwhile I went on and tested it on the default Linux console, plus
konsole, roxterm, Gnome terminal, and guake. Turns out the *only* one to
make the output difficult to read is Gnome terminal (all other things
being equal: default black background, default colour palette, Bitstream
Vera Mono 9).
So, if there is a problem, it is not on Coreutils.
Thank you, and sorry,"
** Changed in: coreutils (Ubuntu)
Status: Triaged => Won't Fix
** Changed in: coreutils
Status: New => Invalid
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bad colour on ls listing
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