From: Frank Terbeck <ft@bewatermyfriend.org>
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:35:53 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: grmlzshrc.t2t: Add note about --color=auto
X-Git-Tag: v0.3.77~28
X-Git-Url: http://git.grml.org/?p=grml-etc-core.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=264b6103759be264b9c95ba24e989a4072b813d1

grmlzshrc.t2t: Add note about --color=auto

I think most aliases actually do check for GNU tools before using --color.
Those that do not should get such a test in the future.
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diff --git a/doc/grmlzshrc.t2t b/doc/grmlzshrc.t2t
index 956109d..961a670 100644
--- a/doc/grmlzshrc.t2t
+++ b/doc/grmlzshrc.t2t
@@ -289,7 +289,10 @@ issues a Warning to use the grml-x(1) script. Can be overridden by using
 
 == ALIASES ==
 //grmlzshrc// comes with a wide array of predefined aliases to ease the user's
-life.
+life. A few aliases (like those involving //grep// or //ls//) use the option
+//--color=auto// for colourizing output. That option is part of **GNU**
+implementations of these tools, and will only be used if such an implementation
+is detected.
 
 : **cmplayer** (//mplayer -vo fbdev//)
 Video player with framebuffer as video output device, so you can watch